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XXXIV

REPUBLICAN SUPERSTITIONS. Illustrated by the Political History of the United States. Including a Correspondence with M. Louis Blanc. By MONCLURE D. CONWAY. Crown 8vo. 5s.

'Au moment où j'écris ceci, je reçois d'un écrivain très-distingué d'Amérique, M. Conway, une brochure qui est un frappant tableau des maux et des dangers qui résultent aux Etats-Unis de l'institution présidentielle.'-M. Louis Blanc. A very able exposure of the most plausible fallacies of Republicanism, by a writer of remarkable vigour and purity of style.'—Standard.

XXXV

THE GENIUS OF CHRISTIANITY UNVEILED. Essays by WILLIAM GODWIN, Author of 'Political Justice' &c. Never before published. One vol. crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Interesting as the frankly expressed thoughts of a remarkable man, and as a contribution to the history of scepticism.'-Extract from the Editor's Preface. 'The deliberate thoughts of Godwin deserve to be put before the world for reading and consideration.'-Athenæum.

'Few have thought more clearly and directly than William Godwin, or expressed their reflections with more simplicity and unreserve.'-Examiner.

THE PELICAN PAPERS.

XXXVI

Reminiscences and Remains of

a Dweller in the Wilderness. By JAMES A. NOble. Crown 8vo. 6s. 'Written somewhat after the fashion of Mr. Helps' 'Friends in Council.'Examiner.

'Will well repay perusal by all thoughtful and intelligent readers.'—Liverpool Leader.

"The "Pelican Papers " make a very readable volume.'-Civilian.

XXXVII

SOLDIERING AND SCRIBBLING.

By ARCHIBALD FORBES,

of the Daily News, Author of 'My Experience of the War between France and Germany.' Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

All who open it will be inclined to read through, for the varied entertainment it affords.'-Daily News.

'There is a good deal of instruction to outsiders touching military life in this volume.'-Evening Standard.

'There is not a paper in the book which is not thoroughly readable and worth reading.'-Scotsman.

XXXVIII

BRIEFS AND PAPERS. Being Sketches of the Bar and the Press. By Two Idle Apprentices. Crown 8vo. 78. 6d.

'They are written with spirit and knowledge, and give some curious glimpses into what the majority will regard as strange and unknown territories.'-Daily News.

'This is one of the best books to while away an hour and cause a generous laugh that we have come across for a long time.'-John Bull.

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The International Scientific Series.

MESSRS. HENRY S. KING & Co. have the pleasure to announce that under this title they are issuing a SERIES of POPULAR TREATISES, embodying the results of the latest investigations in the various departments of Science at present most prominently before the world.

Although these Works are not specially designed for the instruction of beginners, still, as they are intended to address the non-scientific public, they will be, as far as possible, explanatory in character, and free from technicalities. The object of each author will be to bring his subject as near as he can to the general reader.

The volumes will all be crown 8vo. size, well printed on good paper, strongly and elegantly bound, and will sell in this country at a price not exceeding Five Shillings.

Prospectuses of the Series may be had of the Publishers.

Already Published,

XXXIX

THE FORMS OF WATER IN RAIN AND RIVERS, ICE AND GLACIERS. By J. TYNDALL, LL.D., F.R.S. With 26 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 5s.

'One of Professor Tyndall's best scientific treatises.'-Standard.

The most recent findings of science and experiment respecting the nature and properties of water in every possible form, are discussed with remarkable brevity, clearness, and fulness of exposition.'-Graphic,

'With the clearness and brilliancy of language which have won for him his fame, he considers the subject of ice, snow, and the glaciers.'-Morning Post. Before starting for Switzerland next summer every one should study "The forms of water."-Globe.

'Eloquent and instructive in an eminent degree.'-British Quarterly.

XL

PHYSICS AND POLITICS; or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of Natural Selection' and 'Inheritance' to Political Society. By WALTER BAGEHOT. Crown Svo. 4s.

'On the whole we can recommend the book as well deserving to be read by thoughtful students of politics.'—Saturday Review.

Able and ingenious.'-Spectator.

The book has been well thought out, and the writer speaks without fear.'— National Reformer.

Contains many points of interest, both to the scientific man and to the mere politician.'-Birmingham Daily Gazette.

MIND

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The Volumes now preparing are

AND BODY: THE THEORIES OF THEIR RELATIONS. By ALEXANDER BAIN, LL.D., Professor of Logic at the University of Aberdeen: Illustrated.

XLII

PRINCIPLES OF MENTAL PHYSIOLOGY. With their applications to the Training and Discip line of the Mind, and the Study of its Morbid Conditions. By W. B. CARPENTER, LL.D., M.D., F.R.S., &c. Illustrated.

XLIII

ON FOOD. By Dr. EDWARD
SMITH, F.R.S. Profusely Illustrated.

XLIV

THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF
THE EXACT SCIENCES
EXPLAINED ΤΟ THE NON-MATHE-
MATICAL. By Professor W. KINGDOM
CLIFFORD, M.A.

XLV

ANIMAL MECHANICS; or, WALK-
ING, SWIMMING, and FLYING. By
Dr. BELL PETTIGREW, M.D., F.R.S.
125 Illustrations.

65 Cornhill, and 12 Paternoster Row, London.

XLVI

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STREAMS FROM HIDDEN SOURCES.

RANKING. Crown 8vo. 68.

XLVII

By B. MONTGOMERIE

THE SECRET OF LONG LIFE. Dedicated by Special Permission to Lord St. Leonards. Second Edition. Large crown 8vo. 5s.

'A charming little volume, written with singular felicity of style and illustration.'-Times.

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

The bold and striking character of the whole conception is entitled to the warmest admiration.'-Pall Mall Gazette.

