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Goij The Iieadeh. [ No. 322, Sat., May 2...
gOij THE IiEADEH . [ No . 322 , Sat ., May 24 , 1856 .
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Now ready , with Portrait , 2 ! vols . 8 vo , 18 s ., LIFE of THOMAS KEN , Bishop of Batb Md Wells . By A LAYMAN . Second Edition , cure rully revised and enlarged . Bishop KEN'S EXPOSITION of the APOSTLES ' CREED . New Edition . Is . 6 d . hi . Bishop KEjST'S APPROACH to the ALTAR . * y ^ mHf , l ! h « rM * t .
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~ LORD BROUGHTON S TRAVELS .. Now read " 2 nd Edition ^ Map and numerous Plates . A JOURNEY THROUGH ' ALBANIA AND ' A atiipb ^ PROVINCES OF TURKEY IN EUROPE ANDAsK c ^ STANTINOPLE . By LORD BROUGH-^ 7 " ord Broughton has published a new and handsome edition and has added to the text numerous notes embodyin ^ the views of Colonel Leako . Dr . Holland , Colonel Mure , and other travellers . The fact that the journey these volumes record was undertaken in company with Lord Byron , and contain many interesting anecdotes and traits of character concerning him , gives the work additional value , and increases its claims to preservation . —Press . . Iohit Mubeax , Albemarle-street .
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DAMASCUS , PALMYRA , AND LEBANON . Now ready , with Map and Woodcuts . 2 vols . post 8 vo , 21 s ., FIVE YEARS in DAMASCUS , including an Account of the History . Topography , and Antiquities of that City , with Travels and Researches in Palmyra ^ , Lebanon , and other Scripture Sites . By Rev . J . L . PORTER . " Mr . Porter ' s work is valuable for the light which he has thrown upon many objects of antiquity that appear to have escaped , the attention of previons travellers . He seems to have spared no trouble to collect information , and he has illustrated his work , not only with engravings from his own sketch-book , but also with several valuable maps , compiled from his own observation , assisted in some instances by the best authorities . "— Morning Post . " The work is enriched , with a great number of engravings , and an admirable map , which defines a large tract of territory not hitherto marked down by geographers . —JJatly John Mtjebat , Albemarle-street .
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MR- HALLAMS HISTORIES . Now ready . Eleventh Edition , S vols . 8 vo , 30 s ., HIST ORY of EUROPE DURINCr the MIDDLE AGES . The CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY of ENGLAND , from the Accession of Henry VII . to the Death of George II . Seventh Edition . 3 vols . 8 vo . 80 s . iu . The LITERARY HISTORY of EUROPE . Fourth Edition . 3 vols . 8 vo . 36 s . UTERARY ESSAYS and CHARACTERS . Selected from the above Work , for Popular Circulation . Filth Edition . Fcap . 8 vo . 2 s . Also , Now ready , A POPULAR EDITION of HALLAM'S HISTORICAL WORKS . ^ Complete in 10 vols ., crown 8 vo . 6 s . each . Johw Mubrat , Albemarlo-street .
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This Day is Published . One Volume , 8 vo , 14 s ., COLONIAL CONSTITUTIONS ; an Out-\ ^ J line of the Constitutional History , and existing Government of the British Dependencies ; with the Orders in Council , Statutes , and Parliamentary Documents relating to each Dependency . By ARTHUR MILLS , Esq ., of tho Inner Temple , Barrister-at-Law . "The main object of this volume is to supply some brief compendious information on the Constitutional History and present political condition of the British Dependencies . With this view , tho dates and titles of Public Documents , comprising Orders in Council , Acts of tho Imperial Parliament , and Parliamentary Reports , Accounts and . Papers , relating to each Dependency , have been separately arranged , and prefaced by a snort historical summary , and a sketch of the present Constitution of each . "—Extract from Preface . John Mubhav , Albomarle-street .
