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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 40

Bohn's Library: — General, Thelogical, Historical, Artistic, Educational, and Juvenile

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Bohn's Library:

General, Thelogical, Historical, Artistic, Educational, and Juvenile.

  • Sir Thomas Browne's Works. Edited by Simon Wilkin, with Dr Johnston's life of Browne, a Supplementary Memoir, and a Portrait after White :—
    • Vol I.—Vulgar Errors.
    • II.—Religio Medici, and Garden of Cyrus. 3 vols. 13s. 6d.
    • III.—Urn Burial, Tracts, and Correspondence. 3 vols. 13s. 6d.
  • Burke's Works. 6 vols. 27s.
    • Speeches on the Impeachment of Warren Hastings; and Letters. With Index. 2 vols, (forming Vols. 7 and 8 of the complete works).
    • Burke's Life. By J. Prior. With a portrait after Reynolds.
  • Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Complete and Unabridged, with Variorum Notes; including, in addition to the Author's own, those of Guizot, Wenck, Niebuhr, Hugo, Neander, and other Scholars. Edited by an English Churchman. 7 vols. With copious Index, and two Maps, and a portrait of Gibbon. N.S. 30s.
  • Junius's Letters. With all the Notes of Woodfall's Edition, and important Additions. Also, an Essay on the Authorship, Facsimiles of Junius's Hand-writing, and an elaborate Index. 2 vols. 9s. N.S.
  • China, Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical, with some account of Ava, and the Burmese, Siam, and Anam. With Index, Map, and nearly 100 Illustrations. 6s. 6d.
  • Holbein's Dance of Death, and Bible Cuts. Upwards of 510 Subjects, engraved in facsimile, with Introduction and Descriptions by the late Francis Douce, and Dr. Thomas Frognall Dibdin. 10s.
  • Cruikshank's Three Courses and a Dessert; comprising three Sets of Tales, West Country, Irish, and Legal; and a Mélange. With 50 humorous Illustrations by George Cruikshank. 7s. 6d.
  • Walton's Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation; or, Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. With Lives of the Authors and Variorum Notes, Historical and Practical. Edited by Edward Jesse. To which is added an Account of Fishing Stations, Tackle, &c., by Henry G. Bohn. With Index and Portrait of Walton, and 203 Engraving on Wood. 10s.
  • Apuleius, Works of. Comprising the Golden Ass, God of Socrates, Florida, and Discourse of Magic. To which is added, a Metrical Version of Cupid and Psyche, and Mrs. Tighe's Psyche. With Index and Frontispiece. 6s. 6d.
  • Epictetus, Discourses of. With the Encheiridion and Fragments. Translated with Notes, a Life of Epictetus. A View of his Philosophy, and Index, by George Long. M.A. 6s.

    'Mr. Long has done a great service to English readers by adding to his admirable translation of the Commentaries of M. Aurelius Antonius a new version of the "Discourses of Epictetus.'"—Saturday Review.

  • Harriet Martineau's History of England, from 1800-1815. With new Index (containing upwards of 1,700 references). 4s. 6d.

    This is a reprint of the work published under the title "An Introduction to the History of the Thirty Years' Peace."

  • Harriet Martineau's History of the Thirty Years' Peace, A.D. 1815-46. With new and copious Index. (Containing upwards of 4,000 references. 4 vols. 17s. 6d.

    This History contains a vast store of information, hardly attainable else-where, on all the great social and political questions of the important and interesting period of which it treats—a period separated by so short an interval from our own time, that to every educated person who takes an intelligent interest in the questions of the present day, a thorough knowledge of its history is indispensable.

