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      456 T H B __ IijB _ AJP _ ] Bjg > [ Ko . S ^^ JSat ., May 9 , JL 857 .

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      NEW WORKS . —?—Dr . Barth ' s African Travels and Discoveries . This day are published , Three volumes , 8 vo , with 11 Maps , 100 Engravings on Wood , and 36 Illustrations in tinted Lithography , price 63 s . cloth , TRAVELS AND DISCOVERIES IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AFEICA : Being the JOURNAL of an EXPEDITION undertaken under the auspices of Her Britannic Majesty s Government in the Years 1849—1855 . By HENRY BARTH , Ph . D ., D . C . L . Fellow of the Royal Geographical and Asiatic Societies , & c . <® - Vols . IV . and V ., completing the Work , will be published in the Autumn . BAECHESTEE TOWERS . By ANTHONY TROLLOPE , Author of The Warden . 3 vols . post 8 vo , price 31 s . 6 d . m . PACTS , STATEMENTS / and EJ & gLANATIONS connected with the Publication of the Second Volume of the Tenth Edition of HORNE'S Introduction to the Study of the Holy Scriptures . By S . DAVIDSON , D . D ., 8 vo , 2 s . 6 d . CHRISTIANITY ^' in CHINA , TARTARY , and THIBET . By M . l'Abbe' HUC . Translated with the Author ' s sanction . 2 vols . 8 vo , 21 s . Immediately forthcoming . 5 . ESSAYS from the JEdinltirgJi and Quarterly Reviews , Addresses , and other Pieces . By Sir JOHN HERSCHEL , Bart ., M . A ., & c . 8 vo . \ J ) n Friday next . 6 . FRANCIS ARAGO'S LIVES of distinguished SCIENTIFIC MEN . Translated by the Rev . B . POWELL , MA ., Admiral W . H . SMYTH , For . Sec . R . S ., and R . GRANT , M . A . 8 vo . 7 . MEMORIALS , SCIENTIFIC and LITERARY , of ANDREW CROSSE , the Electrician . Edited by Mrs . A . CROSSE . 1 vol . post 8 vo . \ jOn Thursday next . 8 . SUMMER MONTHS among the ALPS : With the Ascent of Monte Rosa , the Ascent of the Altels , the Pass of the Strahleck , & c . By T . W . HINCHLIFF , of Lincoln ' s Inn , Barrister . Post 8 vo , with 4 Illustrations . TALLANGKETTA , the SQUATTER'S HOME : A Story of Australian Life . By WILLIAM HO WITT . 2 vols . post 8 vo . 10 . CATHERINE DE VERE : A Tale . By H . M . W . Fcap . 8 vo , price 7 s . [ Ready . MUSIC the VOICE of HARMONY in all CREATION . Selected and arranged by MARY JANE ESTCOURT . Fcap . 8 vo . 12 . The FAIRY FAMILY : A Series of Ballada and Metrical Tales illustrating tho Fairy Mythology of Europe . Crown 8 vo , with Frontispiece and Pictorial Title . 13 . MOORE'S IRISH . MELODIES , a Now Edition , tho Music printed with tho Words , in One Volume , imperial 8 vo , « mall music size , convenient and legible at thq Pianoforte , but more portable than tho usual form of Musical Publications . 14 . LIFE of Sir JOHN FALSTAFF , Illustrated by GEORGE CKUIKSHANK . With a Biography of the Knight , from Authentic Sources , by ROBERT II . BROUGH , Eaq . No . II . with 2 Plates , royal 8 vo . la . [ On the OOtft inet . nor To be completed in Ten monthly Numbers . LONDON : LONGMAN , BROWN , GREEN LONGMANS , amp ROBERTS .

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      Now ready , 1 vol ., with Map and Plate , 16 s . bound , DR . ARMSTRONG ' S PERSONAL NARRATIVB OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE BY H . MS . INVESTIGATOR . "As a full and authentic record , Dr . Armstrong ' s work will bo one of the most valuable of tho Arctic narratives . "Literary Gazette . . . Also just published , in 2 vols ., 21 s ., RUSSIA AFTER THE WAR . The Narrative of a Visit to that Country in 1856 . By SELINA JJUNBURY . DARK AND FAIR . A New Novel . By the Author of " Buckingham . " 3 vols . ALCAZAR . A Romance . By J . R . BESTE , Esq ., Author of " Modern Society in Rome . " 3 vols . JOHN HALIFAX , GENTLEMAN . A New and Cheaper Edition , complete in 1 vol ., 10 s . fid . bound . Hurst and Biackett , Publishers , Successors to Henry Colbttrn , 13 , Great Marlborough-street .

