Of the Plates.—"Considered in this respect, but more especially in reference to the number of illustrations of the general species and varieties of such order which it contains, this Atlas far surpasses any that has yet appeared. ON THE WHOLE RAYER'S ATLAS MAY CONSCIENTIOUSLY BE SAID TO CONTAIN THE MOST COMPLETE SERIES OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES HITHERTO PUBLISHED, AND IS, BESIDES, not only cheaper than any other, but well worth the sum for which it is offered to the profession"—British and Foreign Medical Review.
RICORD
ON EXTREME CASES OF
VENEREAL DISEASES
Cured at the Venereal Hospital at Paris.
Under the direction of Dr. Ph. Ricord, with 276 elegantly coloured engravings, in one volume quarto, uniform with "Quain's Anatomical Plates," "Pancoast's Operative Surgery," &c. Price $15, cloth, gilt.
"This truly great work of M. Ricord, who is an American and a native, we believe, of Baltimore, though now the eminent hospital surgeon of Paris, has long been a desideratum in the English language. The immense expense of its publication, and especially the cost of the richly coloured engravings, which are an indispensable accompaniment of the text, has hitherto deterred publishers at home and abroad from its issue. The profession are largely indebted to Dr. Betton, the translator, and Dr. Goddard, who has prepared the work for the press, as also the enterprising publisher, who has brought out this magnificent book, in royal quarto, with its multiplied illustrations, in a style of excellence as respects typography, engraving, and colouring, which will do honour to American art. Of the value of this work it is unnecessary to say more than that it is and must continue to be a standard authority on a most important subject involving the interests of both science and humanity. The publisher deserves the patronage of the whole profession, for placing within the reach of all this noble contribution to our libraries."—N. Y. Medical Gazette.
THE
AMERICAN COTTON SPINNER,
AND
MANAGERS' AND CARDERS' GUIDE:
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON COTTON SPINNING.
Compiled from the Papers of the late Robert H. Baird.
In One Volume, Cloth Gilt, Price $1.
"This is a practical age, and it demands practical books. Of this class is the manual before us, addressing itself to a rapidly growing interest among us, and one, upon the prosperity of which depends, in a great measure, the destiny of the South. We have too long committed the fatal error of allowing Northern manufactories to convert our staple into the fabrics we require for use, losing by the process all the expenses of a double transportation, the profits of manufacturing, and sundry incidental costs of interest and exchange. With the increasing attention to manufactures in the South, arises the need of information upon all their appliances and workings, and much that is valuable of this nature is found in the book before us. Mr. Baird was an expert and successful cotton-spinner. His experience and observations are here afforded to his fellow-operatives, combined with the modern improvements in mechanics and methods. No intelligent man at the present day builds without 'counting the cost,' or enters upon a field of labour without a comprehensive knowledge of its capabilities and requirements. To those proposing to erect small factories, or now conducting them, the treatise before us could not fail to be of service, if well studied, and to such we commend it."—Southern Literary Gazette.
"Had we space we might go on to state a number of other equally interesting and important facts. The work from which much of the foregoing is taken, is published by Mr. A. Hart, and was compiled chiefly from the papers of the late Robert H. Baird, well known as an expert cotton-spinner. It is gratifying to see that so respectable a house as that of Mr. Hart has undertaken the publication of books of this kind, for we believe that our operatives should possess a theoretical as well as practical knowledge of their several trades. This work gives the dimensions and speed of machinery, draught and twist calculations, with notices of the most recent improvements. It must prove an invaluable hand-book to the manufacturer."—Germantown Telegraph.