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Catalogue of General and SCIENTIFIC BOOKS

Perring.-HARD KNOTS IN SHAKESPEARE. By Sir PHILIP PERRING, Bart. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Piesse.-THE ART OF PERFUMERY, and the Methods of Obtaining the Odours of Plants; with Instructions for the Manufacture of Perfumes, &c. By G. W. S. PIESSE, Ph.D. F.C.S. With 96 Woodcuts, square crown 8vo. 21s. Pole.-THE THEORY OF THE MoDERN SCIENTIFIC GAME OF WHIST. By W. POLE, F.R.S. Fcp. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Prendergast.-IRELAND, from the Restoration to the Revolution, 16601690. By JOHN P. PRENDERGAST. 8vo. 55. Proctor.-WORKS BY R. A. PROC

TOR.

THE ORBS AROUND US; a Series of Essays on the Moon and Planets, Meteors and Comets. With Chart and Diagrams, crown 8vo. 55.

OTHER WORLDS THAN OURS; The Plurality of Worlds Studied under the Light of Recent Scientific Researches. With 14 Illustrations, crown 8vo. 5s.

THE MOON; her Motions, Aspects, Scenery, and Physical Condition. With Plates, Charts, Woodcuts, and Lunar Photographs, crown 8vo. 6s.

UNIVERSE OF STARS; Presenting Researches into and New Views respecting the Constitution of the Heavens. With 22 Charts and 22 Diagrams, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

LARGER STAR ATLAS for the Library,

in 12 Circular Maps, with Introduction and 2 Index Pages. Folio, 15s. or Maps only, 12s. 6d.

NEW STAR ATLAS for the Library, the School, and the Observatory, in 12 Circular Maps (with 2 Index Plates). Crown 8vo. 5s.

LIGHT SCIENCE for Leisure HOURS; Familiar Essays on Scientific Subjects, Natural Phenomena, &c. 3 vols. crown 8vo. 5s. each.

CHANCE AND LUCK; a Discussion of

The 'KNOWLEDGE' LIBRARY. Edi-
ted by RICHARD A. PROCTOR.
HOW TO PLAY WHIST: WITH THE
LAWS AND ETIQUETTE OF WHIST.
By R. A. PROCTOR. Crown 8vo. 5s.
HOME WHIST: an Easy Guide to
Correct Play. By R.A. PROCTOR. 16mo. Is.
THE POETRY OF ASTRONOMY. A
Series of Familiar Essays. By R. A.
PROCTOR. Crown 8vo. 6s.
NATURE STUDIES. BY GRANT ALLEN,
A. WILSON, T. FOSTER, E. CLODD, and
R. A. PROCTOR. Crown 8vo. 65.
LEISURE READINGS. By E. Clodd,
A. WILSON, T. FOSTER, A. C. RUNYARD,
and R. A. PROCTOR. Crown 8vo. 6s.
THE STARS IN THEIR SEASONS.
An Easy Guide to a Knowledge of the
Star Groups, in 12 Large Maps. By R.
A. PROCTOR. Imperial 8vo. 5s.
STAR PRIMer. Showing the Starry
Sky Week by Week, in 24 Hourly Maps.
By R. A. PROCTOR. Crown 4to. 2s. 6d.
THE SEASONS Pictured in 48 SUN-
VIEWS OF THE EARTH, and 24 Zodiacal
Maps, &c. By R. A. PROCTOR. Demy
4to. 5s.

STRENGTH AND HAPPINESS. By
R. A. PROCTOR. Crown 8vo. 5s.
ROUGH WAYS MADE SMOOTH. Fami-
liar Essays on Scientific Subjects. By
R. A. PROCTOR. Crown 8vo. 6s.
OUR PLACE AMONG INFINITIES. A
Series of Essays contrasting our Little
Abode in Space and Time with the Infi-
nities Around us. By R. A. PROCTOR.
Crown 8vo. 5s.

THE EXPANSE OF HEAVEN. Essays
on the Wonders of the Firmament. By
R. A. PROCTOR. Crown 8vo. 5s.
PLEASANT WAYS IN SCIENCE. By
R. A. PROCTOR. Crown 8vo. 6s.
MYTHS AND MARVELS OF ASTRO-
NOMY. By R. A. PROCTOR. Cr. 8vo. 6s.

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Pryce. THE ANCIENT BRITISH
CHURCH: an Historical Essay. By JOHN
PRYCE, M.A. Canon of Bangor. Crown
8vo. 6s.

the Laws of Luck, Coincidences, Wagers, Quain's Elements of Anatomy.

Lotteries, and the Fallacies of Gambling &c. Crown 8vo. 5s.

STUDIES OF VENUS-TRANSITS; an Investigation of the Circumstances of the Transits of Venus in 1874 and 1882. With 7 Diagrams and 10 Plates. 8vo. 5s.

The Ninth Edition. Re-edited by ALLEN THOMSON, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S.S. L. & E. EDWARD ALBert Schäfer, F.R.S. and GEORGE DANCER THANE. With upwards of 1,000 Illustrations engraved on Wood, of which many are Coloured. 2 vols. 8vo. 18s. each.