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      THE NEW NOVELS NOW READY . THE SISTER OF CHARITY . By Mrs . CHALLICE . 2 vols . 11 . Uniform with " Never too Late to Mend , " NIGHTSHADE . By W . JOHNSTON , M . A . Crown 8 vo , 5 s . Also just ready , in S vols ., ANNE SHERWOOD . Price 5 s ., uniform with " Never too Late to Mend , " TO BE , OR NOT TO BE . By HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN . London : Richard Bentjlei ' , New Burlington-street .

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      NEW WORKS PUBLISHED THIS DAY . EGYPT and the GHEA . T SUEZ CANAL . A Narrative of Travels in Egypt , & c . By M . BARTHELEMY ST . HILAIRE . Svo , 1-ls . HISTORICAL and ' MILITARY ACCOUNT of the DEFENCE of KARS . By Colonel ATWELL LAKE , C . B . 8 vo , with Illustrations , 15 s . London : Richaed Benxlex , Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty .

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      This day , in fcap . 8 vo , price 2 s . cloth elegant , HAN DEL : HIS LIFE , PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL . With Thoughts on Sacred Music . A Sketch . By Mrs . BRAY , Author of the " Life of Stothard , " & cT , & c Wajid and Co ., 27 , Paternoster-row .

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      NOTICE —Mr . RUSKIN'S Notes on THE PICTURES at tho ROYAL ACADEMY and the Society of Water Colour Painters will be published in a few days . NEW PUBLICATIONS . MRS . GASKELL'S MEMOIRS OF CURRER BELL . Just published , in 2 vols . posfcSvo , with a Portrait of Miss Bronto and a View of Haworth Church and Parsonage . Price 24 s . cloth . THE SECOND EDITION OF THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE , Author of " Jane Eyre , " " Shirley , " " Villettc , " & c . By Mrs . GASICELL , Author of " Mary Barton , " " Ruth , *' " North and South . " " Mrs . Gaskoll has produced 0110 of the best biographies of a woman by a woman which wo can reoal to mind . " — Athenceum . AN ENGLISHMAN AMONG THE MORMONS . Now ready , in post 8 vo , with Map , prico 9 s . cloth , A VISIT TO SALT LAKE ; being a Journoy across tho Plains to tho Mormon Settlement at Utah . By WILLIAM OHANDLESS . in . STORIES AND SKETCHES . By JAMES PAYN . Post 8 vo , prico 8 s . Gd ., cloth . "A volume of pleasant reading . "—Literary Gazette . " Mr . Pay 11 ia gay , apirited , observant ; and shows nolittlo knowledge of mon and books . "—Loader . NEW NOVELS . BELOW THE SURFACE : a Story of Eag-. lish Country Life . » vols . THE ROTTA PASS ; or , ENGLISHMEN IN THE HIGHLANDS . By ERI 01 C MACKENZIE . 3 vola . " Tho attractions of tho atory aro numerous and variod . It ia a auccess , regarded an a brilliant nooial . picture of stirring aconoa and striking advonturoa , "—Sun . " Although thoro ia no direct reaombianco in ' Tho ltoua Pasa' to tho Brontti novols , it has this feature in common with thorn : tho book appears to bo tho result of a close examination of life and sconory . "— Spectator . " Tho romance in ingenious and interesting , and tho story never flogs . It is beautifully written 5 and tho ploturoa of tho Highlands aro moat graphic . "— Critic . London s Smith , Eldkr , and Oo ., 05 , Cornhlll .