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LABARTE ON MEDI / EVAL ART . Now ready , with 200 Illustrations , 8 vo , 18 s ., AN ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK OF THE ARTS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE , as applied to tho Decoration of Furniture , Arms . Jewels . Ac . By M . JULES LABARTE . " The composition of M . Labnrto strikes us as evincing equal learning and intelligence . His knowledge is large , and he has the art of arranging it , with tho systematic neatness of the French mind , in a clear smd pleasing manner . The volume is illustrated with upwards of 200 wood engravings , representing some of the most remarkable examples in every stylo of art . Asa broad view of the domestic arts of the middle ages , and an introduction to their particular study , this ' Handbook' will be found extremely useful and satisfactory . "—Press . John Mubrat , Albomarlc-street .
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MURRAY'S MODERN COOKERY . Prico five Shillings . Now Ready , tho 220 th Thousand , with Woodcuts , post tivo , 5 s .. MODERN DOMESTIC COOKERY , Founded upon Principles of Economy and Practical Knowledge , and Adapted for tho Use of Private Families . "Unquestionably the most complete guide that has yet been given to the world . "—John Bull . A new edition , with a great many now receipts , that have stood the tent of family experience . "—Spectator . "Asacomplete collection of useful directions , this ' Modern Domestio Cookery' can scarcely bo surpassed . "—Economist . Ions Mubrat , Albomarlo-streot .
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ii "Vow ready . Second Edition , 8 vo , 2 s . Cd .. FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY ; a Skotch of his Life and Works . By JULES . BENEDICT . ' JToHir Murkay , Albemarle-srreet .
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WORKS BY MRS . SOMERVILLE . Eighth ' Edition , with Plates , fcp . 8 vo , M 0 s . 6 t f ., THE CONNEXION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES . By MARY SOMERVILLE . " The style of this astonishing production is so clear and unaffected , and conveys with so much simplicity so great a mass of profound knowledge , that it should be placed in the hanas of every youth the moment he has mastered the general rudiments of cdncation . "—Quarterly Review . By tho same , PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY . 3 rd Edition , Portrait . 2 vols . fcap . 8 vo . 12 s . " Wo have followed Mrs . Somerville through her intellectual journey over the globe , delighted and improved by her instructions . "—North British Review . John Murray , Albemarle-street .
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LOCKHART'S SPANISH BALLADS . Now ready , a New Illustrated Edition , with Portrait , many Woodcuts , Coloured Borders , and Illuminated Titles , 4 to , A NCIENT SPANISH BALLADS , Historical and Romantic . Translated , with Notes , by the late JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART . " A revised edition has just appeared , even more brilliant , as it seems to us , with gold , colour , and the daintiest embellishment , than heretofore , of " Lockhart ' s Spanish Ballads , ' a volume that has long ranked with the most beautiful of all gift books , —one of the first indeed in the class of illustrated books . A biographical sketch and portrait of Lockhart is prefixed to the volume . Of tho noble ballads thus collected and adorned , it is needless now to speak . " — Examiner . Also , post 8 vo , 2 s . Cd ., A POPULAR EDITIOJNT OF LOCKHART'S SPANISH BALLADS . JohnMubbay , Albemarle-street .
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DR . APERCROMBIES WORKS . Now read * . 14 th Edition , fcap . 8 vo . 6 s . 6 d ., T ? NQUIRIES concerning the INTELLECJL 2 J TUAL POWERS , and the INVESTIGATION of TRUTH . By JO 1 JN ABERCOMBIE , MJ ) . By the Same , 10 th Edition , Fcap . 8 vo , 4 s ., The PHILOSOPHY of the MORAL FEELINGS . John Mprbay , Albemarle-street .
