Cassell's book of birds; vol. 2

by Alfred Edmund Brehm

The Human Race. Newly Edited and Revised by ROBERT WILSON, Fellow of the Royal Physical Society, Edinburgh. With 242 Illustrations.

Mammalia. Revised and Corrected by Professor E. PERCEVAL WRIGHT, M.D. With 260 Illustrations.

The World before the Deluge. With 233 Illustrations. Fifth Edition. Revised and Corrected by W. H. BRISTOW, F.R.S.

The Ocean World. With 427 Illustrations. Third Edition. Revised and Corrected by Professor E. PERCEVAL WRIGHT, M.D.

Reptiles and Birds. With 300 Illustrations. Second Edition. Revised and Corrected by Captain PARKER GILLMORE.

The Insect World. With 576 Illustrations. Fourth Edition. Revised by Professor DUNCAN, M.D., F.R.S.

The Vegetable World. With 470 Illustrations. Third Edition. Revised and Corrected by an EMINENT BOTANIST.

Cassell's Brehm's Book of Birds. Translated from the Text of Dr. BREHM, by Professor T. RYMER JONES, F.R.S. With upwards of 400 Engravings, and numerous full-page Coloured Plates. Complete in Four Volumes, 4to, cloth, 7s. 6d.; cloth gilt, gilt edges, 10s. each; or Two Vols., half-calf, £2 2s.

The Book of the Horse. By SAMUEL SIDNEY. With 25 fac-simile Coloured Plates, from Original Paintings, and upwards of 100 Wood Engravings. Demy 4to, cloth gilt, 31s. 6d.; half-morocco, gilt edges, £2 2s.

Transformations of Insects. By Professor P. MARTIN DUNCAN, M.D., F.R.S. With about 250 Illustrations. New and Cheaper Edition. Now ready, demy 8vo, cloth, 7s. 6d.

Cassell's Popular Natural History. With about 2,000 Engravings and Coloured Plates. Complete in Four Volumes, cloth, 42s.

The Illustrated Book of Poultry. By L. WRIGHT. A Complete and Practical Treatise on the Breeding, Rearing, and Management of every known variety of Poultry. With 50 exquisite Coloured Plates of Prize Birds, painted from Life, and numerous Engravings. Demy 4to, 600 pp., cloth bevelled, gilt edges, 31s. 6d.; half-morocco, gilt edges, £2 2s.

The Book of Pigeons. By ROBERT FULTON. Edited and arranged by LEWIS WRIGHT. Illustrated with 50 life-like Coloured Plates, painted expressly for this Work, and with numerous Engravings on Wood. Demy 4to, cloth, bevelled, gilt edges, 31s. 6d.; half-morocco, gilt edges, 42s.

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Cobden Club Essays. Second Series. 500 pp., demy 8vo, cloth, 15s. Second Edition.

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A Complete Manual of Spelling. On the Principles of Contrast and Comparison. By J. D. MORELL, LL.D., H.M. Inspector of Schools. Forty-fifth Thousand. Cloth, 1s.

Little Folks' History of England. By ISA CRAIG-KNOX. With Thirty Illustrations. New and Cheaper Edition. Cloth, 1s. 6d.

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Cassell's French-English and English-French Dictionary. New and Revised Edition. By Professors DE LOLME and WALLACE. Crown 8vo, 956 pages, cloth, 3s. 6d.

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Manual of Astronomy. Cloth, 5s.
Manual of the Steam Engine. Cloth, 3s. 6d.
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