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ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH THOUSAND, price ls., or post free, ls. 6d.

THE

ILLUSTRATED LONDON SPELLING-BOOK:

ILLUSTRATED BY UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY BEAUTIFUL
WOODCUTS OF OBJECTS AND SCENES DESCRIBED.

Forming by far the most alluring Introduction to Learning ever published.
Coloured, price 2s. (144 pages.)

"The Illustrated London Spelling Book' contains no fewer than one hundred and seventy woodcuts, well executed; and, what is still more important, well chosen as to subject, of a cheerful and practical character, instead of the fantastic, nay, cabalistic, forms which disfigured our earliest educational books. Even the alphabet subjects will be suggestive to the little learner, and such as will induce him to ask questions relating to them: this is the moment for imparting information with effect, for it is never so strongly impressed upon the mind as when given the moment it is asked for. At the same time, the progressive plan of the book is closely watched: the child is not frightened by impossibilities at its tender age; but, both in the spelling and reading, the progress of the scholar is consulted by the gradual increase in the length of the words. The reading lessons are pretty little narratives, mostly original, and of just such incidents of amusement and instruction as are most likely to attract the attention of a child: they are cheerful throughout, although the good seed' is not forgotten to be thrown in the path of childhood—a priceless feature in its first lessons, in spite of the secular cant and coldness of the day. Among the pictures, subjects of natural history predominate; and there cannot be a readier means of leading children to understand the beauty of earth and all that therein is, than by well-drawn figures of striking objects in the kingdoms of Nature."-ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.

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FORTY-FIRST THOUSAND, price 2s.

THE

ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING-BOOK:

us.

CONTAINING A SERIES OF LESSONS ON THE MOST AMUSING AND
INSTRUCTIVE SUBJECTS.

Selected with great care from the best English Authors in Prose and Verse. The whole beautifully Illustrated with above Two Hundred and Fifty Engravings.

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"The Illustrated London Reading Book' is the next stage in the series. It contains some hundred and fifty lessons, mostly selected from standard authors. The subjects are not of the old Tom and Harry' class, or of a hackneyed character; but of actual living interest, in many instances describing wonders which are at the moment arising around Historiettes are sprinkled throughout the book. Its leading recommendation is the vivacity as well as variety of its contents: they are, to quote a common, and often misused phrase, highly graphic;' the events and incidents have a certain picturesqueness of character, which must prove highly attractive to all growths: and both teacher and learner may profit in their progress, though in a different ratio. The engravings are of higher pretensions than those of the Spelling-book: some are from pictures by eminent living painters; and not unfrequently they take the reader to remote corners of the earth, as well as familiarise him with the wonders of his own country. Appended is a vocabulary of words used in the volume, and rendered necessary by the somewhat advanced nature of certain of the information conveyed in the descriptive lessons."

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.

ILLUSTRATED LONDON INSTRUCTOR: Being a Companion to the Reading-Book.

CONSISTING OF EXTRACTS FROM ENGLISH CLASSICAL AUTHORS, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIODS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE TO THE PRESENT DAY.

With One Hundred and Twenty fine Engravings.

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"The Illustrated London Instructor,' the third volume of the series, has a still higher aim than its predecessors-the teaching of the Art of Elocution, by selections from the best ancient and modern authors in every branch of English composition, most fitted for the purpose of eliciting and strengthening the powers of reading and speaking.' The contents are less discursive than those of the Reading-Book;' and the Instructor,' as its name implies, is more directly educational. The plan commences with an Essay on Elocution and Composition: though the author does not fail to enforce the importance of 'the oral example of a competent teacher-without which, all books professing to give instruction in Elocution are comparatively of little value.' The selections, about one hundred in number, consist of Moral and Miscellaneous Essays; Historical and Biographical Readings; Ancient Eloquence; Natural History; and Dramatic and Poetic Readings. The masterpieces of English literature, by the elder authors, have supplied the staple of the volume; although there is an almost equal proportion of graceful compositions by living writers. These impart much novelty, whilst they do not impair the soundness of the papers, many of which treat of the higher branches of study. The Illustrations are tasteful, various, and appropriate; and are, perhaps, of more artistic design than the Engravings of the 'Reading-Book.""-ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.

Just Ready, price 5s., a New and most Elegant Edition of

THE ILLUSTRATED NEW TESTAMENT, (Authorised Version),

With upwards of One Hundred and Twenty Engravings, beautifully bound in cloth, embossed and gilt sides, gilt edges. The Illustrations are from Drawings executed by eminent Artists, expressly for this Edition; with Notes, Historical, Explanatory, and Descriptive; and embellished by a novel PANORAMIC PICTURE OF THE HOLY LAND, and a VIEW OF LOWER EGYPT.

SECOND EDITION, price 2s., THE

ILLUSTRATED MODERN GEOGRAPHY.

BY JOSEPH GUY, JUN.,

Of Magdalen College, Oxford; Author of numerous popular Educational Works. Demy 8vo, with about One Hundred Engravings of Cities, Costumes, and Wonders of the World, &c.