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      WORKS PUBLISHED BY BLACKIJE AND SON . —•¦ — Now publishing in Parts , 2 s . 6 d . each , THE IMPERIAL ATLAS OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY . An extensive scries of Maps , embracing the most rwoi ^ discoveries , and the Jatesfe political divisions of territn ™ all parts of the world . *• Edited by W . G . BLACKIE . Pn . D ., F . R . G . S . The Maps will bo printed on paper measuring 22 inchp * by 15 inches , and the scries will extend to between Seventv and Eighty such sheets , comprising nearly One Hundrtvl different Maps ; and the Atlas will extend to about ThirKtwo parts . •*' In Two Volumes , imperial 8 vo , pp . 2670 , 4 ? . 153 THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER ; A ^ general Dictionary of Geography , Physical , Political ' Statistical , and Descriptive , including comprehensive ac counts of the Countries , Cities , principal Towns , Villages Seas , Lakes , Rivers , Islands , Mountains , Valleys , & c . in the world . ' Edited by W . G . BLACKIE , Pn . D ., F . R . G . S . With above Seven Hundred Illustrations , Views , Costumes Maps , Plans , & c . " All the articles that we have examined , whether long or short , have exhibited a greater degree of correctness in minute details than we should have thought practicable in so comprehensive a work . "—Athentrum . " By far tho best Gazetteer in our language . "— Critic . In Two Volumes , imperial Svo . pp . 2384 , 4 / . 10 s . THE IMPERIAL DICTIONARY ; ENGLISH , TECHNOLOGICAL , X SCIENTIFIC . Adapted to the present state of Literature , Science , and Art ; comprising all words purely English , and the principal technical and scientific terms , together with their etymologies and their pronunciation , according to the best authorities . Edited by JOHN OGILVIE , L . L . D . Illustrated by above Two Thousand Engravings on Wood . " Dr . Ogilvie has not only produced the best English Die- ' tionary that exists , but so far as the actual state of knowledge permitted , has made some approach towards perfection . We need scarcely add that the work has our cordial commendation . "—llritish Quarterly Review . In One Volume , imperial 8 vo , 1 / . A SUPPLEMENT TO THE IMPERIAL DICTIONARY , ENGLISH , TECHNOLOGICAL , & SCIENTIFIC . By JOHN OGILVIE . L . L . D . Illustrated by nearly Four Hundred . Engravings 011 Wood . This work contains an extensive collection of words , terms , and phrases , in the various departments of literature , science , and art ' , together with numerous obsolete , ausok-sccnt , and Scottish words found in Chaucer , Spenser , Sliakspere , and Scott , not included in previous English Dictionaries . Blackie and Son , Warwick Square , City , London ; and Glasgow and Edinburgh .

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      NEW WORKS . ] . THE NEW NOVEL . THE RIVAL SUITORS . By Mrs . HUBBACK , Authoress of " The Wife ' s Sbli'i ' , " May and December , " tftc . [ Now ready . " Tho present season is begun well by tho novelists . U ' ; Hubback has dono perfect justice to hersolf in tho story oi ' Tho Rival Suitors . ' "—Examiner . 2 . A NOVEL OF REAL LIFE . MOTHERS AND SONS . In 3 vols . By W . PLATT , Esq ., Author of " Talcs of U ™]^™^ " Q NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " WU 1 TKMAULEVERER ' S DIVORCE : A'STORY OF WOMAN ' S WKONCJS . In 3 vols . By tho Author of " Whltofriars , " "Cig Kj ^ fi . 4 . NEW WORK ON ITALY . GOING ABROAD ; OR , GLIMP 8 BS OF AKT ANI > GHAUAOTI 5 U IN l . < HA * fClC A > 0 ITALY . By NONA BELLA 1 RS . Second Edition , 1 vol ., lO . s . Oil . - Thoro is much on tho national chariiotoi- ami « o ° " ^ of tho Italians , Americana and oui-hoIvoh . i « J > ' « ' ! ' * anocdotoa introduced iu Illustration nmk > ; > " '" J Jtiwnv « entertaining roiuHnB . Tho stylo Ih < msy and KrnoeftU . nJ ¦ , unaffected , andttomotimos o oquonti ' « »«»& tho religious tone HtronK and onr nott . "—Month IV Ji "''' , OnAnuw J . S khkt , 10 , KinK Wllllam-atrool ,, Chi . ilWS

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 9, 1857, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09051857/page/24/