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LONDON, January, 1872.

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CATALOGUE OF BOOKS,

PUBLISHED BY

HENRY S. KING & CO.,

65, CORNHILL.

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A HANDSOME NEW YEAR'S GIFT BOOK. PLEASURE: A HOLIDAY BOOK OF PROSE AND VERSE. Illustrated. Elegantly bound in ornamental cloth cover, with gilt edges and Illuminated Frontispiece, 2s. 6d.

Sewed, Is.
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ECHOES OF A FAMOUS YEAR.

A New Work by HARRIET PARR. Author of "The Life of Jeanne d'Arc," "Echoes of the Silver Age," etc.

Crown 8vo.

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ROUND THE WORLD IN 1870.

A Volume of Travels, with Maps.
By A. D. CARLISLE, B.A., Trin. Coll., Camb.
Demy 8vo, 16s.

IV.

JEAN JAROUSSEAU, THE PASTOR OF THE DESERT. From the French of Eugène Pelletan.

Translated by Colonel E. P. DE L'HOSTE. Handsomely bound, in fcap. 8vo, with an engraved frontispiece, price 5s.

65, Cornhill, London.

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Books Published by Henry S. King & Co.,

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THE SECRET OF LONG LIFE.

Dedicated by special permission to LORD ST. LEONARDS. Handsomely bound.

Large crown 8vo, 5s.

“This light-hearted discourse upon longevity.”—Daily News. "A pleasantly written volume of a very suggestive character.”Standard.

"Some shrewd observations, illustrated by references to a number of remarkable instances of long life."-Public Opinion.

"A very pleasant little book, which is always, whether it deal in paradox or earnest, cheerful, genial, scholarly."-Spectator.

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DISCIPLINE AND DRILL.

Four Lectures delivered to the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers.
By Captain S. FLOOD PAGE,
Adjutant of the Regiment,

late 105th Light Infantry, and Adjutant of the Edinburgh Rifle Brigade.

Fcap. 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s. 6d.

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"One of the best-known and coolest-headed of the metropolitan regiments, whose adjutant moreover has lately published an admirable collection of lectures addressed by him to the men of his corps."-Times. "Capt. Page has something to say and in every case it is said moderately, tersely, and well.”—Daily Telegraph. "The very useful and interesting work. Every Volunteer, officer or private, will be the better for perusing and digesting the plain-spoken truths which Captain Page so firmly, and yet so modestly, puts before them; and we trust that the little book in which they are contained will find its way into all parts of Great Britain."—Volunteer Service Gazette.

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"A very useful little book on a very important subject, and one which deserves the attention of Volunteers generally. The author is well known as a smart intelligent officer, to whose exertions the London Scottish is greatly indebted for its recognised efficiency."—Notes and Queries. "The matter is eminently practical and the style intelligible and unostentatious."-Volunteer News, Glasgow.

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65, Cornhill, London.

Books Published by Henry S. King & Co., 3

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THE SUBSTANTIVE SENIORITY ARMY LIST.
First Issue.

Majors and Captains, containing the Names of all Substantive
Majors and Captains,

Serving upon Full-pay or Retired upon Half-pay, Arranged according to their Seniority in the Service, And in such order as immediately to exhibit the standing of every such Major or Captain for Promotion in his own Arm of the Service,

Whether Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, Infantry, or Marines,
Specifying their particular Corps,

And distinguishing those holding Higher Brevet-rank.
By Captain F. B. P. WHITE, Ist W. I. Regiment.
No. I. 8vo, sewed, 2s. 6d.

VIII.

THE NILE WITHOUT A DRAGOMAN.
(Second Edition.)

By FREDERIC EDEN.

In one vol., crown 8vo, cloth, 7s. 6d.

"Should any of our readers care to imitate Mr. Eden's example, and wish to see things with their own eyes, and shift for themselves, next winter in Upper Egypt, they will find this book a very agreeable guide."- Times. Gives, within moderate compass, a suggestive description of the charms, curiosities, dangers, and discomforts of the Nile voyage."Saturday Review.

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"The subject

is treated from an original point of view, and we can safely recommend the little volume to public favour.”Examiner.

"We have in these pages the most minute description of life as it appeared on the banks of the Nile; all that could be seen or was worth seeing in nature or in art is here pleasantly and graphically set down. It is a book to read during an autumn holiday."- -Spectator. "Written in bright and pleasant style, and full of practical common sense."-Notes and Queries. An agreeable compagnon de

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Very pleasantly written.

voyage."-London Society.

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"This bright and clever little book."-British Quarterly.

"Useful for a traveller

extremely readable for a person

who stays at home."-Fortnightly Review. "Stored with useful information.

A very entertaining

account of a very interesting trip."-Illustrated London News.

"Mr. Eden is a first-rate narrator.

are of a very high order."-Literary Churchman.

65, Cornhill, London.

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