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? , - THE, LEADER. [No. 299, Saturday 12...
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THE JTATIOTAL REVIEW . ADVERTISEMENTS intended for insertion in Number III . ( January , 1856 ) , should be forwarded to the Publisher not later than the 22 nd mst . ; Bills by the 27 th . London ; Robebt Theobald , Paternoster-row-
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On the 17 th December will be published , price 3 d ., or stamped 4 d ., PUNCH'S ALMANACK for 1856 . Illustrated by JOUN LEECH and JOHN TEN' Office , 85 , Fleet-street .
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AN APPROPRIATE CHRISTMAS PRESENT . In Two Volumes , crown 8 vo , price 12 s ., cloih lettered , S HERIDAN KNOWLES' DRAMATIC WORKS . A New Edition revised by the Author , with a Portrait . , ^ , . Sheridan Knowles , as a dramatic poet , has enjoyed , and still enjoys , a greater popularity than almost any writer of his time . A collected edition of his works cannot fail of being highly popular . " London : Geokge Routledge and Co ., 2 , Farnogdonstreet .
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NEW ISSUE , 1856 . XOHNSTON'S NATIONAL ATLAS of HIS-« J TORICAL , COMiVlEKCJAL , and POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY ; with a complete Index , compiled from the Maps . By ALEXANDER KEITH JOHNSTON , F . R . S . E ., Geographer to the Queen . Price , half-bound russia or morocco , with plates and notes on Physical Geography JE 8 8 0 "Without the plates and notes on Physical Geography 4 14 6 " Truly a splendid publication , and fully deserving national patronage . " - Literary Gazette . London : Black / wood and Sons , Longman and Co ., and B . Stanford . Edinburgh : W . and A . K . Johnston .
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NEW EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF ARTHUR SCRATCHLEY , M . A ., F . R . A . S ., Formerly Fellow and Sadlorian Lecturer of Queen's College , Cambridge ; one of the Actuaries authorised to certify Friendly Societies i formerly an Examiner ( 18 « 0 and 1851 ) of the Institute of Actuaries of Great Britain and Ireland ; and Actuary to the Western Life Office , 3 , Parliamentstreet , London . Fourth Edition , 5 s . —( 2 a . cd . to Members of Friendly Societies ) rpREATISE on LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIEX TIES , F 1 UKNDLY SOCIETIES , and SAVINGS ' BANKS , with a Mathematical Appendix and Tables , and Model Rules for Friendly Societies . Second Edition , 10 s . Gd ., qpREATISE on INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT X and EMIGRATION , with Tables , and a Mathematical Appendix ( on tlio doctrine of Compound Interest , the Deposit System of Savings' Banks and Life Offices , Tontine Association , & o . ); and Model Uulca for B « ueut Buildingr Societies . Third Edition , 6 s ., rpREATISE on the ENFRANCHISEMENT X and IMPROVEMENT of COPYHOLD and LIFELEASEHOLD PKOPERTY j with Tablea , Model Rules for Freehold Land Societies , and a Mathematical Appendix on Lifo Contingency Valuations ! with ltemarta on Church Property and the Transfer of Land . Second Edition , la ., MODEL RULES for EMIGRATION SOCIETIES [ being the Appendix to the " Prudent : " ( or How to Aoqulru Land , and Bequeath -Money , by means of co-operation ) , by Wuumam Bridges , Ebo ., Seoretwy to the Friendly Booletko' Institute , alt , Pall Mall , London ] . Nearly ready , New Edition , as . 6 d ., "JV / TPDEL RULES for INDUSTRIAL PARTiiXl ^ MRBftBJllr & CMHKV 1 E 8 , and aoovo Remarks on toe JMMtlMMjrv . nw AWVfcrtoin of tUe piwaeiub Laws of PartnewUlp ^ PnbUshed at . the F > iendi . x Sooibtim * Ikwitwtb , » 8 , Pall Milltluwt hr C »* uM * M ***> nm * , Bed Honcourt , Fleet-¦ UWt , Xxmdon .