The Drawings are made with great care from truthful sources-a desideratum so necessary in an Elementary Geography. Nine Maps have been engraved by a patent process expressly for this Work, and are corrected to the present period.

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'Highly creditable to the compiler, while its woodcut illustrations of cities, scenery, costume, native products, and the like, do honour to the publishers, and cannot fail to impress the facts more vividly and enduringly on the minds of the pupils."

FIFESHIRE JOURNAL.

"This very attractively illustrated volume is written by Mr. Joseph Guy, of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, and is consequently a reliable text book. The work is marvellously cheap, and, as we have said, exceedingly attractive in its profuse expository and illustrative engravings."-BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL.

"The present volume is beautifully got up,' and being carefully compiled, presents a complete epitome of geographical knowledge."-TAIT'S MAGAZINE.

"A class-book for young learners. The salient features of the geography of the several countries, with brief notices of their government and religion, of historical incidents, natural productions, physical characteristics, &c., are given in a concise style that is likely to make an impression on the mind of the pupil, the effect being aided by maps and numerous engravings."-BRISTOL MERCURY.

THE

ILLUSTRATED LONDON DRAWING-BOOK:

COMPRISING

A Complete Introduction to Drawing & Composition:

WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR ETCHING ON COPPER OR STEEL, ETC. ETC., ILLUSTRATED WITH ABOVE 300 SUBJECTS FOR STUDY IN EVERY BRANCH OF ART.

EDITED BY ROBERT SCOTT BURN.

"This is one of those cheap and useful publications that issue from the office of the 'London Illustrated Library.' It is what it professes to be an elementary book, in which the rules laid down are simple and few, and the drawings to be copied and studied are easily delineated and illustrative of first principles."-GLOBE.

"We could point to a work selling for twelve shillings not half so complete, nor containing half the number of illustrations. Perhaps of all the books for which the public are indebted to the Office of the Illustrated Library, this one will be found most extensively and practically useful."-TAIT'S MAGAZINE.

"We may safely say that, so far as the elementary principles of the delightful art can be taught by written instruction, this cheap and handsome text book is very well fitted for its task. That portion which relates to perspective and to light and shadow, is very carefully written."-BIRMINGHAM JOURnal.

"The object of this book is to place within the reach of the humblest individuals the means by which the art of drawing, in all its varied branches, may be communicated. The system of instruction adopted by our author is synthetical, as he considers that it is expedient to master the details of an art before attempting an acquaintance with its complicated examples. The first section of the work is, in consequence, devoted to pencil sketching. The second to figure and object drawing. The third treats of perspective and isometrical drawing. The fourth lays down rules for sketching and drawing in oil and water colours; and the fifth and last gives the best mode of multiplying sketches by means of engravings on metal and wood. These various sections are illustrated by three hundred drawings and diagrams."-BRITANNIA.

"The Illustrated London Drawing Book' is a work which has long been wanted. The vast number of drawing books issued have been examples for a learner to copy, but they have always wanted a master at their side to explain the mode of commencing and proceeding. Most of the elementary treatises have been of a character rather to puzzle than to enlighten the pupil, and even drawing-masters themselves have not always been happy in making their pupils comprehend the lessons they have given to them. It is one thing to excel in an art, and quite another matter to convey the means by which it is accomplished. Too many drawing masters, being unequal to this task, work on their pupils' drawings, by way of showing them what they cannot communicate by language; the consequence is, that after years of tuition, it rarely happens that the youth, lady, or gentleman, when out of the hands of their master, can make a drawing fit to be looked at. Mr. Scott Burn has sought to surmount this difficulty, by giving copious instructions with every example, and he has done so very clearly and yet concisely; he has made his book a school book, to be learned as a column of spelling, a page of grammar, or of geography-a most admirable idea-and it is published at a price to enable it to find its way into every school. We cordially and strongly recommend it, feeling that if this plan is carried out, it will do more to extend the progress of art than any other attempt yet made for this purpose."-HOME CIRCLE.

"Of the numerous elementary treatises on Drawing and Perspective, this is decidedly one of the best, as it is by far the most beautiful and artistic. The text is exceedingly plain and intelligible, and all the exercises, from the simplest line to the most elaborate landscape, in strict sequence and progression. The engravings are for the most part cleverly executed, and in such a style as can be readily imitated in chalk or pencil. In fact, many of them, though simply woodcuts, are better adapted for the purposes of tuition than the majority of lithographic sketches. By its publication in the Illustrated School Series, the proprietors confer no ordinary boon on the young, and we greatly miscalculate if it does not shortly become the universal Drawing-Book in our schools. The editor has arranged it into five sections-namely, Pencil Sketching; Figure and Object Drawing; Perspective and Isometrical Drawing; Sketching and Drawing in Crayons; and Engraving on Metal and Wood. Each section is profusely illustrated, the total number of illustrative drawings and diagrams being upwards of three hundred. With the exception. perhaps, of the 'Reading Book' and 'Instructor,' this volume is the best and cheapest of the series that has yet been published."-FIFESHIRE JOURNAL.

