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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 41

Fresh Supplies of Standard Works

Fresh Supplies of Standard Works.

Cassel's Technical Manuals. Drawing for Carpenters and Joiners; with Elementary Lesson in Freehand and Object Drawing. 250 Illustrations; and Drawing Copies. 4s. 6d.

Orthographic and Nometrical Projection; Development of Surfaces and Penetration Solids, with additional Chapter and Plates. Illustrative of Traces, Normals, Tangent-Points, Tangent-Planes, by Ellis A. Davidson. 3s.

Systematic Drawing and Shading; giving Practical Lessons on Drawing, by Charles Rya 2s. 6d.

J. Richards' Mechanical Engineer. A Treatise on the Construction and Operation of Woe Working Machines; including a History of the Origin and Progress of the Manufacture Wood Working Machinery. Illustrated by numerous Engravings, showing the Modern Practice Prominent Engineers in England, France, and America. 30s.

Smiles' Lives of the Engineers; from the earliest times, to the death of the Stephenson with an account of their principal works: Comprising a History of Inland Communication in Britain and the Invention and Introduction of the Steam Engine and Locomotive. Revised Edition With Portraits and 340 Woodcuts. 5 vols. Crown 8vo. 10s. 6d. each. Each volume is complete in itself, and can be obtained separately.

Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades, by Richard V. Turon, F.C S including Medicine, Pharmacy, and Domestic Economy, &c., &c. 35s.

Theory of Strains in Girders and Similar Structures; by Bindon B. Stoney M.A.; with Observations on the Application of Theory to practise, and Tables of the Strength and other Properties of Materials. 35s. 6d. Illustrated.

A Handbook of the Steam Engine, by John Bourne, C.E., containing all the Rules require for the right Construction and Management of Engines of every class, with the easy Arithmetic solution of those Rules. Constituting a key of the Catechism of the Steam Engine. Illustrated Tables. Examples, &c. 11s. 6d.

Theory and Action of the Steam Engine, by W. H. Northcott, C.E. (For Practical Men.) ss. 6d.

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[unclear: Electric] Lighting and its Practical Application; by Paget Higgs, L.L.D.; with Results from existing examples. With Illustrations. 12s. 6d.

[unclear: Logarithms] of Sines and Tangents for Every Second, by Robert Shortrede, F.R.A.S.; additional Preface and Examples by Major-General Hannyngton, F.S.A., F.S.S. 42s. 6d.

[unclear: House's] Practical Man; including Copyhold, Practice and Forms, full instructions for use of Logarithms, with a four figure table, and retaining and adding to the previous Forms, Rules and Tables. 2 vols. 16s.

[unclear: Mechanics] for Beginners, by S. Todhunter, M.A., F,R.S., with numerous examples. 5s. 6d.

[unclear: Elements] of Machine Design; An Introduction to the Principles which determine the Arrangement and Proportion of the Parts of Machines, and a Collection of Rules for Machine Design, by W. Cawthorne Unwin. B. Sc. Assoc. Inst. C.E. With 219 Wood Engravings. 4s. 6d.

[unclear: Lane] and Solid Geometry, by the Rev. W. H. Watson. 4s. 6d.

Workman's Manual of Engineering Drawing, by John Maxton. 6s.

Book on Building, Civil and Ecclesiastical; with the Theory of the Domes and of the Great Pyramid; and a Catalogue of Sizes of Churches and other large Buildings, by Sir Edmund Beckett, Bart. 10s. 6d.

[unclear: Specimen] Book of 100 Architectural Designs, showing Plans, Elevations, and Views of Suburban Houses, Villas, Sea-side and Camp-Ground Cottages, Homesteads, Churches, and Public Buildings, including Specifications, Bills of Materials, &c. 5s. 6d.

[unclear: Amateur] Mechanic's Workshop. A Treatise containing Plain and Concise Directions for the Manipulation of Wood and Metals, including Casting, Forging, Brazing, Soldering, and Carpentry. 7s. 6d.

[unclear: Joy] Joiner and Model Maker; containing Practical Directions for making numerous Articles for Use and Ornament, Mechanical Toys, Models, &c., with descriptions of various Tools and the method of using them. 6s. 6d.

[unclear: Syrotechny]; or, The Art of Making Fireworks, at a little Cost and with complete Safety and Cleanliness. With 124 Illustrations of Forms and Diagrams for Manufacture and Exhibition. 4s. 6d.

[unclear: Syrotechnist's] Treasury; or, Complete Art of Making Fireworks, by Thomas Kentish. 6s.

[unclear: Metals]—Their Properties and Treatment, by Charles Loudon Bloxam. With 105 Wood Engravings. 4s. 6d.

Elements of Mechanism, designed for Students of Applied Mechanics, by T. M. Goodeve, M.A. With 257 Engravings on Wood. 4s. 6d.

Art of Electro-Metallurgy, including all known processes of Electro-Deposition, by G. Gore, L.L.D., F.R.S. With 56 Wood Engravings. 7s.

Electricity and Magnetism, by Fleeming Jenkin, F.R.S.S. 4s. 6d.

