THE HISTORY OF THE NATURAL CREATION, Being a Series of Popular Scientific Lectures on the General Theory of Progression of Species; with a Dissertation on the Theories of Darwin and Goethe; more especially applying them to the Origin of Man, and to other Fundamental Questions of Natural Science connected therewith. By Professor Ernst Hæckel, of the University of Jena. 8vo. With Woodcuts and Plates. [In the Press.
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CHANGE OF AIR AND SCENE. A Physician’s Hints about Doctors, Patients, Hygiene, and Society; with Notes of Excursions for health in the Pyrenees, and amongst the Watering-places of France (Inland and Seaward), Switzerland, Corsica, and the Mediterranean. By Dr. Alphonse Donné. Large post 8vo. Price 9s.
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MISS YOUMANS’ FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. Designed to cultivate the observing powers of Children. From the Author’s latest Stereotyped Edition. New and Enlarged Edition, with 300 Engravings. Crown 8vo. 5s.
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AN ARABIC AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF THE KORAN. By Major J. Penrice, B.A. 4to. Price 21s.
MODERN GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. By T. G. Jackson. Crown 8vo. Price 5s.
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