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OPTICIANS and PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS, invite attention to their Stock of STEREOSCOPES of all Kinds, and in various Materials; also, to their New and Extensive Assortment of STEREOSCOPIC PICTURES for the same, in DAGUERREOTYPE, on PAPER, and TRANSPARENT ALBUMEN PICTURES on GLASS, including Views of London, Paris, the Rhine, Windsor, &c. These Pictures, for minuteness of Detail and Truth in the Representation of Natural Objects, are unrivalled. BLAND & LONG, Opticians, 153. Fleet Street, London. *** "Familiar Explanation of the Phenomena" sent on Application. * * * * * PULLEYN'S COMPENDIUM. One Volume, crown 8vo., bound in cloth, price 6s. THE ETYMOLOGICAL COMPENDIUM; or, PORTFOLIO OF ORIGINS AND INVENTIONS: relating to Language, Literature, and Government. Architecture and Sculpture. Drama, Music, Painting, and Scientific Discoveries. Articles of Dress, &c. Titles, Dignities, &c. Names, Trades, Professions. Parliament, Laws, &c. Universities and Religious Sects. Epithets and Phrases. Remarkable Customs. Games, Field Sports. Seasons, Months, and Days of the Week. Remarkable Localities, &c. &c. By WILLIAM PULLEYN. The Third Edition, revised and improved, By MERTON A. THOMS, ESQ. "The additions to this book indicate the editor to be his father's own son. He deals in folk lore, chronicles old customs and popular sayings, and has an eye to all things curious and note-worthy. The book tells everything."--_Gentleman's Magazine._ "The book contains a vast amount of curious information and useful memoranda."--_Literary Gazette._ "An invaluable manual of amusement and information."--_Morning Chronicle._ "This is a work of great practical usefulness. It is a _Notes and Queries_ in miniature.... The revision which the present edition of it has undergone has greatly enhanced its original value."--_Era._ London: WILLIAM TEGG & CO., 85. Queen Street, Cheapside. * * * * * NOW READY, MR. DOD'S PEERAGE, &c. New Edition for 1854; thoroughly revised, with many Improvements. PEERAGE, BARONETAGE, KNIGHTAGE, &c., for 1854 (Fourteenth Year): by CHARLES R. DOD, Esq., Author of "The Parliamentary Companion," "Electoral Facts," &c. Fcp. 8vo., handsomely bound in cloth, gilt. WHITTAKER & CO., Ave-Maria Lane. * * * * *
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