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Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street,
London, October, 1872.

A List of Books

PUBLISHING BY

SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, LOW, & SEARLE.

NEW ILLUSTRATED AND OTHER WORKS FOR THE SEASON 1872-3.

HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONE,

Including Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa, and Four Months' Residence with Dr. Livingstone. By H. M. STANLEY. Numerous Illustrations, Maps, &c., from Mr. STANLEY'S own Drawings, Demy 8vo. Cloth extra, 215. [In the press. Under the Special Patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lorne. &c.

THE ARCTIC REGIONS, ILLUSTRATED with Photographs, taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland, by WILLIAM BRADFORD. With Descriptive Narrative by the Artist. In One Volume, Royal Broadside, 25 inches by 20 inches, beautifully bound in morocco extra, price Twenty-five Guineas. (October 15.

***This work contains One Hundred and Forty magnificent Photographs, many of them taken instantaneously, whilst the ship was in motion, illustrating the different phases of life and nature, the Mountains, Fiords, Glaciers, Icebergs, the Wonderful Ice Phenomena of Melville Bay, and the infinite variety of Scenery which the Coast of Greenland presents.

THE ATMOSPHERE.

By CAMILLE FLAMMARION. With numerous Woodcut Illustrations and Ter beautiful Chromo-lithographs. Translated under the superintendence and most careful revision of JAMES GLAISHER. Royal 8vo., cloth extra. [In the press. CHEFS-D'ŒUVRE OF ART AND MASTERPIECES OF ENGRAVING,

selected from the celebrated Collection of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Reproduced in Photography by STEPHEN THOMPSON. Imperial folio, Thirty-eight Photographs, cloth gilt. 47. 14s. 6d.

New and Beautiful Christmas Book.

MY LADY'S CABINET.

Charmingly Decorated with lovely Drawings and exquisite Miniatures. This work, which will at least have the attraction of novelty, will contain Seventy-five Pictures set in Frames, and arranged on Twenty-four Panels, thus representing the Walls of a richly-adorned Boudoir. Each page or panel will be interleaved with Letterpress sufficient to explain the Subjects of the Drawings and give the Names of the Artists.

**This work will be published in December, in time for Christmas Presents; printed on royal 4to. and very handsomely bound in cloth. Price 17. IS. A few Choice Copies will be issued in a variety of Satan Damasks at 27. 25.

Second Series.

CARL WERNER'S NILE SKETCHES.

Painted from Nature during his travels through Egypt. Facsimiles of Water-colour Paintings executed by GUSTAV W. SEITZ; with Descriptive Text by Dr. E. A. BREHM and Dr. DUMICHEN. Imperial folio, in Cardboard Wrapper. £3 10s.

CONTENTS OF THE SECOND SERIES:-Banks of the Nile near AchminsCoffee-house at Cairo-Money-broker in Esneh-Tombs of Kalifs of CairoAssuan-The Temples of Luxor.

[Ready.

PART I., published last year, may still be had, price £3 10s.

ST. DOMINGO, PAST AND PRESENT; With a Glance at Hayti. By S. HAZARD. With upwards of One Hundred and Fifty beautiful Woodcuts and Maps, chiefly from Designs and Sketches by the Author. Demy 8vo. cloth extra. [In November.

THE PICTURE GALLERY OF BRITISH ART.

Twenty beautiful and Permanent Photographs after the most celebrated English, Painters. With Descriptive Letterpress. One Volume, demy 4to. cloth extra, gilt edges, 12s.

THE PICTURE GALLERY OF SACRED ART. Containing Twenty very fine Examples in Permanent Photography after the Old Masters. With Descriptive Letterpress. Demy 4to. cloth extra, gilt edges, 12s.

SEA-GULL ROCK.

By JULES SANDEAU, of the French Academy. Translated by ROBERT BLACK, M.A. With Seventy-nine very beautiful Woodcuts. Royal 16m0. cloth extra, gilt edges, 7s. 6d.

** A delightfully amusing book for Boys.

MERIDIANA.

Adventures of Three Russians and Three Englishmen in South Africa. By JULES VERNE. Translated from the French. With numerous Illustrations. Royal 16mo. cloth extra, gilt edges, 75. 6d.

*** Uniform with "The Sea-Gull's Rock," A capital book for Boys.

REYNARD THE FOX.

The Prose Translation by the late THOMAS ROSCOE. With about One Hundred exquisite Illustrations on Wood, after Designs by A. J. ELWES. Imperial 16mo. cloth extra.

**This beautiful book has been produced under the special superintendence of Mr. J. D. COOPER, who so successfully produced "Barbauld's Hymns," "Watts' Songs," "Heber's Hymns," &c. It is printed in the very best style of the Chiswick Press.

TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER

THE SEA.

By JULES VERNE. Translated and Edited by the Rev. L. P. MERCIER, MA. With One Hundred and Thirteen very graphic Woodcuts. Large post 8vo. cloth extra, gilt edges, 10s. 6d.

[Ready.

**Uniform with the First Edition of "The Adventures of a Young Naturalist." This work combines an excellent description of the Natural History and Physical Features of the Sea with a most amusing and humorous story.

THE STORY WITHOUT AN END.

