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SPENSER’S WORKS. With a MEMOIR, NOTES, and a GLOSSARY. In one volume, 8vo. In the Press.

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HAYDN’S DICTIONARY OF DATES, and UNIVERSAL REFERENCE, relating to all Ages and Nations; comprehending every Remarkable Occurrence, Ancient and Modern--the Foundation, Laws, and Governments of Countries--their Progress in Civilisation, Industry, and Science--their Achievements in Arms; the Political and Social Transactions of the British Empire--its Civil, Military, and Religious Institutions--the Origin and Advance of Human Arts and Inventions, with copious details of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The whole comprehending a body of information, Classical, Political, and Domestic, from the earliest accounts to the present time. SECOND EDITION. In one volume, 8vo, price 18s. cloth.

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KNOWLES’S (JAMES) PRONOUNCING AND EXPLANATORY DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Founded on a correct development of the Nature, the Number, and the Various Properties of all its Simple and Compound Sounds, as combined into Syllables and Words. A NEW EDITION. In medium 8vo, price 10s. 6d. cloth.

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By the AUTHOR OF “TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST.”

DANA’S SEAMAN’S MANUAL; containing a Treatise on Practical Seamanship, with Plates; a Dictionary of Sea Terms; Customs and Usages of the Merchant Service; Laws relating to the Practical Duties of Master and Mariners. SECOND EDITION. Price 5s. cloth.

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HINTS ON HORSEMANSHIP, to a NEPHEW and NIECE; or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding. By Colonel GEORGE GREENWOOD, late of the Second Life Guards; Price 2s. 6d.

CICERO’S LIFE AND LETTERS. The Life by Dr. MIDDLETON; The Letters translated by WM. MELMOTH and Dr. HEBERDEN. In one volume, 8vo, with Portrait and Vignette, price 16s. cloth.

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ELLEN MIDDLETON. A TALE. BY LADY GEORGIANA FULLERTON. SECOND EDITION. In three volumes price 31s. 6d. cloth.

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CAPTAIN BASIL HALL’S FRAGMENTS OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. A NEW EDITION. In one volume, 8vo, price 12s. cloth.

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DEERBROOK. A NOVEL. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. A NEW EDITION. In one pocket volume, price 6s. cloth.

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THE HOUR AND THE MAN. A Historical Romance. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. A NEW EDITION. In one pocket volume, price 6s. cloth.

TALFOURD’S (MR. SERJEANT) VACATION RAMBLES AND THOUGHTS; comprising the Recollections of three Continental Tours in the Vacations of 1841, 42, and 43. SECOND EDITION. Price 10s. 6d. cloth.

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DYCE’S REMARKS ON MR. C. KNIGHT’S AND MR. J. P. COLLIER’S EDITIONS OF SHAKSPEARE. In 8vo, price 9s. cloth.

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LIFE IN THE SICK-ROOM: ESSAYS. By AN INVALID. SECOND EDITION. Price 8s. boards.

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HISTOIRE DE FRANCE DU PETIT LOUIS. Par LADY CALLCOTT. Price 2s. 6d. half-bound.

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SHELLEY’S (MRS.) RAMBLES IN GERMANY AND ITALY in 1840, 1842, and 1843. In 2 vols. post 8vo. Price 21s. cloth.

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