Telegraphy by W. H. Preece, C.E., and J. Sivewright, M.A. With 160 Woodcuts and Diagrams. 4s. 6d.

Posts and Telegraphs; Past and Present; with an Account of the Telephone and Phono graph, by William Tegg. 5s.

Darwin (Charles) Works

Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Woodcuts. 9s. 6d.

Descent of Man, and Selections in Relation to Sex. 12s.

Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects. Woodcuts, 12s.

Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants. Woodcuts. 7s. 6d. Insectiverous Plants. Woodcuts. 17s. 6d.

Effects of Cross and Self-Fertilization in the Vegetable Kingdom. 15s

Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species. 12s. 6d.

Proctor's Pleasant Ways in Science. 14s.

Proctor's Pleasant Other Worlds Than Ours. 14s.

Proctor's Pleasant Transits of Venus. 10s. 6d.

Outlines of an Industrial Science, by David Seyme. 8s. 6d.

On Natural Selection, by Alfred R. Wallace. 10s. 6d.

Study of Psychology: its Object, Scope, and Method, by George Henry Lewes. 10s. 6d.

Human Race, by Louis Figuier. Edited and Revised by Robert Wilson. With 242 Illustrations. 10s 6d.

Mammalia: Their various Forms and Habits popularly Illustrated by Typical Species. Adapted from the French of Louis Figuier, by Professor E. Percival Wright, M.D., F.L.S. With 260 Illustrations. 10s. 6d.

World Before the Flood. Newly Edited and Revised by H. W. Bristow, F.R.S. With 235 Illustrations. Fifth Edition. 10s. 6d,

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Ocean World. A Descriptive History of the Sea and its Inhabitants. Revised and of rected by Professor E. Percival Wright, M.D. With 427 Illustrations. Third Edition. 10s. 6d

Vegetable World. Revised and Corrected by an Eminent Botanist. With 471 Illustrations. Third Edition. 10s. 6d,

Insect World. Revised and Corrected by P. Martin Duncan, M.D., F.R.S. With Illustrations. Fourth Edition. 10s. 6d.

Reptiles and Birds. Revised and Corrected by Captain Parker Gillmore. With 307 Illustrations. Second Edition. 10s. 6d.

Illustrated Book of Poultry. By L. Wright. With 50 Full-page Coloured Portrait of Celebrated Prize Birds of every Breed, painted from Life expressly for this Work, and [unclear: work] numerous Woodcuts. Cloth gilt, 31s. 6d.; half-morocco, £2 10s.

New Illustrated Natural History, by Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A., F.L.S. [unclear: W] designs by Wolf Zweeker, Weir, Coleman, Harvey, and others. Engraved by the Bros. Dalziel. 2s.

A Manual of Zoology, for the use of Students, by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, M.D., D.S M.A., Ph.D. (Gött.) F.R.S.E., F.G.S., with a General Introduction on the Principles of [unclear: Zoological] 17s. 6d.]

Zoology for Students: (A Handbook), by C. Carter Blake, Doct. Sci. With a preface Richard Owen, C.B., F.R.S. 11s. 6d.

Advanced Text Book of Geology, Descriptive and Industrial, by David Page, L.L.D., [unclear: F.G.S] 10s. Also, Introductory Text Book of Geology. 3s. 6d.

Beeton's Book of Birds; showing how to rear and manage them in sickness and in health. 4s [unclear: 6d].

'Idstone," the Dog; with simple directions for his Treatment, and Notices of the Best [unclear: Dogs] of the Day, and their Breeders or Exhibitors. With 12 Full-page Engravings, from Life. George Earl. 3s. 6d.

Practical Kennel Guide; by Gordon Stables, M.D., C.M., R.N., with plain instruction how to Rear and Breed Dogs for Pleasure, Show, and Profit. 5s.

Mystery of Matter. J. A. Picton. 14s.

History of Materialism, by Lange, Frederick Albert. Translated by E. C. Thomas. Containing—Materialism of Antiquity; the Period of Transition; the Seventeenth Century. 14s.

Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry. The Chemistry of Carbon and Compounds, by Henry E. Armstrong, Ph. D. F.C.S. With 8 Wood Engravings. 4s. 6d.

Principles of Mental Physiology, with their Applications to the Training and Disciplined the Mind and the Study of the Morbid Conditions, by William B. Carpenter, M.D., L.L.D., F.R.S F.G.S. 15s. 6d.

Solutions of the Cambridge Senate-House Problems and Riders for the Year 1875. 10s. 6d.

Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind, by James Mill. Edited with Additional Notes by John Stuart Mill. 2 vols. 38s. 6d.

Æsthetics, by Eugene Veron. 10s. 6d.

Problems of Life and Mind, by George Henry Lewes. 2 vols. 32s. 6d.

The Final Philosophy, by C. W. Shields, D.D. 16s.

Science Lectures at South Kensington. 2 vols. 8s. each.

Rise and Influence of Rationalism in Europe, by W. H. Lecky. 2 vols. 20s.

Macaulay's Works:—
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Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. 2 vols. 15s.

