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Tramways; their Construction and Working, with special reference to the Tramways of the United Kingdom, by D. Kinnear Clark, C.E. With wood engravings and folding plates. 21s.

Pocket-Book of Mechanics and Engineering, by John W. Nystrom, C.E. 20s.

Essay on Gravitation, by T. Wakelin, B.A. Price Sixpence.

Balance of Emotion and Intellect, by Charles Waldstein, Ph.D. An Essay introductory to the Study of Philosophy. 7s. 6d.

Human Species, by A. de Quatrefages. 7s. 6d.

Freedom in Science and Teaching; from the German of Ernst Haèckel; with a Prefatory Note by T. H. Huxley, F.R.S. 6s.

Fern Paradise; Plea for the Culture of Ferns, by Francis George Heath. Illustrated. 14s. 6d.

"Free Trade and Protection," by Henry Fawcett, M.P. An Enquiry into the Causes which have retarded the general adoption of Free Trade since its introduction into England. 7s. 6d.

Is Life Worth Living? by William Hurrell Mallock. 16s.

"The Economy of Consumption," by Robert Scott Moffatt. An omitted Chapter in Political Economy. 24s. And The Principles of a Time Policy: being an Exposition of a Method of Settling Dispute between Employers and Laborers. 5s.

Hale's New American Remedies: and Special Therapeutics, Symptomatology, &c. 2 vols £3 5s.

Total Abstinence, by Dr. Richardson. 3s. 6d.

Handybook of Object Lessons, from a Teacher's Note-Book, by J. Walker. 6s.

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An Index to Familiar Quotations; selected principally from British Authors; with parallel passages from various Writers, Ancient and Modern, by J. C. Grocott. 7s. 6d.

Co-Operative Agriculture; a Solution of the Land Question, as exemplified in the History of the Ralahine Co-operative Agricultural Association, County Clare, Ireland, by William Pare, F.R.S. 7s.

New Zealand Tourist, by Thomas Bracken. Published by the Union Steam Shipping Company of New Zealand (Limited). 1s.

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Business of Pleasure, by E. Yates. 2s.

Hillesden on the Moors, by Rosa Mackenzie Cuttle. 2s.

The Best of Husbands, by James Payn. 2s.

Riding Recollections, by Whyte Melville. 7s. 6d.

Dick Sands, the Boy Captain, by Jules Verne. Translated by Ellen E. Frewer. Beautifully illustrated. 12s. 6d.

Joan the Maid, Deliverer of England and France: a Story of the 15th Century, by the author of the "Schönberg Cotta Family."

Golden Butterfly, by Besant and Rice. 2s.

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Hazelhurst Mystery, by Jessie Sale Lloyd. 2s.

Pictures of Life and Character, by John Leech. From the Collection of Mr Punch. 12s. 6d.

Dramatic List, by Charles Eyre Pascoe. A Record of the Principal Performances of Living Actors and Actresses of the British Stage. With Criticisms from Contemporary Journals. 12s. 6d.

Robert Browning's Dramatic Idyls. 5s. 6d.

Our Old Actors. By Henry Barton Baker, with Portraits, in 2 vols. 32s. 6d.

Plays for Young People, by J. Barmby, B.D., with Songs and Choruses suitable for Private Theatricals. The music adapted, arranged, and partly composed by T. Rogers, M.A. 6s.

A Manual of Mythology, in the form of Question and Answer, by the Rev. Sir George W. Cox, M.A., Bart. 4s.

Comedie Humaine, and its Author; with Translations from the French of Balzac, by H. H. Walker. 7s. 6d.