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# ovr publishing , in 2 . CO 0 pages , Imperial Octavo , price 368 . JHE POST OFFICE LONDOS" DIRECTORY FOR 1856 . MOST gratifying Reviews of the huge volume have appeared in all the leading Metropolitan Journals , of which only very short extracts can be here quoted . «• In short , this work contains all that can reasonably be required in a Director ;/ , and much more , probably , than was ever found in one before . It may be safely referred to for information upon everything connected -with the metropolis and the elements which constitute its wealth and importance . "—Times , December 8 , 1855 . "It is indeed a triumph of energy , enterprise , and combined talents of many orders , to which , upon reflection , everyone will be ready to assign the merit it deserves . "Morning Advertiser , Nov . 12 , 1855 . " There has been competition , but it has passed away ; for it has been too carefully and sedulously edited , too prompt in its intelligence , too simple in its plan , and too judicious in its classifications , to admit of successful rivalry . " —Morning Herald , November 12 , 1855 . " An indispensable necessity , not only in the countinghouses of the mercantile part of the community , but also in the halls of the great and fashionable . "—Morning Chronicle , Nov . 16 , 1855 . ' The absence of competition does not appear to have led the publishers to bestow less care upon the preparation of the work . "—Morning Post , Nov . 30 , 1855 . "The hugest and the most accurate of all our popular compilations . "—Sun , Nov . 10 , 1855 . " The extent and quality of the information contained in the volume has , as far as we know , never been equalled in a publication of the kind . "— Globe , Nov . 15 , 1855 . "This annual wonder has just appeared , and , on the present occasion , it has appeared without a rival , having in this year driven every competitor from the field . Even they who , like ourselves , dislike monopoly , acknowledge the justice of monopoly fairly won by decided excellence . " — Standard , Nov . 16 , 1855 . "Its fame is too well established , its pretensions to be what it professes too thoroughly justified , and its comprehensiveness too immense , to admit of any other consequence than disastrous loss to the speculator who would blindly hope to supplant it . "—Shipping Gazette , Nov . 23 , 1855 . "Even as ill ere is no city in the world which can compare with the metropolis as the abode of aristocracy and commerce , so it is equally beyond dispute that there is but one Directory . '"—Church and Stale Gazette , Nov . 16 , 1855 . The whole work exhibits a mass of accurate information . "— Alias , Nov . 17 , 1855 , " There is an old joke about the man who sat down patiently to read through a dictionary , and complained of the variety of its subjects . What would he have said to the ' Post Office Directory of 1856 / with its pregnant line about everybody ?"—lielVs Weekly Messenger . Nov . 17 , J 855 . "If any one would really understand in what consists the strength of London , let him study this work . " —Britannia , Nov . 17 , 1835 . " The opponent of the production before us has ceased to exist , it appearing that , even after the collection of the information for next year , and the work being in type , the sale would be insufficient to repay the mere expense of Erinting . The ' Post Office Direciory * is now alone in the eld , but we are glad to see that the exertions of the proprietors are undiminished . "—Court Journal , Nov , 17 , 185 £ > . " This has become a work of national importance . It has been said we could not afford to lose our Times—the same observation applies to our 'Post Office Directory . *"—Hern , path ' s Journal , Nov 17 , It 55 . "The proprietors of this work have now the field to themselves ; but that they have not relaxed in their exertions on that account id fully evident from the completeness of the Directory for the coming year . "—Illustrated London News , Nov . 17 , 185 S . * ' Still swelling its dimensions , aa the ever-increasing area of the vast metropolis increases . "— John Jiull , Nov . 17 , 1855 . " A work of similar charaoter , though by no means equal in correctness of arrangement and detail , has , after an ephemeral existence , entailing enormous loss to its projectors , been at length abandoned . It appears to us beyond question that the sale of so exclusive and peculiar a work will never repay the expense of preparing two such publications , which , if accurate , must be counterparts of each other . " —Mining Journal , Nov . 