Beeton's Humorous Books.

Price One Shilling Each.

There is but little call to laud the men who have written the books catalogued below. They have done good work-work that needs no bush; and mankind is under obligations to them for a large sum-total of enjoyment.

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CHARLES READE'S NOVELS.

10. The Course of True Love Never did Run Smooth. 25.

11. Autobiography of a Thief, and Jack of All Trades. 25.

*All the above are also done in cloth, gilt binding, each 3s. 6d.

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Enlarged, corrected, and revised to the latest date.

THE DICTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL INFORMATION, of Geography, History, and Biography. Containing 23,000 Distinct Articles, 12 Large Coloured Maps, and 110 Separate Tinted Plates of Views and Portraits. Just ready, Vol. I.-A to H-containing 59 separate Tinted Plates and 7 large Coloured Maps-Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Australia, China, and Europe. Demy 8vo, 836 pp., cloth gilt, price 10s. 6d.

"This work is a marvel of condensation, containing in comparatively small compass a perfect mine of information, under the three great hea is of Geography. Hi tory, and Biography. The seven Maps in the (first) volume are admirably executed."-Leeds Mercury, January 24, 1877.

In Two Vols., price 215., half-bound, the Revised and Enlarged Edition, newly Illustrated by 128 full-page and 1,500 smaller Engravings.

BEETON'S SCIENCE, ART, AND LITERATURE: A Dictionary of Universal Information; comprising complete Summary of the Moral, Mathematical, Physical, and Natural Sciences; a plain Description of the Arts; an interesting Synopsis of Literary Knowledge, with the Pronunciation and Etymology of every leading term. The work has been with great care Revised, Enlarged, and newly Illustrated.

There is no volume extant comparable to this for the amount of informa tion compressed into a small space. Amongst works on Technical Science and Information, there is no volume that can be more safely recommended to teachers, students, or practical men, than Beeton's Scientific Dictionary.

Half-bound, 7s. 6d.; half-calf, 10s. 6d., copiously Illustrated.

BEETON'S DICTIONARY OF NATURAL HISTORY: A compendious Cyclopædia of the Animal Kingdom. Illustrated by upwards of 200 Engravings.

Plainly written and carefully illustrated information upon the Animal Kingdom is entitled to rank high amongst the aids to knowledge, and we believe that the present work will materially assist readers ana students in following their examination of Comparative and Human Physiology, as well as give the answers to every-day questions in Natural History.

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BEETON'S DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY: Being the Lives of Eminent Persons of all Times. With the Pronunciation of every Name. Illustrated by Portraits, Engraved after Original and Authoritative Pictures, Prints, &c. Containing in all upwards of Ten Thousand Distinct and Complete Articles. This BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY contains, in the mosi compact form possible, and within a compass of some 700 or 800 pages, an account of the Lives of Notable ana Eminent Men and Women in all epochs. The Portraits, printea on tinied paper, are faithfully reproduced from original or authoritative sources. These Engravings form a totally new tearure in BEETON'S BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, none having appeared in the First Edition.

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BEETON'S DICTIONARY OF GEOGRAPHY: A Universal Gazetteer. Illustrated by Coloured Maps, Ancient, Modern, and Biblical. With Several Hundred Engravings of the Capital Cities of the World, English County Towns, the Strong Places of the Earth. and Localities of General Interest, in separate Plates, on Tinted Paper. Containing in all upwards of Twelve Thousand Distinct and Complete Articles. Edited by S. O. BEETON, F.R.G.S.

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BEETON'S LAW BOOK. A Compendium of the Law of England in reference to Property, Family and Commercial Affairs, including References to about Ten Thousand Points of Law, Forms for Legal Documents, with numerous Cases, and valuable ample Explanations. With a full Index-25,000 references, every numbered paragraph in its particular place and under its general head. How frequently a want is felt of better legal knowledge upon points which continually arise in the practical experience of most persons. To supply this want is the aim of BEETON'S LAW BOOK. It will be found a most valuable and reliable work for consultation on all ordinary legal questions.

Second and Enlarged Edition now Ready, elegantly bound, gilt edges,
Chromic Title and Frontispiece, 7s. 6d.

BEETON'S BOOK OF NEEDLEWORK. Consisting of Instruc-
tions, Illustrations, and Designs by English, German, and French Artists.
Every Stitch Described and Engraved with the utmost Accuracy, and the
Quantity of Material_requisite for each Pattern stated. Comprising Tatting
Patterns, Embroidery Patterns, Crochet Patterns, Knitting and Netting Patterns,
Monogram and Initial Patterns, Berlin Wool Instructions, Embroidery Instruc-
tions, Crochet Instructions, Knitting and Netting Instructions, Lace Stitches,
Point Lace Patterns, Guipure Patterns. In all, upwards of Five Hundred
Accurate Patterns, and New and Old Stitches.