From the German. By the late Mrs. SARAH T. AUSTIN. With Fifteen exquisite Drawings by E. V. B. Printed in Colours in Facsimile. An entirely New and Cheaper Edition. Crown 4to. cloth extra, gilt edges, 7s. 6d.

THE HARTZ MOUNTAINS.

By HENRY BLACKBURN. With numerous Illustrations.

THE MASTER'S HOME-CALL;

[In the press.

or Brief Memorials of Alice Frances Bickersteth. By her father, the Rev. E. H. Bickersteth, M.A. 32mo. cloth gilt, IS.

THE HYMNAL COMPANION TO THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.

Organist's Edition, fcap. 4to. cloth, 7s. 6d.

[Now ready.

***This Edition will be found very useful and convenient for Home Use at the Piano.

HORACE BUSHNELL.-SERMONS ON LIVING SUBJECTS.

By HORACE BUSHNELL. Crown 8vo. cloth, 7s. 6d.

FIFTEEN YEARS OF PRAYER.

BY IRENEUS PRIME, Author of "The Power of Prayer," &c. Small post 8vo., cloth, 35. 6d.

PRECES VETERUM.

Sive Orationes devotæ ex operibus SS. Hieronymi, Augustini, Bedæ Venerabilis, Alcuini, Anselmi, Bernardi, aliorumque sanctorum, atque e Liturgiis Primitivis, excerptæ; et in usum hodiernorum ecclesiæ Anglicanæ filiorum accommodatæ; Pluribus cum Hymnis Coævis. Collegit et Edidit JOANNES F. FRANCE. Crown 8vo., bevelled cloth, red edges, 5s. [Now ready.

SACRED RECORDS, &c., in Verse. By the Rev. C. B. TAYLER, Author of "Truth," ," "Earnestness," &c. Fcap 8vo., cloth extra, 2s. 6d.

[In October.

POEMS OF THE INNER LIFE.

A New Edition, revised, with many additional Poems inserted by permission of the best living Authors. Small post 8vo., cloth, 5s.

[In October.

New Volume of the "John Halifax" Series of Girl's Books.

AN ONLY SISTER.

By Madame Guizot de WiTT. With Six Illustrations. Small post 8vo., cloth, 45.

The Editor's Preface says: "Of this story, written expressly for my series, and not to appear in its original French for some time to come, I have almost nothing to say it speaks for itself. In it the Author paints real French life, and the real Frenchwoman in her best and noblest type."

MARIGOLD MANOR.

By Miss WARING. With Introduction by the Rev. A. SEWELL.
Illustrations.

THESE FORTY YEARS.

With

[In November.

A Book for Boys. By Capt. ALSTON.

[In November.

New Five-Shilling Volume by the Author of " John Halifax."

THE ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE.

A New and Original Work by the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." With numerous Illustrations by Miss PATERSON. Square cloth extra, gilt edges, 5s. [Now ready.

A capital book for a School Prize for Children from Seven to Fourteen.

SPRAY FROM THE WATER OF ELISEN

BRUNNEN:

Sketches of Life and Manners at a German Watering-place. By GODFREY MAYNARD. Small post 8vo., fancy boards. [In November.

CRADOCK NOWELL.

By R. D BLACKMORE, Author of "Lorna Doone" aad "Clara Vaughan." Diligently revised and re-shapen; uniform with the Cheap Editions of "Lorna Doone,' ," "Clara Vaughan." &c. Small post 8vo., cloth extra, 6s. [In November.

KILMENY.

A Novel. By WILLIAM BLACK, Author of "A Daughter of Heth." New and thoroughly revised Edition; uniform with the Cheap Editions of "A Daughter of Heth, ," "In Silk Attire," "Lorna Doone," &c. Small post 8vo., -cloth, 6s.

ACTS OF GALLANTRY.

[In October.

By LAMBTON YOUNG, C.E., Secretary of the Royal Humane Society. Giving a detail of every Act for which the Silver Medal of the Royal Humane Society has been granted during the last Forty-one Years; added to which is the Warrant granting the Albert Medal, and a Detail of each of the Eighteen Acts for which this Decoration has been granted. Crown 8vo., cloth extra, 7s. 6d. [Now ready.

A HISTORY OF MERCHANT SHIPPING.

By W. S. LINDSAY.

[In the press.

The New Volumes of Low s Copyright Cheap Editions of American
Authors are:

WE GIRLS.

By Mrs. A. D. T. WHITNEY.

AND

BACK-LOG STUDIES.

By CHARLES Dudley Warner, Author of "My Summer in a Garden." Each Volume complete in itself, price is. 6d. ; enamelled flexible cover, .25. cloth.

New Volumes of Tauchnitz' Translations from the German.
THE PRINCESS OF THE MOOR.

By MISS MARLITT. 2 vols. each sewed, 1s. 6d., cloth, 25.

[Now ready.

THE GREEKS OF TO-DAY.

By CHARLES K. TUCKERMANN, late Minister Resident of the U. S. at Athens. Crown 8vo. cloth.

[In October.

THE ROMANCE OF AMERICAN HISTORY.

Crown 8vo. cloth.

[In October.

ATLANTIC ESSAYS.

BY THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON. Small post 8vo. cloth, 6s.

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