PUBLISHED BY Messrs. LONGMANS, GREEN, & Co.

Quain.-A DICTIONARY OF MEDI-|

CINE. By Various Writers. Edited by R. QUAIN, M.D. F.R.S. &c. With 138 Woodcuts. Medium 8vo. 31s. 6d. cloth, or 40s. half-russia; to be had also in 2 vols. 34s. cloth. Reader.-WORKS READER.

BY EMILY E.

THE GHOST OF BRANKINSHAW and other Tales. With 9 Full-page Illustrations. Fcp. 8vo. 2s. 6d. cloth extra, gilt edges. VOICES FROM FLOWER-LAND, in Original Couplets. A Birthday-Book and Language of Flowers. 16mo. Is. 6d. limp cloth; 2s. 6d. roan, gilt edges, or in vegetable vellum, gilt top.

FAIRY PRINCE FOLLOW-My-Lead ; or, the MAGIC BRACELET. Illustrated by WM. READER. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. gilt edges; or 3s. 6d. vegetable vellum, gilt edges.

THE THREE GIANTS &C. 16mo. Is. cloth.

Royal

THE MODEL Boy &c. Royal 16mo.

IS. cloth.

BE YT HYS WHO FYNDS YT. Royal 16mo. Is. cloth.

Reeve.

COOKERY AND HOUSEKEEPING. By Mrs. HENRY REEVE. With 8 Coloured Plates and 37 Woodcuts. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Rich.-A DICTIONARY OF ROMAN
AND GREEK ANTIQUITIES. With 2,000
Woodcuts. By A. RICH, B.A. Cr. 8vo.
7s. 6d.

Richardson.-WORKS BY BENJAMIN
WARD RICHARDSON, M.D.
THE HEALTH OF NATIONS: a Review
of the Works-Economical, Educational,
Sanitary, and Administrative-of EDWIN
CHADWICK, C. B. With a Biographical
Dissertation by BENJAMIN WARD RICH-
ARDSON, M.D. F.R.S. 2 vols. 8vo. 28s.
THE COMMONHEALTH: a Series of
Essays on Health and Felicity for Every-
Day Readers. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Richey.-A SHORT HISTORY OF THE

IRISH PEOPLE, down to the Date of the Plantation of Ulster. By the late A. G. RICHEY, Q.C. LL.D. M.R.I.A. Edited, with Notes, by ROBERT ROMNEY KANE, LL.D. M.R.I.A. 8vo. 14s. Riley.-ATHOS; or, the Mountain of

the Monks. By ATHELSTAN RILEY, M.A. F.R.G.S. With Map and 29 Illustrations. 8vo. 21s.

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IN ITS APPLICATION TO TERRESTRIAL SUBSTANCES, and the Physical Constitution of the Heavenly Bodies. By Dr. H. SCHELLEN. Translated by JANE and CAROLINE LASSELL. Edited by Capt. W. DE W. ABNEY. With 14 Plates (including Angström's and Cornu's Maps) and 291 Woodcuts. 8vo. 31s. 6d. Scott.-WEATHER CHARTS AND

STORM WARNINGS. BY ROBERT H. SCOTT, M.A. F.R.S. With numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6s. Seebohm.-WORKS BY Frederic SEEBOHM.

THE OXFORD REFORMERS-JOHN COLET, ERASMUS, AND THOMAS MORE; a History of their Fellow-Work. 8vo. 14s. THE ENGLISH VILLAGE COMMUNITY Examined in its Relations to the Manorial and Tribal Systems, &c, 13 Maps and Plates. 8vo. 16s.

THE ERA OF THE PROTESTANT REVOLUTION. With Map. Fcp. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

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published by Messrs. Longmans, Green, & Co.

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CATALOGUE of General and ScienTIFIC BOOKS

Trevelyan.-WORKS BY THE RIGHT |
HON. SIR G. O. TREVELYAN, BART.
THE LIFE And Letters of Lord
MACAULAY.

LIBRARY EDITION, 2 vols. 8vo. 36s.
CABINET EDITION, 2 vols. crown 8vo.

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Twiss.-WORKS BY SIR TRAVERS Vitzthum.-ST. PETERSBURG AND

TWISS.

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ESSAYS ON THE FLOATING-Matter

OF THE AIR in relation to Putrefaction
and Infection. With 24 Woodcuts.
Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

LECTURES ON LIGHT, delivered in
America in 1872 and 1873. With 57
Diagrams. Crown 8vo. 5s.
LESSONS IN ELECTRICITY AT THE

ROYAL INSTITUTION, 1875-76. With 58 Woodcuts. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. NOTES OF A COURSE OF SEVEN

LECTURES ON ELECTRICAL PHENO-
MENA AND THEORIES, delivered at the
Royal Institution. Crown 8vo. Is. sewed,
Is. 6d. cloth.

NOTES OF A COURSE OF Nine Lec

TURES ON LIGHT, delivered at the Royal Institution. Crown 8vo. Is. sewed, Is. 6d. cloth.

FARADAY AS A DISCOVERER. Fcp. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

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