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* * * * Beautifully printed in 8vo., price 7s. 6d.; or postage free, 8s. 6d.; illustrated by Eighty splendid Pictures, engraved by GEORGE MEASOM. DEDICATED TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT. GILBERT'S DESCRIPTION of the CRYSTAL PALACE: its Architectural History and Constructive Marvels. By PETER BERLYN and CHARLES FOWLER, Jun., Esqs. The Engravings depict the various peculiarities and novelties of this wonderful Building, as well as the Machinery, &c., used in its construction. The combined ambition of the Proprietor, Authors, and Artists, has been to produce a Book worthy of being purchased by every Visitor to the Exhibition as an attractive and interesting memento. "The authors exhibit, by means of a series of very clever engravings, its gradual progress to a complete state."--_The Examiner_. "The book is based on public and professional documents, and fully illustrated by plates. The best designs laid before the Committee, and buildings previously erected for similar purposes, are also given."--_The Spectator_. "We most warmly recommend this history of the Crystal Palace."--_The Standard of Freedom_. "The word embodies a variety of interesting facts; the whole illustrated by many excellent illustrations in order to convey an idea of the auxiliaries employed to facilitate and bring to perfection this glorious work."--_The Weekly Dispatch_. London: JAMES GILBERT, 49. Paternoster Row. Orders received by all Booksellers, &c. * * * * * Price 2s. 6d.; by Post 3s. ILLUSTRATIONS AND ENQUIRIES RELATING TO MESMERISM. Part I. By the REV. S. R. MAITLAND, DD. F.R.S. F.S.A. Sometime Librarian to the late Archbishop of Canterbury, and Keeper of the MSS. at Lambeth. "One of the most valuable and interesting pamphlets we ever read."--_Morning Herald_. "This publication, which promises to be the commencement of a larger work, will well repay serious perusal."--_Ir. Eccl. Journ._ "A small pamphlet in which he throws a startling light on the practices of modern Mesmerism."--_Nottingham Journal_. "Dr. Maitland, we consider, has here brought Mesmerism to the 'touchstone of truth,' to the test of the standard of right or wrong. We thank him for this first instalment of his inquiry, and hope that he will not long delay the remaining portions."--_London Medical Gazette_. "The Enquiries are extremely curiou
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