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Maunder s Treasury of
Knowledge and Library of Reference; comprising an English Dictionary and Grammar, Universal Gazetteer, Classical Dictionary', Chronology, Law Dictionary, Synopsis of the Peerage, Useful Tables, etc.
Fcp. 8vo. 6s.
launders Biographical
Treasury.
Latest Edition, recon-structed and partly rewritten, with about 1,000 additional Memoirs, by W. L. R. Cates.
Fcp. 8vo. 6s.
launders Scientific and
Literary Treasury; a Popular Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art,
New Edition, in part re-writ ten, with above 1,000 new articles, by J. Y. Johnson.
Fcp. 8vo. 6s.
launders Treasury of
Geography, Physical, Historical, Descriptive, and Political.
Edited by W. Hughes, F.R.G.S.
Maunder s Historical
Treasury ; General Introductory Outlines of Universal History, and a Series of Separate Histories.
Revised by the Rev. G. W. Cox, M.A.
Fcp. 8vo. 6s.
Maunder's Treasury of
Natural History; or Popular Dictionary of Zoology.
Revised and corrected Edition. Fcp. 8vo. with 900 Woodcuts, 6s.
The Treasury of Bible
Knowledge; being a Dictionary of the Books, Persons, Places, Events, and other Matters of which mention is made in Holy Scripture. By Rev. J. Ayre, M.A.
With Maps, 15 Plates, and numerous Woodcuts. Fcp. 8vo. 6s.
Collieries and Colliers: a Handbook of the Law and Leading Cases relating thereto. By F. C. Fowler.
Third Edition. Fcp. 8vo. 7s. 6d.
The Theory and Practice of Banking. By H. D. Macleod, M.A.
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Modern Cookery for Private Families, reduced to a System of Easy Practice in a Series of carefully-tested Receipts.
By Eliza Acton.
With 8 Plates & 150 Woodcuts. Fcp. 8vo. 6s.
A Practical Treatise on
Brewing; with Formulae for Public Brewers, and Instructions for Private Families. By W. Black.
Fifth Edition. 8vo. 10s. 6d.
Three Hundred Original
Chess Problems and Studies. By Fas. Pierce, M.A. and W. T. Pierce.
With many Diagrams. Sq. fcp. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Supplement, 2s. 6d.
Chess Openings.
By F. W. Longman, Bal-liol College, Oxford.
Second Edition, revised. Fcp. 8vo. 2s. 6d.
The Theory of the Modem Scientific Game of Whist.
By W. Pole, F.R.S.
Fifth Edition. Fcp. 8vo. 2S. 6d.
The Cabinet Lawyer;
Popular Digest of the Law of England, Civil, Crimi nal, and Constitutional.
Twenty-fourth Edition, corrected and ex. tended. Fcp. 8vo. 9s.
Blackstone Economised being a Compendium of the Laws of England to the Present Time. By D. M. Aird, Barriste
Revised Edition. Post 8vo. 7s. 6d
Pewtners Comprehensive
Specifier; a Guide to the Practical Specification every kind of Building Artificer s Work. Edited by W. Young.
Crown 8vo. 6s.
Hints to Mothers of the Management of the Health during the Period of Pregnancy and in the Lying-in Room. By Thomas Bull, M.D.
Fcp. 8vo. 5s.
The Maternal Manag ment of Children in Heal and Disease.
By Thomas Bull, M.D..
Fcp. 8vo. 5s.
 
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