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rly history of the Scottish tribes exhibited with anything like accuracy."--_Glasgow Constitutional._ "The work is throughout agreeably and lucidly written."--_Midland Counties Herald._ LONDON CRIES AND PUBLIC EDIFICES, Illustrated in Twenty-Four Engravings by LUKE LIMNER, with descriptive letter-press. Square 12mo., price 3_s._ 6_d._ plain; 5_s._ coloured. Bound in emblematic cover. [Symbol: asterism] A cheaper edition, on Tinted Paper, price Half-a-Crown. THE SILVER SWAN: A Fairy Tale. By MADAME DE CHATELAIN. Illustrated by JOHN LEECH. Small 4to. Price 3_s._ 6_d._ plain, 4_s._ 6_d._ coloured. Cloth. "The moral is in the good, broad, unmistakable style of best fairy period."--_Athenaeum._ "The story is written with excellent taste and sly humour."--_Atlas._ THE MODERN BRITISH PLUTARCH; or, LIVES OF MEN DISTINGUISHED IN THE RECENT HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY FOR THEIR TALENTS, VIRTUES, AND ACHIEVEMENTS. By W. C. TAYLOR, LL.D. Author of "A MANUAL OF ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY," &c. 12mo. Second Thousand, with a New Frontispiece. 6_s._ cloth. Contents:--Arkwright--Burke--Burns--Byron--Canning--Earl of Chatham--Adam Clarke--Clive--Captain Cook--Cowper--Crabbe--Davy--Eldon--Erskine--Fox-- Franklin--Goldsmith--Earl Grey--Warren Hastings--Heber--Howard--Jenner--Sir W. Jones--Mackintosh--H. Martyn--Sir J. Moore--Nelson--Pitt--Romilly--Sir W. Scott--Sheridan--Smeaton--Watt--Marquis of Wellesley--Wilberforce-- Wilkie--Wellington. "A work which will be welcomed in any circle of intelligent young persons."--_British Quarterly Review._ MRS. TRIMMER'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. Revised and brought down to the present time, by MRS. MILNER, with portraits of the Sovereigns in their proper costume, and Frontispiece by Harvey. New Edition in one volume, price 5_s._ cloth. "The editing has been very judiciously done. The work has an established reputation for the clearness of its genealogical and chronological tables, and for its pervading tone of Christian piety."--_Church and State Gazette._ THE CELESTIAL EMPIRE; or, POINTS AND PICKINGS OF INFORMATION ABOUT CHINA AND THE CHINESE. By the Author of "Paul Preston," "Soldiers and Sailors," &c. With Twenty Engravings from Drawings by W. H. Prior. Foolscap 8vo. 6_s._ cloth; 6_s._ 6_d._ gilt edges. "This very handsome volume contains an almost incredible amount of information."-
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