BENTLEY'S RAILWAY LIBRARY.
*** The Works in this Series are all copyright, and cannot be had in any other collection.
The new volume, published on the 15th inst., contains, THE TWO BROTHERS.
Volumes already published:
Vol. 1. The Comic English Grammar. 1s.
2. Notes on Noses. 1s.
3. Morier's Adventures of Martin Toutrond. 1s.
4. The Old Sailor's "Nights at Sea." 1s.
5. Border Tales. By the Author of "Stories of Waterloo." 1s.
6. Col. Cunynghame's Great Western Republic. 1s.
7. Albert Smith's Comic Tales. 1s.
8. Broad Grins from China. 1s.
9. Albert Smith's Life at Home and Abroad. 1s.
10. Sketches of English Character. By Mrs. Gore. 1s.
11. Professor Creasy's Battle of Waterloo. 1s.
12. Emille Carlen's Brilliant Marriage. 1s.
13. Merrimee's Colomba. A Story of Corsica. Double vol. 1s. 6d.
14. Merrimee's Massacre of St. Bartholomew. A Chronicle of Charles IX. Double vol. 2s.
15. John Drayton. the Liverpool Engineer. Double vol. 2s.
16. Stella and Vanessa. A Romance of the Days of Swift. Double vol. 2s.
17. Ned Myers. By J. Fenimore Cooper. 1s.
To be followed by
Basil. By Wilkie Collins.
Stanley Thorn. By the Author of "Valentine Vox."
RICHARD BENTLEY, New Burlington Street.
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In imperial quarto, beautifully printed in colours, price 21s. half-bound morocco,
ATLAS of CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY. By A. KEITH JOHNSTON, F.R.S.E., &c., Author of the "Physical Atlas," &c. With a complete Index of Places. by T. HARVEY, M.A.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS,
Edinburgh and London.
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AN EDITION OF THE SAME WORK FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS, strongly half-bound in octavo, price 12s. 6d.
In super-royal 16mo., illustrated by "Phiz," price 3s. 6d. cloth; 4s. 6d. coloured, gilt edges.
A PEEP AT THE PIXIES; or, LEGENDS OF THE WEST. BY MRS. BRAY. Author of "The Life of Stothard," "Trelawny," &c.
"Mrs. Bray's knowledge of the locality, her affection for her subject, her exquisite feeling for nature, and her real delight in fairy lore, have given a freshness to the little volume we did not expect. The notes at the end contain matter of interest for all who feel a desire to know the origin of such tales and legends."—Art Journal.
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ANECDOTES of the HABITS and INSTINCTS of BIRDS, FISHES, and REPTILES. By MRS. R. LEE, Author of "The African Wanderers," &c. Illustrations by HARRISON WEIR.
By the same Author,
ANECDOTES of the HABITS and INSTINCT of ANIMALS. Illustrations by H. WEIR. New Edition, 5s. cloth.
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NOTES ON AQUATIC MICROSCOPIC SUBJECTS of NATURAL HISTORY, selected from the "Microscopic Cabinet." By ANDREW PRITCHARD, M.R.I.
Also, in 8vo.; pp. 720; Plates 24; price 21s., or coloured, 36s.,
A HISTORY of INFUSORIAL ANIMALCULES, Living and Fossil, containing Descriptions of every Species, British and foreign; the methods of procuring and viewing them, &c., illustrated by numerous Engravings. BY ANDREW PRITCHARD, M.R.I.
"There is no work extant in which so much valuable information concerning Infusoria (Animalcules) can be found, and every Microscopist should add it to his library."—Silliman's Journal."
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MICROGRAPHIA, or Practical Essays on Reflecting and Solar Microscopes; Eye-Pieces; Micrometers, &c.
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ENGLISH PATENTS; being a Register of all those granted in the Arts, Manufactures, Chemistry, &c., during the first forty-five years of this century.
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THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL MISCELLANY, NO. II., contains a reprint of the very rare, and probably unique, Tract of SIR DUDLEY DIGGES on the NORTH-WEST PASSAGE to India and China printed in 1611, and is appended to JOHN PETHERAM'S CATALOGUE OF OLD AND NEW BOOKS (upwards of 1000 articles) FOR DECEMBER, 1853.
JOHN PETHERAM, 94. High Holborn.
SALES BY AUCTION.
This Evening, at 6.—Remainders of numerous magnificent Illustrated Books.—By SOUTHGATE & BARRETT, at their Rooms, 22. Fleet Street, THIS EVENING, December 15th, and following Evenings (Saturday and Sunday excepted), at 6,
ROBERTS'S HOLY LAND, EGYPT, NUBIA, &c.; Digby Wyatt's Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century (of both of which the lithographic stones will be destroyed during the progress of the sale); Digby Wyatt's Metal Work, and its Artistic Design; Kirby Wyatt's Geometrical Mosaics of the Middle Ages; Darrell's China, India, and the Cape, coloured and mounted; Nash's Mansions of England in the Olden Time; Gruner's Specimens of Ornamental Art; Musée Royal (picked proofs before the letters); Richardson's Studies from Old English Mansions; and a great number of Books of Prints by eminent Artists will be sold in this Sale. Catalogues (1s. each, returnable to Purchasers) will be forwarded to gentlemen sending their Address.
This Evening, at 6. First Class English Engravings.—By SOUTHGATE & BARRETT, at their Rooms, 22. Fleet Street, THIS EVENING, Dec. 15, and following Evenings, at 6,
CHOICE ENGRAVINGS, including all the best Productions of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.; comprising the Stag at Bay (both large and small), the Cover Hack, the Drive, Three Sporting Dogs, Return from the Warren, the Mothers, complete Sets of his Etchings, and others; Turner's Dover and Hastings; Ansdell's Just Caught; the Halt, and the Combat; Webster's Rubber; Etty's Judgment of Paris; Harvey's Bowlers, and First Reading of the Bible in Old St. Paul's; Murillo's Holy Family; the Rainbow, by Constable; Mated and Checkmated, the Duet, and other graceful Compositions by Frank Stone; Going With and against the Stream, after Jenkins; and numerous others. All in the finest possible states.