Russia: An account of the Political, Social, and Domestic Life of the Russian People, and the Country they Inhabit, by D. Mackenzie Wallace, 14s.

Tropical Nature and Other Essays, by Alfred R. Wallace. 15s. 6d.

Story of My Life, by Colonel Meadows Taylor. 2 vols. 21s.

Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, L.L.D. 21s.

Chambers' English Dictionary. 13s. 6d.

History of the Ancient World, from the Earliest Records of the Fall of the Western Empire; from the Creation of the World to the Accession of Philip of Macedon, by Philip Smith, B.A. In 3 vols. 40s.

Flowers; their Origin, Shape, Perfumes, and Colours, by J. E. Taylor, P.H.D.. F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. Illustrated with 32 Coloured Figures by Sowerby; and 161 Woodcuts. 8s. 6d.

Native Races of the Pacific States of North America, by Hubert Howe Bancroft. In 5 vols.

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Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World; or, History, Geography, and Antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia. 3 vols. 25s.

Allbert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, by Sir. Samuel W. Baker, M.A., F.R.G.S. With Illustrations. 7s. 6d. Also, The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia.

Mathew Arnold's Mixed Essays. 12s. 6d.

Beeton's Dictionary of Geography, by S. O. Beeton, F.R.G.S. A Universal Gazetteer. 10s.

Rise and Progress of the English Constitution, by Sir Edward Creasy, M.A. 9s 6d

Great Thirst Land. By Parker Gilmore. A Ride through Natal. Orange Free State.

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and. Mythology, of various Writers, by William Smith, D.C.L., L.L.D. Illustrated by numerous Engravings on wood. 3 vols.

A Complete Epitome of Practical Navigation, by J. W. Norrie, containing all necessary Instructions for keeping a Ship's Reckoning at Sea; with a correct and extensive set of Tables, Ac., &c. 22s. 6d.

English Men of Letters: Edited by John Morley, price 3s. 6d. each—
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Coral and Coral Islands, by James D. Dina. With Illustrations. 12s.

Sea of Mountains, by St. John. An Account of Lord Dufferin's Tour through British Columbia. 2 vols. 25s.

The Pope and the Council, by Janus. 10s. 6d.

French Revolution and First Empire, by William O'Conner Morris. 9s.

A Voyage in the "Sunbeam," by Mrs. Brassey. Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months, 66 Illustrations. 10s. 6d.

Letters from Russia, by Field Marshal Count Moltke. Translated by Robina Napier. 8s. 6d.

Democracy in Europe, a History, by Sir Thomas Erskine May, K.C.B., D.C.L. 2 vols. 40s.

Autobiography and Memoir of Thomas Guthrie, D.D., by his Sous. 2 vols. 26s.

Life of Sir William Fairburn, Bart., by William Pole, F.R.S. 24s.

Memoirs of Mary Somerville. Personal Recollections from Early Life to Old Age: with Selections from her Correspondence by her Daughters. 15s.

A Memoir of Sydney Smith, by his Daughter, Lady Holland; with Selections from his Letters by Mrs. Austin. 7s. 6d.

New Greece, by Lewis Sergeant. With Maps. 26s. 6d.

History of European Morals, from Augustus to Charlemange, by W. H. E. Lecky. 2vols. 20s.

Life and Remains of Theodore Edward Hook, by the Rev. R. H. Dalton Barham. 6s. 6d.

Diderot and the Encyclopædists, by John Morley, 2 vols, cut 25s.

History of England from the Year 1830-1874, by William Nassau Molesworth, M.A. 3 vols. 22s. 6d.

Old English History, by E. A. Freeman, D.C.L. 7s. 6d.

Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe. With Portrait, and 100 Illustrations, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. extra gilt. 21s.

"Far Off;" or, Asia Described, with Anecdotes and numerous Illustrations, by the Author of "The Peep of Day." 5s. 6d.

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The Illiad of Homer; rendered into English Blank Verse, by Edward, Earl of Derby. To which are appended Translations of Poems Ancient and Modern. 2 vols. 12s. 6d.

Mythology of Greece and Rome from the German, by O. Seeman; with Special Reference to its use in Art. 7s. 6d.

Lucretius, by Alfred Tennyson. 3s. 6d.

Sucile, by Robert Lord Lytton. 7s. 6d.

Poetical Works of Henry Wardswtorth Longfellow, including "Keramas " and recent Poems; with Explanatory Notes, Portrait, and Illustrations. Full colored morocco, extra gilt 25s. 6d.

Pensees Choisies Illuminees, Par M. Simpson. Extra gilt. 30s.

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Clytemnestra, and Poems Lyrical and Descriptive, by Owen Meredith. 7s. 6d.

Poems of Robert Burns, by Alexander Smith. 2 vols. 10s.

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Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing; by Ernest Bell. M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. Translated from the German. 5s. per vol.

Scottish Song: a Selection of the Choicest Lyrics of Scotland, by Mary Carlyle Aitken. Compiled and arranged, with brief Notes. 5s. 6d.

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Flotsam and Jetsam; Rhymes Old and New, by Alfred Domett. 9s.

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