OUTLINES OF NAVAL ROUTINE;
Being a Concise and Complete Manual in Fitting, Re-fitting, Quartering, Stationing, Making and Shortening Sail, Heaving down, Rigging Shears, and, in short, performing all the ordinary duties of a Man-of-War, according to the best practice. By Lieutenant Alexander D. Fordyce, R.N. In royal 8vo., price 10s. 6d. boards.
ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND INSTITUTIONS OF OFFA, KING OF MERCIA,
A. D. 755–794. By the Rev. Henry Mackenzie, M.A. In 8vo., price 3s. 6d. in cloth, gilt leaves.
“A very scholarly composition, displaying much research and information respecting the Anglo-Saxon institutions.”—Spectator.
THE OBLIGATIONS OF LITERATURE TO THE MOTHERS OF ENGLAND.
Prize Essay, 1840. By Caroline A. Halsted. In one vol. post 8vo., price 5s. neatly bound in cloth.
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THE LIFE OF MARGARET BEAUFORT,
Countess of Richmond and Derby, and Mother of King Henry the Seventh, Foundress of Christ’s and of St. John’s College, Oxford; Being the Historical Memoir for which the Honorary Premium was awarded by the Directors of the Gresham Commemoration, Crosby Hall. By Caroline A. Halsted, Author of “Investigation,” &c. In one vol. demy 8vo., with a Portrait, price 12s.