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COMPLETION OF CROTE S HISTORY OF GREECE . Now ready , with Portrait , Maps , and Index , 12 vols . 8 vo , 10 s . each , A HISTORY of GREECE . From the Earliest Period to the close of the Generation contemporary with Alexander the Great . By GEORGE GROTE , Esq . " The author has now incontestably won for himself the title , not merely of a historian , but of the historian of Greece . "—Quarterly Review . " Mr . Grote is , beyond all question , the historian of Greece , unrivalled , so far as we know , in tho erudition and genius with which he has revived the picture of a distant past . "Times . " "Mr . Grote ' s familiarity both with the great highways and the obscurest by-paths of Grecian literature and antiquity , lias seldom been equalled and not often approached , in unlearned England - "— Spectator . Jonu Mukray , Albemarle-strcet . MRS . LOUDON S GARDENING FOR LADIES . Now ready , 8 th edition , with Woodcuts , fcap . 8 vo , 5 s ., EVERY LADY HER OWN GARDENER : being Practical Instructions in Gardening ; with a Calendar of Operations and Directions for Every Month in tho Year . By Mrs . LOUDON . John Mvbray , Albomarlc-street .
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KIRBY AND SPENCE'S ENTOMOLOGY : SEVENTH AND CHEAPER EDITION . Just published , in one closely-printed Volume , of COO pages , crown 8 vo , price 5 s . cloth , INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY ; or . Elements of tho Natural History of Insects . Comprising an account of Noxious and Useful Insects ; of their Metamorphoses , Food , Stratagems , Societies . Motions , Hybernation . Instinct . Ac . By WILLIAM KIRBY , M . A , F . R . S .. F . L . S ., Rector of Barham ; and WILLIAM SPENCE . Esq ., F . R . S ., F . L . S . Seventh Edition , with an Appendix relative to the Origin and Progress of the Work . *» This work Is now published at one-sixth of tho price of tho sixth edition , so as to bring it within reach of all desirous of becoming acquainted with tho Natural History of Insects , and thus carrying out more effectually the object of tho authors , —that of introducing others to a branch of science which they had found ho delightful . Though compressed by a smaller typo into ono volume , it contains ovory lino of tho sixth edition , which included much now matter not in the live preceding editions ; and , to render tho work more complete , tho account of its origin and progress , furnished by Mr . Spcnco to tho Life of Mr . Kirby by Mr . Freeman , is , with his permission , given as an Appendix . London : Longman , Biiown , Gkekn , and Lonomans .
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Sixth and Cheaper Edition , ( 572 pnges , Cs . STUDENT ' S MANUAL of MODERN HISTORY , containing the Ri 8 o and Progress of tho Principal European Nations , their Political History , and tho Changes in their Social Condition , with a History of tho Colonies founded by Europeans , My W . COOKU TAYLOR , LL . D . London : John W . Pa it kk it and Son , West Strand . Sixth and Cheaper Edition , COO pages , < Ss . STUDENT'S MANUAL of ANCIENT HISTORY , containing tho Political History , Geogr aphical Position , and Socinl State of the Principal Nations of Antiquity , digested from tho Ancient Writers , and Illustrated by the DiHoovorieN of Modem Scholars and Travellers , iiy W . COOKM TAYLOR , LL . D . London : John W . Paiikuu and Son . West Strand .