17 , 1855 . " Extent , variety , and accuracy of information , so far as we have had occasion to test it , is not the only feature of the book . ' — Spectator , Nov . 17 , 1855 . "This wonderful volume is a proof that the ^ vork of organisation and administration can bo performed by Englishmen with sucli admirable completeness as to amount to perfection itself . ' Kelly ' s Directory * was always unrivalled . "— lira , Nov . 18 , 1 S 55 . " It is cevtuinly one of the literary phenomena of the age "—Sunday Times , Nov . 18 , 1855 . "It enjoya a deserved reputation never achieved by any work of its olass . "—Weekly Times , Nov . 18 , 1880 . « " It is one of the marvels of the prosont ogo . *'— Observer , NOV . 19 , 1805 . " There la certainly no better guide to tho contents of London than the Directory . "—Nonconformist , Nov . 21 , 1856 . The rival Directory has given up a battle in which victory was scarcely to oe won . But what of tho future of this wonderful book ? As it lies on its side It atands already some two hands high , and to spread out tho map implies the oovorina : of an ordinary table . "—Jixaminer , Nov . 24 , 1855 . " Since lust year a fruitless attempt to establish a second ' London Directory' has been widely abandoned . There is no room for a rival work of this magnitude . "— Literary Gaxctte , Nov . 24 , 185 ft . " Its dally and hourly utility alone is sufficient to recommend it . "—Weekly Dh / talch , NOV . ! i & , 1055 . ** We have tested the lateness of the period up to which it has been oonreotod , l » y referring to changes within our own knowledg * , and wo are bound to eay that in every oaBO we have found , that tho Dlreotory han recorded the change , although som « of them have been of very recent occurrence . "— Leader , Deo . 1 , J 805 ,. The accuracy , fulness , clear and careful printing , are beyond all pratae /' -iawiomuf , December , 8 , IB & o . " The attempt to establish a rival Directory uaa failed . SRStSSWR fSgr * " * * •*¦•¦* « ln » po « ible on .. " Knu and Co ., l » , 90 , andai . Old Boffwelt-cowt j and all HOOKJKSllQrtf ¦
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In two vols .. imperial 8 vo ., £ * 15 s , illustrated by nearly Eight Hundred Views and Plans , THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER , A General Dictionary <> f Geography , Physical , Political , Statistical , and Descriptive . Edited by W . G . BLAOKIE , Ph , D ., F . R . G . S . In two vola .. imperial 8 vo ., £ 1 10 s ., illustrated by above Two Thousand Engravings on Wood , THE IMPERIAL DICTIONARY , English , Technological , and Scientific , adapted to the present state of Literature , Science , and Art . Edited by JOHN OGILVIK , LL . T > . In one vol ., imperial 8 vo , . £ 1 , illustrated by Three llumlvid and Fifty Engravings on Wood , A SUPPLEMENT TO THE IMPERIAL DICTIONARY . By JOHN OGILVIE , LL . D . Hr . AOKiK and Son , Warwick-square , City , London ; and Glasgow and Edinburgh ,
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Second Edition of TRACTS for tho PRESENT CRISIS . By Sir A . II . ELTON , Bart . Price Id . oaoli , or ad . a dozen . Wrapper , with Preface , Title . & o .. Id . Or sewed , complete in one volume , 2 a . Sd . Tho following are suitable for general diatrlbuUon ;—No , " , 2 , » , 8 , 9 , 13 , 10 , 18 , 19 , ao , 30 , 32 , 34 , 39 . The following are addressed more especially to M . I ' . a : — Nos . 7 , M , IB , 23 , £ 0 , 83 . The following to those who elect M . P . 's : — Noa . 11 , 2 ) . 29 , aa . The following to Christian minlutors : —No ? . 27 and 2 « . The following to readers of the Time * s—Noa . 4 , 10 , » 7 , it , W , 31 . 30 . " Vigorous and perspicuous , and characterised by a playful yet pungent irony . "—Morning Chronicle . ' » If the author had not been a landowner , lie might have attained the highest point of fame as a Journalist . — limplre . " We have sound argument , often enlivened by raoy ami humorous Illustrations , and convoyed In a style full oi vigour and vivaolty . "—Herald of Peace . „ " Tbeae Interesting articles must command a l ( irga salo . —Bristol Mirror . Published by Kxrhlakb , 3 , Park-street , Bristol » nnd aold algo by Brtrtlott , Patemoater-row , London } by Cornl » l > ana Co ., Manchester , and Folthorp , Brighton .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 15, 1855, page 22, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15121855/page/22/
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