MISCELLANEOUS WORKS.
Mary Howitt's Illustrated Library for the Young. In 1 handsome volume, cloth, superbly gilt, 7s. 6d.; with beautifully Coloured Plates, 10s. Also, in 2 vols., each complete in itself, elegant paper boards, 4s. each; cloth, gilt edges, 4s. 6d.; with Coloured Plates, 6s. Or, in a Set of 13 Parts, price 6s. 6d., as follows:—
1. Human Habitations.
2. Mont Blanc and its Climbers.
3. Serpents and Serpent Charmers.
4. Waterfowl and Swimming Birds.
5. Monkeys and their Frolics.
6. Savage Beasts of the Wilderness.
7. Moths and Butterflies.
8. Shells and Corals.
9. Household Favourites.
10. Bears; their Haunts and Habits.
11. Peep into the Insect World.
12. Dogs.
13. China and the Chinese.
"We can cordially recommend the little book to the attention of parents."—Illustrated London News.
"A number of very fine wood engravings ... charmingly illustrated by the attractive and graphic pen of Mary Howitt, ... one of the most pleasing writers for the young the present day can boast of. The book is beautifully got up, and is well adapted for a present."—Dispatch.
"It is well adapted to the instruction and amusement of young people; every incident is told in an artistic manner, and in that earnest style so characteristic of the writer."—Manchester Examiner and Times.
"We know no more charming book, at so cheap a price, wherewith to make sparkle the eyes of boy or girl."—Lloyd's Newspaper.
The History of the Painters of all Nations. By M. Charles Blanc, late "Directeur des Beaux Arts" of France. The Illustrations executed under the artistic direction of M. Armengaud, of Paris. In one handsome volume, half-roan, royal 4to, price 30s.
Only a few copies of this splendid work remain in print.
The Illustrated Exhibitor; or, Record of the Industrial Exhibition in Hyde Park, 1851. Cloth, 7s. 6d.; handsomely gilt, 8s.
Persons wishing to have an artistic and interesting memorial of the Great World's Fair, should purchase this Work immediately, only a few copies being left in print.
St. Leonard; or, The Missionary: A Vision. The scene of the Poem is laid in India in the days of Akbar; the hero suffers death at an auto da fé at Goa. Price 3s. 6d., 12mo, cloth.
The Ladies' Drawing-room Book; Containing upwards of Thirty magnificent Engravings, with Sixty-four Pages of appropriate Text. Also, 104 Pages of full Directions for working in Crochet, Point Lace, Embroidery, &c.; with Explanatory Engravings, consisting of nearly 100 Patterns in every department of Ladies' Work. Price 10s. 6d., elegant cloth, gilt edges.
This beautiful work will never be reprinted, and but a very few copies remain in print.
Daniel Webster's Great Orations and Senatorial Speeches; comprising his Eulogies on Adams and Jefferson; Orations on the First Settlement of New England; on the Bunker-Hill Monument; and his Reply to Hayne on the Sale of Public Lands, &c. With a beautifully-engraved Portrait of Mr. Webster. Price 2s., in handsome cloth boards.
The Balance of Beauty; or, The Lost Image Restored. By Jane Kennedy, Author of "Sketches of Character," "Julian," "Young Maids and Old Maids," "Things New and Old," &c. Price 3s. 6d., neatly bound in cloth.
"Miss Kennedy may take it for granted that those who judge purely upon the merits of her literary performances, and with thorough impartiality, will do her the justice to inform the public that her last tale shows abundant proofs of cleverness, a shrewd appreciation of character, and an earnest disposition to be useful for the promotion of sound learning and accurate religious training. We have come to this conclusion after a careful perusal of 'The Balance of Beauty,' and have much pleasure in recording such an opinion of its merits."—Weekly Messenger.
Lionel Fitzgibbon and his Parrot. Illustrated. By the Author of "The Balance of Beauty," &c. A nice Present for Boys and Girls. Price 3s. 6d., cloth gilt.
The Book and its Story; a Narrative for the Young. By L. N. R., dedicated to the British and Foreign Bible Society, with an Introductory Preface by the Rev. T. Phillips, Jubilee Secretary. Eleventh Edition, on fine paper, with a new Plate, "The First Reading of the Bible in Old St. Paul's," engraved expressly for this edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, price 4s.
The Book and its Story, in the French Language, having been issued by the Société des Livres Religeux à Toulouse, the Publishers of the English Edition have imported a quantity for the use of Schools, and Students of the French Language. Price 4s.
The Book and its Story. Tenth and People's Edition. Sixty-fourth Thousand. Price 2s. in paper boards or limp cloth; 2s. 6d. cloth boards; ditto, gilt edges, 3s.; handsomely bound in morocco, 8s.
Memoirs of the Queens of Prussia. By Emma Willsher Atkinson. This work is especially to include the period between 1701, the date of Frederic the First's assumption of the title of King, and the present time, and is intended to describe the lives, and as much as can be ascertained of the private history of the six Princesses who bore the titles of Queens of Prussia during that period, beginning with—
1. Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, the first Queen of Prussia, and second wife of Frederic I.
2. Sophia Louisa of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, third wife of Frederic.
3. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, daughter of George I. of England, and wife of Frederic William I.
4. Elizabeth Christina of Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederic II. (the Great.)
5. Louisa of Hesse Darmstadt, second wife of Frederic William II. Also a notice of his divorced wife, the Electoral Princess Elizabeth Ulrica of Brunswick.
6. Louisa of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of Frederic William III.
The work is to commence with an Introductory Chapter, comprising a sketch of Prussian character, a few notices of the Electresses of Brandenburg, and a short review of those historical events which immediately influenced the social state of Prussia during the period treated of. The materials will all be drawn from foreign, principally German, sources, and as much as possible from the memoirs of contemporary writers. Demy 8vo, price 10s. 6d. Nearly ready.
Knight's (Charles) Store of Knowledge for all Readers. A Collection of Treatises on various Departments of Knowledge. By several Authors. (Will shortly be published.) The series will include the following:—
Shakspere and his Writings. By Charles Knight.
Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. By Andre Vieusseux.
Railways. By John Tatam Stanesby.
History of the Corn Laws. By J. C. Platt.
The Imperial Parliament. By Thomas Erskine May.
The Post-Office.
Dante and Petrarch. By Andre Vieusseux.
Commercial Intercourse with China.
Asia. By Carl Ritter and others.
The Horse. By William Youatt.
National Debt and Funding System.
The Mineral Kingdom.
The Dairy.
The Old English Ballads.
Schools. By the Rev. Dr. Beard.
Grammar Schools. By George Long.
Europe.
The Military Life of the Duke of Wellington. By Andre Vieusseux.
Health for the Million and Manual for the Toilette, with Hints on the Physical Training of Children, and the Treatment of Invalids and Old Age; also the Means of Averting the Noxious Agents in general use in the principal Arts and Trades. By Wm. Jones, F.S.A., Author of "How to Make Home Happy." Fcp., cloth.