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SEW PUBLICATIONS . i . SIGHT-SEEING IN GERMANY AND THE T " YROL . in tho Autumn of 1855 . Bv Sir thhiv FORBES , Author of "A Physician's Holiday" A ? One volume , post 8 vo . . [ Early in jUI , g n . NOTES ON SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL ' PICTURES exhibited in tho Rooms of tho RovM Academy , and the Society of Painters in Water Colour * No . II . 1856 . By JOHN RUSKIN , M . A-, Author of Modern Painters , " Stonea of Venice , " & c Fourth Edition , with Postscript , price 6 d . m . SIGNS OF THE TIMES : being letters on the Dangers to Religious Liberty in the Present Dn . v By the Chevalier BUNS EN . Translated by Miss Su ' sanna Winkworth . One volume , 8 vo , price 16 s . cloth . " An investigation of the religious principles at work in the Christian world ; tracing , as far as modern politics extend , the action of priesthood , associations , and secular decrees enforcing spiritual dogmas . ... It is the most remarkable work that has appeared in modern times from the pen of a statesman . "—Leader . TV . THE CHINESE AND THEIR REBELLIONS : with an Essay on Civilization . By THOMAS TAYLOR MEADOWS . One thick volume , 8 vo , with Maps , price 18 s . cloth . " This instructive volume conveys with clearness and accuracy the true character of the social and political institutions of China , and the customs and manners of the Chinese : it affords a complete compendium of the Chineso Empire . "— Observer . v . THE RED RIVER SETTLEMENT . By ALEXANDER ROSS , Author or " Fur . Hunters of the Far West . " One volume , post 8 vo , price 10 s . 6 d . cloth . " The history of tho Red River Settlement is remarkable , if not unique , among colonial records . "—Literary Gazette . " The subject is novel , curious , and not without interest , while a strong sense of the real obtains throughout . The story is that of a small colony some forty-five years old ; including famine , frost , snow , flood , the plague of birds , grasshoppers , or locusts , mice , with an attack of severe pestilence- —Spectator . VI . THE POLITICAL LIFE OF SIR R . PEEL . By THOMAS DOUBLEDAY , Author of the " Financial History of England , " " The True Law of Population , " & c . Two volumes , 8 vo , price 30 s . cloth . " Let all readers , before they take in hand the personal memoirs of Sir Robert Peel , peruse these volumes of Mr . Doubleday ; in them the statesman ' s character and public acts are analyzed in the spirit neither of a detractor nor of a panegyrist . This biography is a work of great morit . conscientiously prepared , plain , clear , and practically interesting . "—Leader- VII . THE EUROPEAN REVOLUTIONS OF 1848 . By EDWARD CAYLEY . Two volumes , crown 8 vo , price 18 s . cloth . "A graphic , compendious , and popular narrative of by far tho most deeply interesting series of events that have occurred in our time , of which no collective r 6 snni 6 cam anywhere else bo found which is at once so condensed and so readable as that hero supplied by Mr . Cayley . "— Daily News . THE NEW NOVELS . r . PERVERSION ; or , The Causes and Consequences of infidelity . A Tale for tho Times . In 3 volscontents . Chapter Chapter 3 . —Tho German Teacher . IS . — A Mormon Menage . 0 . —Life in HarrackH . m—Tho Champions o . 7 . —Prophets Unveiled . Progress . 8 . —Tutoi-H and Undergra- 22 . — AUornoy and them . duatcs . 23— Tho Trial . _ 0- —Ultra -Protestants of 20 . —Tho Inland of tlic tho Town . Blest . 11 . —Anglo-Catholics of the 28— Doubt and 1 'ititU . Suburb . 29— From Darkness !<> 12 . —Froo Thought at Ox- Light . ford . : »(> . —Dentil at Scutari . LEONORA . By the Hon . Mrs . MABEBLY In three volumes . " In tho Htory of ' Leonora * Mrs . Mnberly linn doHcrilM'tl tiio career of an ambitious , beautiful , but iiiiprniciijicMl woman . Many of tho hcoiich » r « drawn with great , mum , mm lively ttkutrhcu ol fashionable life mo introduced . —I . K < - vary Gazette . ii r . BEYMINSTRE . By the Author of " Lena , " " King ' s Cope , " & c . Three volumes . " Wo have st . ill uomo good novel writers left , and union , ? thorn is tho author of ' JJeyminntro . '"— -Sitturtlni / * <"'"¦ '" ' ¦ . " Thoro aro admirable points in thin novel , nmU' |' breadth of humour in tho cmnio neeiies . Hi yinliisiiv ij _ beyond all comparison tho best work by the jiutiioi . i > uilil News . " Thoro ia not a dull pngo in tho work . "—uUtoc . LONDON : SMITH , ELDER , & CO .. < 15 , CORNHHX-
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LONDON i l'rlntod and Publiahod by AUUKD Edmuni > Gauowat , at "Tho Loader" Olllco , No . 362 , Strand , In the County of Middlesex . —May 24 , 1850
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Leader (1850-1860), May 24, 1856, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24051856/page/24/
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