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The Doré Bible. Royal 4to Edition. Complete in Two Vols., with 220 Illustrations by GUSTAVE DORÉ. Bound in leather, gilt edges, £3 10s.; full morocco, antique, £6 6s.

The Life of Christ. By the Rev. F. W. FARRAR, D.D., F.R.S., Canon of Westminster, and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. Two Vols., 24s.; calf antique, £2 2s.; tree calf, £2 5s.

Keble's Christian Year, Cassell's Illustrated Edition. Beautifully printed and profusely Illustrated. Extra crown 4to, cloth, 7s. 6d.; gilt edges, 10s. 6d.

Cassell's Bible Dictionary. With nearly 600 Illustrations. Imperial 8vo, 1,159 pp. Complete in One Vol., cloth, 21s.; or Two Vols., cloth, 25s.; or One Vol., russia or morocco, 40s.

Matthew Henry's Commentary. NEW ANNOTATED EDITION, consisting of Supplementary Original Notes contributed by eminent Biblical Scholars of the present day. Complete in Three Volumes, royal 4to, cloth, £3 10s.

Cassell's Family Prayer-Book. 400 pages, demy 4to, cloth, 7s. 6d.; cloth, gilt edges, 9s.; morocco, £1 1s.

The Bible Educator. Edited by the Rev. E. H. PLUMPTRE, D.D., assisted by some of the most Eminent Scholars and Divines of the day. With upwards of 400 Illustrations and Maps. Complete in Four Volumes. Extra crown 4to, cloth, 6s. each; or Two Double Volumes, cloth, £1 1s.; half calf, marbled edges, £1 11s. 6d.

Daily Devotion for the Household. Containing a Short Prayer, with Hymn and a Portion of Scripture for Every Morning and Evening in the Year. With Twenty-four full-page Plates. Royal 4to, cloth, gilt edges, £1 5s.; leather, £1 15s.

Cassell's Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Edited by the Rev. W. BRAMLEY-MOORE, M.A. With 181 Engravings by Sir JOHN GILBERT, MORTEN, EDWARDS, &c. &c. Imperial 8vo, 732 pp., cloth, 12s.; full gilt cloth, 15s.

Cassell's Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Containing 100 Illustrations by SELOUS and PRIOLO. Imperial 8vo, 400 pp., cloth, 7s. 6d.; full gilt cloth, gilt edges, 10s. 6d.

Cassell's Bunyan's Holy War. Uniform with the above, and same price.

POPULAR WORKS ON NATURAL HISTORY.

THE NEW AND CHEAPER EDITIONS OF LOUIS FIGUIER'S POPULAR SCIENTIFIC WORKS,

Containing all the Original Illustrations, the Text Revised and Corrected, price =7s. 6d.= each, comprise:--

The Human Race. Newly Edited and Revised by ROBERT WILSON, Fellow of the Royal Physical Society, Edinburgh. With 242 Illustrations.

Mammalia. Revised and Corrected by Professor E. PERCEVAL WRIGHT, M.D. With 260 Illustrations.

The World before the Deluge. With 233 Illustrations. Fifth Edition. Revised and Corrected by W. H. BRISTOW, F.R.S.

The Ocean World. With 427 Illustrations. Third Edition. Revised and Corrected by Professor E. PERCEVAL WRIGHT, M.D.

Reptiles and Birds. With 300 Illustrations. Second Edition. Revised and Corrected by Captain PARKER GILLMORE.

The Insect World. With 576 Illustrations. Fourth Edition. Revised by Professor DUNCAN, M.D., F.R.S.

The Vegetable World. With 470 Illustrations. Third Edition. Revised and Corrected by an EMINENT BOTANIST.

Cassell's Brehm's Book of Birds. Translated from the Text of Dr. BREHM, by Professor T. RYMER JONES, F.R.S. With upwards of 400 Engravings, and numerous full-page Coloured Plates. Complete in Four Volumes, 4to, cloth, 7s. 6d.; cloth gilt, gilt edges, 10s. each; or Two Vols., half-calf, £2 2s.

The Book of the Horse. By Samuel Sidney. With 25 fac-simile Coloured Plates, from Original Paintings, and upwards of 100 Wood Engravings. Demy 4to, cloth gilt, 31s. 6d.; half-morocco, gilt edges, £2 2s.

Transformations of Insects. By Professor P. MARTIN DUNCAN, M.D., F.R.S. With about 250 Illustrations. New and Cheaper Edition. Now ready, demy 8vo, cloth, 7s. 6d.

Cassell's Popular Natural History. With about 2,000 Engravings and Coloured Plates. Complete in Four Volumes, cloth, 42s.

The Illustrated Book of Poultry. By L. WRIGHT. A Complete and Practical Treatise on the Breeding, Rearing, and Management of every known variety of Poultry. With 50 exquisite Coloured Plates of Prize Birds, painted from Life, and numerous Engravings. Demy 4to, 600 pp., cloth bevelled, gilt edges, 31s. 6d.; half-morocco, gilt edges, £2 2s.

The Book of Pigeons. By ROBERT FULTON. Edited and arranged by LEWIS WRIGHT. Illustrated with 50 life-like Coloured Plates, painted expressly for this Work, and with numerous Engravings on Wood. Demy 4to, cloth, bevelled, gilt edges, 31s. 6d.; hall-morocco, gilt edges, 42s.

Cassell Petter & Galpin; London, Paris & New York.

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