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A TEXT BOOK OF
PRACTICAL GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY,
With instructions for the qualitative analysis of Minerals,
BY JOSHUA TRIMMER, F.G.S.,
WITH TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE WOOD CUTS,
A handsome Octavo volume, bound in embossed cloth.

This is a systematic introduction to Mineralogy, and Geology, admirably
calculated to instruct the student in those sciences. The organic remains
of the various formations are well illustrated by numerous figures, which
are drawn with great accuracy.

THE BRIDGEWATER TREATISES ON THE POWER, WISDOM
AND GOODNESS OF GOD, as manifested in the Creation,
containing Bell, Chalmers, Kidd, Whewell, Prout, Kirby, Roget and
Buckland, with numerous engravings, wood cuts, and maps. The
whole series forms a beautiful set of books, in 7 volumes, 8vo, to be had
in handsome cloth or half bound with calf backs and corners.

The following Three Treatises can be had separately:

GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY, considered with reference to Natural
Theology, by the Rev. Wm. Buckland, D. D., Canon of Christ
Church, and Reader in Geology and Mineralogy in the University of
Oxford; with nearly 100 copper-plates and large coloured maps; a new
edition, from the late London edition, with supplementary notes and
additional plates.

ROGETS' ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; with
nearly 500 wood cuts, in two volumes; second American edition.

THE HISTORY, HABITS AND INSTINCTS OF ANIMALS;
by Rev. Wm. Kirby, M. A., F. R. S.; illustrated by numerous copper-plate
engravings.

A POPULAR TREATISE ON
VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY;
Published under the auspices of the Society for the Promotion of
Popular Instruction;
WITH NUMEROUS WOOD CUTS,
In One Volume, 12mo.

THE MILLWRIGHT AND MILLER'S GUIDE. By Oliver Evans.

The Tenth Edition with Additions and Corrections, by the Professor
of Mechanics in the Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania; and a Description
of an Improved Merchant Flour Mill. With Engravings. By C.
& O. Evans, Engineers.

This is a practical work, and has had a very extended sale.

THE SECOND SERIES OF MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF
THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND; containing Elizabeth of York,
surnamed the Good Queen of Henry the VII., the Six Queens of
Henry the VIII., and Queen Mary the First, in 2 vols., 12mo.

LORD BROUGHAM'S HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF
STATESMEN WHO FLOURISHED IN THE TIME OF
GEORGE III. — Containing Lord Chatham, Lord North, Mr. Fox,
Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Pitt, Mr. Canning, Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Grattan,
Washington, Franklin, Charles Carroll, Napoleon, Talleyrand, Lafayette,
&c., 2 vols. Fourth edition.

THE UNITED IRISHMEN, their Lives and Times, by R. R. Madden,
M. D., author of Travels in the East, &c.; in two volumes, 12mo.

ROMANTIC BIOGRAPHY OF THE AGE OF ELIZABETH,
or Sketches of Life from the By-ways of History by the Benedictine
Brethren of Glendalough. Edited by W. Cook Taylor, LL. D. &c.
of Trinity College, Dublin, author of “The Natural History of
Society,” in 2 volumes, 12mo.

LIVES OF EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN
OF ITALY. By Mrs. Shelley, Sir David Brewster, James Montgomery
and others. Containing Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Lorenzo de
Medici, Galileo, Tasso, &c., &c., 2 vols.

A MEMOIR OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS.
HEMANS. By her Sister, Mrs. Hughes. 1 vol., 12mo.

THE MOST EMINENT FRENCH WRITERS. By Mrs. Shelley
and others. Containing Racine, Fenelon, Rousseau, Molière, Corneile,
&c., &c. 2 vols.

SKETCHES OF CONSPICUOUS LIVING CHARACTERS OF
FRANCE. Containing Thiers, Chauteaubriand, Laffitte, Guizot, La
Martine, &c., &c. Translated by R. M. Walsh.

