CHAMBERS'S MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS. PEOPLE'S EDITIONS-continued. Stephens's Incidents of Travel in Greece, &c. Self-Control, a novel. By Mrs Brunton, Lady of the Lake. By Sir Walter Scott, Os. 9d. A Tour in Holland, the Countries on the Rhine, and Belgium, in 1838. 1s. 6d. History of the Rebellion in Scotland in 1745-6. By R. Chambers. 38. Od. Stories of the Irish Peasantry. By Mrs S. C. Hall, 1s. 9d. A Treatise on Agriculture and Dairy Husbandry. By James Jackson, 2s. 3d. Wade's History and Political Economy of the Working Classes. Fourth 3s. 3d. Modern French Literature. By L. R. de Véricour, 28. Od. A Treatise on Man. By M. Quetelet of Brussels, 3s. Od. In course of Publication, CHAMBERS'S ATLAS FOR THE PEOPLE. CONDUCTORS OF CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL, &C. The design of the Editors in this work is to furnish a cheap, convenient, and, as far as possible, a correct ATLAS, illustrative of Modern and Ancient Geography. It will consist of thirty-four quarto maps, coloured in outline, along with a Descriptive Introduction, and will likewise embrace a Consulting Index, so copious, that it will for the most part supersede reference to a Gazetteer. Mode of Publication. Published in Monthly Numbers, each containing four maps, in a printed wrapper. The work will be completed in ten Numbers; the last Number to comprise the Introduction descriptive of the physical and political Geography of the Globe. Price of each Number, one shilling and twopence. Seven Numbers are already issued. No. 1. Engraved Title-Page-two Hemispheres-Europe. 2. England and Wales-Scotland-Ireland-France in Provinces. 3. France in Departments-Spain and Portugal-Switzerland-Italy. 7. Ancient Asia Minor-Palestine-Hindoostan-East India Islands and Lately Published, COOKERY AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY, BY THE MISTRESS OF A FAMILY. In one small volume, neatly bound in cloth, price 1s. 6d. Of this work, which has gone through several editions, the authoress thus speaks in her preface :-" The present work has been designed and written entirely with a view to practical utility, and for the information of those young housewives in the middle ranks of society who have not had the benefit of regular instructions in the affairs of the kitchen. My reason for attempting to compose such a work may be explained in a few words. All the cookery books, both of an old and new date, which I have been able to procure, appear to be written chiefly as remembrancers for professed cooks, or as guides in the extensive kitchens of the higher classes of persons, where economy is not supposed to be a matter of importance. The greater part of their recipes are consequently written on a principle of lavish expenditure, and refer to a great number of things which are never seen at the tables of the frugal and industrious orders of the community, or things which it is much cheaper for a small family to buy ready made than to manufacture at home. Excellent, therefore, as many of these works are, they are generally unsuitable for popular and practical use. Housewives who have occasion to consult them upon emergencies, uniformly complain that they cannot understand them, and that, if they did, they could not afford to follow them as guides. It is with the humble hope of remedying these deficiencies that the present treatise is presented to the public." PUBLISHED BY W. AND R. CHAMBERS, EDINBURGH. |