'We should recommend our readers to get this book because they will be amused by the jovial, miscellaneous and cultured gossip with which he strews his pages.'-British Quarterly Review.

XLVIII

CHANGE OF AIR AND SCENE. A Physician's Hints about
Doctors, Patients, Hygiène, and Society; with Notes of Excursions for
Health in the Pyrenees, and amongst the Watering-places of France
(inland and seaward), Switzerland, Corsica, and the Mediterranean.
By Dr. ALPHONSE DONNÉ. Large post 8vo. Price 9s.

'A very readable and serviceable book.
The real value of it is to
be found in the accurate and minute information given with regard to a large
number of places which have gained a reputation on the continent for their
mineral waters.'-Pall Mall Gazette.

Not only a pleasant book of travel, but also a book of considerable value.'— Morning Post.

'A popular account of some of the most charming health resorts of the Continent: with suggestive hints about keeping well and getting well, which are characterised by a good deal of robust common sense.'-British Quarterly.

A singularly pleasant and chatty, as well as instructive, book about health.'Guardian.

'A useful and pleasantly-written book, containing many valuable hints on the general management of health from a shrewd and experienced medical man.'Graphic.

XLIX

MISS YOUMANS' FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. Designed to Cultivate the Observing Powers of Children. From the Author's latest Stereotyped Edition. New and Enlarged Edition, with 300 Engravings. Crown 8vo. 58.

It is but rarely that a school book appears which is at once so novel in plan, so successful in execution, and so suited to the general want, as to command universal and unqualified approbation, but such has been the case with Miss Youmans' First Book of Botany. Her work is an outgrowth of the most recent scientific views, and has been practically tested by careful trial with juvenile classes, and it has been welcomed as a timely and invaluable contribution to the improvement of primary education.

65 Cornhill, and 12 Paternoster Row, London.

Works published by Henry S. King & Co. II

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AN ESSAY ON THE CULTURE OF THE OBSERVING POWERS OF CHILDREN, especially in connection with the Study of Botany. By ELIZA A. YOUMANS. Edited, with Notes and a Supplement, by JOSEPH PAYNE, F.C.P., Author of Lectures on the Science and Art of Education' &c. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.

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'The little book now under notice is expressly designed to make the earliest instruction of children a mental discipline. Miss Youmans presents in her work the ripe results of educational experience reduced to a system, wisely conceiving that an education-even the most elementary-should be regarded as a discipline of the mental powers, and that the facts of external nature supply the most suitable materials for this discipline in the case of children. She has applied that principle to the study of botany. This study, according to her just notions on the subject, is to be fundamentally based on the exercise of the pupil's own powers of observation. He is to see and examine the properties of plants and flowers at first hand, not merely to be informed of what others have seen and examined.'—Pall Mall Gazette.

LI

THE HISTORY OF THE NATURAL CREATION.

Being

a Series of Popular Scientific Lectures on the General Theory of
Progression of Species; with a Dissertation on the Theories of Darwin,
Goethe, and Lamarck; more especially applying them to the Origin
of Man, and to other Fundamental Questions of Natural Science con-
nected therewith. By Professor ERNST HÆCKEL, of the University
of Jena. 8vo. With Woodcuts and Plates.
[Preparing.

LII

AN ARABIC AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF THE KORAN. By Major J. PENRICE, B.A. 4to. [Just ready.

LIII

MODERN GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. By T. G. JACKSON. Crown 8vo.

LIV

A LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR ARCHITECTS.

[In the press.

By EDWARD

JENKINS and JOHN RAYMOND. Crown 8vo. Price 5s. [Nearly ready.

LV

CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH PSYCHOLOGY. From the French of Professor TI. RIBOT. An Analysis of the Views and Opinions of the following Metaphysicians, as expressed in their writings:

JAMES MILL.
A. BAIN.

JOHN STUART MILL.
GEORGE H. LEWES.

Large post 8vo.

HERBERT SPENCER.
SAMUEL BAILEY.
[Preparing.

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PHYSIOLOGY

LVI

FOR PRACTICAL USE. By various Eminent writers. Edited by JAMES HINTON, With 50 Illustrations. [Preparing.

LVII

HEALTH AND DISEASE AS INFLUENCED BY THE DAILY, SEASONAL, AND OTHER CYCLICAL CHANGES IN THE HUMAN SYSTEM. By Dr. EDWARD SMITH, F.R.S. A New Edition. 78. 6d.

LVIII

PRACTICAL DIETARY FOR FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND THE LABOURING CLASSES. By Dr. EDWARD SMITH, F.R.S. A New Edition. Price 3s. 6d

LIX

CONSUMPTION IN ITS EARLY AND REMEDIABLE STAGES. By Dr. EDWARD SMITH, F.R.S. A New Edition. 78. 6d.

LX

A TREATISE ON RELAPSING FEVER. By R. T. LYONS, Assistant-Surgeon Bengal Army. Small post 8vo. 7s. 6d.

'A practical work thoroughly supported in its views by a series of remarkable cases.'-Standard.

LXI

IN QUEST OF COOLIES. A South Sea Sketch. By JAMES L. A. HOPE. Second Edition, crown 8vo. with 15 Illustrations from Sketches by the Author. Price 6s.

'Mr. Hope's description of the natives is graphic and amusing, and the book is altogether well worthy of perusal.'— Standard.

'Lively and clever sketches.'-Athenæum.

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This agreeably written and amusingly illustrated volume.'-Public Opinion.

LXII

THE NILE WITHOUT A DRAGOMAN. By FREDERIC Eden. Second Edition. In one vol. crown 8vo. cloth, 7s. 6d.

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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.

'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.

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"Gives, within moderate compass, a suggestive description of the charms, curiosities, dangers, and discomforts of the Nile voyage.'-Saturday Review.

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