THE CRITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS OF
LORD BROUGHAM, with a sketch of his Character. Two vols.,
royal 12mo.

THE CRITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS OF SIR
EDWARD LYTTON BULWER, Author of “Pelham,” “The
Disowned,” &c.

LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. By Prof. Tucker, of the University
of Virginia; 2 vols., 8vo.

GEISLER'S TEXT BOOK OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
Translated from the third German edition. By Francis Cunningham.
3 vols., 8vo.

AN INQUIRY INTO THE VALIDITY OF THE BRITISH
CLAIM TO A RIGHT OF VISITATION AND SEARCH
of American vessels suspected to be engaged in the African Slave
Trade. By Henry Wheaton, LL. D., Minister of the United States at
the Court of Berlin. Author of “Elements of International Law,”
&c. In one volume.

LOCKHART'S LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, a fine edition
with a portrait, in 7 vols., 12mo.

THE COURT AND TIMES OF FREDERICK THE GREAT,
edited with an introduction, by Thomas Campbell, Esq., author of the
Pleasures of Hope, The Life of Petrarch, &c.; 2 vols., 12mo.

MADAME DE SEVIGNE AND HER CONTEMPORARIES,
comprising sketches of above one hundred of the most eminent persons
of her times, 2 vols., 12mo.

MRS. ELLIS'S TEMPERANCE TALES, or Hints to those who
would Make Home Happy, by Mrs. Ellis, late Miss Stickney, author
of The Women of England, &c., &c. Containing—The Dangers of
Dining Out, Confessions of a Maniac, Somerville Hall, The Rising
Tide, The Favourite Child, First Impressions, and The Minister's
Family, in 2 vol., 12mo.

—Publishers Circular.

KEBLE'S CHRISTIAN YEAR. Thoughts in verse, for Sundays and
Holidays, throughout the year. The third edition, in one neat volume.

THE CHILD'S CHRISTIAN YEAR. Hymns for every Sunday and
Holiday, compiled for the use of Parochial schools, first American from
the second London edition, adapted more especially to pastoral and domestic
teachings; a small pocket volume to match the `Christian Year.'

BISHOP HEBER'S POETICAL WORKS. Complete in one neat
volume, to match `Keble's Christian Year.'

TALES AND SOUVENIRS OF A RESIDENCE IN EUROPE.
By the Lady of a distinguished Senator of Virginia. In one volume,
extra embossed cloth.

THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS, OR MEMOIRS OF THE ROSE,
a beautiful little volume, with coloured plates, and handsomely done up
with gilt edges.

THE SENTIMENTS OF FLOWERS, OR THE LANGUAGE
OF FLORA. Embracing an account of nearly 300 different Flowers
with their powers in Language. With coloured plates. A small volume,
embossed cloth, gilt edges.

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS, with illustrative Poetry. To
which is now first added The Calendar of Flowers. Revised by the
Editor of `The Forget-Me-Not.' The sixth American edition, with
coloured plates. Handsomely done up in embossed leather, gilt edges.

THE YOUNG WIFE'S BOOK. A Manual of religious, moral, and
domestic duties. A small pocket volume.

THE YOUNG HUSBAND'S BOOK. A Manual of the duties, moral,
religious, and domestic, imposed by the relations of married life. A
small volume, to match `The Young Wife's Book.'

STORIES FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN, illustrated by numerous
wood cuts, containing Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn, by
Mrs. Marcet, author of Conversations on Chemistry.

LAWS OF ETIQUETTE, OR RULES AND REFLECTIONS
FOR CONDUCT IN SOCIETY. By a Gentleman. A small
pocket volume. Many thousands of which have been sold.

ETIQUETTE FOR THE LADIES. With Hints on the Preservation,
Improvement, and Display of Female Beauty. A small volume to
match the Laws of Etiquette.

THE CANONS OF GOOD BREEDING; by the author of `The
Laws of Etiquette;' a small pocket volume in embossed cloth.