OF

WADE'S HAND-BOOK TO THE PIANOFORTE;

COMPRISING

An Easy Rudimental Introduction to the Study of that Instrument, and Music in general; the Art of Fingering according to the Modes of the best Masters, exemplified in various Exercises, Scales, &c., in all the Major and Minor Keys; and interspersed by Relaxations from Study, consisting of POPULAR MELODIES AND ROMANCES, and Selections from the Pianoforte Compositions of the most celebrated Masters; also, a Short and Easy Introduction to Harmony or Counterpoint, and a new Vocabulary of Terms. Demy 4to, neatly bound in cloth, with Engravings and Diagrams. 6s.

“As a manual, the book before us is decidedly commendable, and we have great pleasure in proffering it to the attention of the pupil and student, who will find in it much matter worthy their most careful and serious perusal."-MUSICAL WORLD.

Morks in Preparation.

THE FIRST SIX BOOKS OF EUCLID:
WITH NUMEROUS EXERCISES.

Printed on a New Plan, with accurately executed Diagrams.

THE ILLUSTRATED PRACTICAL GEOMETRY.
Edited by ROBERT SCOTT BURN, Esq.
Editor of the "Illustrated London Drawing-Book."

ELEMENTARY ARITHMETIC,

ON A NEW PLAN.

By HUGO REID, Esq., late Principal of the People's College, Nottingham, and Author of numerous educational works.

MECHANICS

AND

MECHANISM.

By ROBERT SCOTT BURN, Esq.

With about Two Hundred and Fifty Illustrations.

ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMY.

By J. RUSSELL HIND, Esq., of the Observatory, Regent's Park.

EDUCATIONAL WORKS ON

NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, GEOLOGY,

&c. &c.

An indispensable Work for the School, the College, the Library, and for General Reference.

In One Volume, Royal 8vo, extra Cloth, 1265 pages, Price 16s. Strongly bound in Russia, marbled edges, 17. 4s.; Half Russia, 17.; Calf, gilt, 17.; Half Calf, 18s.

SECOND EDITION,

WEBSTER'S

EXHIBITING

DICTIONARY

OF THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

THE ORIGIN, ORTHOGRAPHY, PRONUNCIATION, AND DEFINITION OF WORDS; COMPRISING ALSO A SYNOPSIS OF WORDS DIFFERENTLY PRONOUNCED BY DIFFERENT ORTHOEPISTS; AND WALKER'S KEY TO THE CLASSICAL PRONUNCIATION OF GREEK, LATIN, AND SCRIPTURE PROPER NAMES.

A New Edition, Revised and Enlarged,

By C. A. GOODRICH, PROFESSOR IN YALE COLLEGE;

WITH THE ADDITION OF

A VOCABULARY OF MODERN GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES, AND THEIR

PRONUNCIATION.

Webster's Dictionary can also be had in Eight Parts, Wrapper, price 2s. each Part.

Opinions of the Press.

"The very handsome volume before us, a beautifully-printed octavo of nearly 1500 pages, is a condensation of the two-volume quarto work of Dr. Webster. The singlevolume version is taken from the last edition of the original work, with all its improvements and additions. The plan of the abridgment is excellent; it contains the leading and most important etymologies as given in the quarto edition. The definitions remain unaltered, except by an occasional compression in their statement. All the significations of words, also, as exhibited in the larger work, remain unaltered; but the illustrations and authorities are only inserted in doubtful and disputed cases. It will be seen by this, that the smaller edition has been produced mainly by the very common-sense process of omitting the examples in the cases of undisputed and ordinary, or, at all events, not uncommon words, the authenticity and correctness of the definition of which nobody ever thinks of doubting. The richness of the treasury of words given is immense. It includes every possible scientific and artistic term; and the Doctor has been very liberal in inserting all those expressions adopted from the French, and commonly used in the upper circles of this country, as well as in recognising the semi-slangish expressions of familiarly colloquial life. The definitions are very clear, and quite devoid of Johnson's occasional pedantry; as, for example, let the reader 'turn up' the definition of network in both the dictionaries. The number of new words not to be found in other works of the same nature is immense; and in the preface it is asserted, and with truth, that thousands more could very easily have been added. The difficulty would appear to have been the selection. Thousands of words, it is remarked, can be found in dictionaries which have, indeed, been proposed, but never adopted in the language. These, as a general rule, Dr. Webster excludes; but he is careful to preserve those terms, once household words, and which have now fallen into disuse, but which were yet employed by the old standard writers, and a knowledge of which is necessary to understand some of the finest phases of our literature. A good many of the new words introduced are marked 'familiar,' 'colloquial,' or 'low.' The dictionary is rich in synonyms a very good feature-and one on which great care has been bestowed.

To all who wish for the most complete, cheap, and portable dictionary at this moment

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