Biographies of distinguished scientific men. First series

by F. Arago

TICKNOR AND FIELDS.

Sir Walter Scott.

Illustrated Household Edition of the Waverley Novels. In portable size, 16mo. form. Price 75 cents a volume.

The paper is of fine quality; the stereotype plates are not old ones repaired, the type having been cast expressly for this edition. The Novels are illustrated with capital steel plates engraved in the best manner, after drawings and paintings by the most eminent artists, among whom are Birket Foster, Darley, Billings, Landseer, Harvey, and Faed. This Edition contains all the latest notes and corrections of the author, a Glossary and Index; and some curious additions, especially in "Guy Mannering" and the "Bride of Lammermoor;" being the fullest edition of the Novels ever published. The notes are at the foot of the page,—a great convenience to the reader.

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Guy Mannering, 2 vols.
The Antiquary, 2 vols.
Rob Roy, 2 vols.
Old Mortality, 2 vols.
Black Dwarf, )
Legend of Montrose, ) 2 vols.
Heart of Mid Lothian, 2 vols.
Bride of Lammermoor, 2 vols.
Ivanhoe, 2 vols.
The Monastery, 2 vols.
The Abbot, 2 vols.
Kenilworth, 2 vols.
The Pirate, 2 vols.
The Fortunes of Nigel, 2 vols.
Peveril of the Peak, 2 vols.
Quentin Durward, 2 Vols.
St. Ronan's Well, 2 vols.
Redgauntlet, 2 vols.
The Betrothed, )
The Highland Widow, ) 2 vols.
The Talisman, )
Two Drovers, )
My Aunt Margaret's Mirror, ) 2 vols.
The Tapestried Chamber, )
The Laird's Jock, )
Woodstock, 2 vols.
The Fair Maid of Perth, 2 vols.
Anne of Geierstein, 2 vols.
Count Robert of Paris, 2 vols.
The Surgeon's Daughter, )
Castle Dangerous, ) 2 vols.
Index and Glossary. )

Thomas De Quincey.

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