  • Compte's Philosophy of the Sciences, being an Exposition of the principles of the Cours de Philosophic Positive. By G. H. Lewes, Author of of 'The Life of Goethe,' 'Biographical History of Philosophy,' &c. With Index. 6s. 6d.page 4
  • Horace. Literally translated into prose by Smart. Revised Edition, with copious Notes selected by T. A. Buckley, B. A., and a Portrait. 4s. 6d.
  • L. Ranke. History of the Popes, their Church and State, and especially of their conflicts with Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Translated by E. Foster. With Portraits of Julius II., (after Raphael), Innocent X., (after Valasquez), and Clement VII., (after Titian). 3 vols. 13s. 6d.
  • Evelyn's Diary and Correspondence, with the Private Correspondence of Charles I., and Sir Edward Nicholas, and between Sir Edward Hyde (afterwards Earl of Clarendon) and Sir Richard Browne. Edited from the Original MSS at Wotton by W. Bray, F.A.S. 4 vols. With copious Index (115 pages) and 45 Engravings. 26s.
  • Sir J. Reynold's Literary Works. With a Memoir, and Remarks on his Professional Character, illustrative of his Principles and Practice. By H. W. Beechy. 2 vols. 9s.
  • Beaumont and Fletcher, their finest Scenes, Lyrics, and other Beauties, now first selected from the whole of their works. With Explanatory Notes, and an Introduction by Leigh Hunt. 1 vol. 4s. 6d.
  • Cervantes' Galatea. A Pastoral Romance. Translated from the Spanish by G. W. J. Gyll. 4s. 6d.
  • Pindar. Literally translated into Prose, with Introduction and Notes, by Dawson W. Turner. To which is added the Metrical Version by Abraham Moore. With Portrait. 6s. 6d.
  • Synonyms and Antonyms, or Kirdred Words and their Opposites. Collected and contrasted by Ven. C. J. Smith, M.A. Revised edition. 6s. 6d.
  • Staunton's Chess-Player's Handbook. A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the game of Chess, as exemplified in games actually played by the greatest masters, and illustrated by numerous Diagrams of original and remarkable positions, and a colored Frontispiece. 6s. 6d.
  • The World's Pictures. Photographs of fifteen of some of the most cele-brated Paintings in the world. Copied from the best Engravings. With an introduction by C. C. Black, M.A. In one handsome demy 4to. volume, 25s.
  • Webster's Dictionary of the English Language. Including Scientific, Technical, and Biblical words and terms, with their Significations, Pronun-ciations, Alternative Spellings, Derivations, Synonyms, and numerous illustrative quotations. In 1 vol. of 1580 pages, with 3000 illustrations. 4to. cloth, 25s.; half russia, 37s. 6d.
  • Webster's Complete Dictionary. Containing all that appears in the '25s. Dictionary,' with various valuable literary Appendices, and 70 extra pages of Illustrations grouped and classified, rendering the work a Complete Literary and Scientific Reference-Book. In 1 vol. (1831 pages,) 4to. cloth, 35s.; half russia, 48s.
  • Note.—The foregoing are the only Authorised and Unabridged Editions of 'Webster's Dictionary.' No other editions published in England contain the Derivations and Etymological Notes of Dr. Mahn, who devoted five years to the Revision of this portion of the work. 'Certainly the best practical English Dictionary extant.'—Quarterly Review, Oct 1873.
  • The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that Which is to Come : delivered under the similitude of a Dream. By John Bunyan. With 281 Engravings, from designs by William Harvey. 1 vol. 4s. 6d.
  • Battles of the British Navy. By Joseph Allen, Esq., R.N. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. In 2 vols. 13s.
  • Anecdotes of Dogs. By Edward Jesse, Esq. With 40 Illustrations. A New Edition. 6s. 6d.
  • Philosophical Tales, Romances, and Satires. By M. De. Voltaire. Complete in 1 vol. 4s.
  • The Table Talk of Martin Luther. Translated and Edited by Hazlitt; with a Memoir by Chalmers. 4s. 6d.
  • The Life of Wesley; and, The Rise and Progress of Methodism. By Robert Southey. 6s. 6d.
  • The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. The text carefully revised; with Notes by S. W. Singer, F.S.A. With a Life by W. Watkiss Lloyd. 10 vols, cloth, 30s.; do. do., half-morocco, illustrated, £3 10s.