Just as THE BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD ManageMENT takes due precedence of every other Cookery Book, so this extraordinary collection of Needlework Designs will become the book, par excellence, for Ladies to consult, both for Instruction in Stitches and all kinds of Work, and Patterns of elegant style and irreproachable good taste.

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BEETON'S BOOK OF GARDEN MANAGEMENT.
bracing all kinds of Information connected with Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen
Garden Cultivation, Orchid Houses, Bees, &c. &c. Illustrated with Coloured
Plates of surpassing beauty, drawn from nature, and numerous Cuts.

Half-bound, price 7s. 6d. ; half-calf, 10s. 6d.

BEETON'S BOOK OF HOME PETS: Showing How to Rear and Manage in Sickness and in Health-Birds, Poultry, Pigeons, Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Dogs, Cats, Squirrels, Tortoises, Fancy Mice, Bees, Silkworms, Ponies, Donkeys, Goats, Inhabitants of the Aquarium, &c. &c. Illustrated by upwards of 200 Engravings and 11 beautifully Coloured Plates by HARrison Weir and

F. KEYL.

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One Thousand Illustrations, price 10s. 6d., half-bound.

The Self-Aid Cyclopædia for Self-Taught Students. Compris. ing General Drawing: Architectural, Mechanical, and Engineering Drawing; Ornamental Drawing and Design; Mechanics and Mechanism; the Steam Engine. By ROBERT Scott Burn, F.S.A.E., &c., Author of “Lessons of My Farm," &c. 690 pp., demy 8vo.

Just Published, crown 8vo, cloth, price 7s. 6d., New and Revised Edition. A Million of Facts of Correct Data and Elementary Information in the Entire Circle of the Sciences, and on all Subjects of Speculation and Practice. Much Enlarged and carefully Revised and improved, and brought down to the Present Year. A large amount of New Matter added.

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Treasury of Natural Science.

From the German of Professor SCHORDLER, with numerous Additions by HENRY MEDLOCK, F.C.S. Fourth Edition. With copious Index, and upwards of 500 Engravings.

Drawing Books.

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Drawing Book (The Illustrated). Comprising a Complete Introduction to Drawing and Perspective; with Instructions for Etching on Copper or Steel, &c. &c. By ROBERT Scott Burn. Illustrated with above 300 Subjects for Study in every branch of Art.

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Architectural, Engineering, and Mechanical Drawing Book (The Illustrated). By ROBERT Scott Burn. With 300 Engravings.

New Edition, Just Ready, demy 8vo, cloth, 25., 144 pp. Steam Engine (The): Its History and Mechanism. Being Descriptions and Illustrations of the Stationary, Locomotive, and Marine Engine. By ROBERT SCOTT BURN.

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Mechanics and Mechanism. By ROBERT SCOTT BURN. With 250 Illustrations.

NEW WORK ON ORNAMENT AND DESIGN.-Demy 8vo, cloth, 25, Ornamental Drawing and Architectural Design. With Notes, Historical and Practical. By ROBERT SCOTT BURN, Author of "The Illustrated Drawing Book," &c. &c. With nearly 300 Engravings of Interior and Exterior Decorations for Churches, Houses, &c. &c.

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Becton's "All About Et" Books.

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1. ALL ABOUT COOKERY: Being a Dictionary of Every-day Cookery. By Mrs. ISABELLA BEETON.

2. ALL ABOUT EVERYTHING: Being a Dictionary of Prac tical Recipes and Every-day Information. An entirely New Domestic Cyclopædia, arranged in Alphabetical Order, and usefully Illustrated.

3. ALL ABOUT GARDENING: Being a Dictionary of Practical Gardening.

4. ALL ABOUT COUNTRY LIFE: A Dictionary of Rural Avocations, and of Knowledge necessary to the Management of the Farm, &c. 5. ALL ABOUT HARD WORDS: Being a Dictionary of Everyday Difficulties in Reading, Writing, &c. &c.

Price 1s., cloth, containing 208 pages, 477 Recipes, and Formulæ for Mistresses and Servants. Also, with Coloured Plates, price is. 6d.

MRS. BEETON'S ENGLISHWOMAN'S COOKERY BOOK. Comprising Recipes in all branches of Cookery, and accurate Descriptions o Quantities, Times, Costs, Seasons, for the various Dishes.

The capital Coloured Plates render the Eighteenpenny Edition of THE ENGLISHWOMAN'S COOKERY Вook absolutely unapproachable in point of excel lence and cheapness. There are infinitely more Recipes in this volume than in any other Cheap Cookery Book, their accuracy is beyond question, and the addı tion of these Coloured Plates removes all possibility of successful rivalry which may be attempted by imitative and meretricious displays.

Price 35. 6d., 476 pages, with many Engravings in the Text, and Coloured Plates, exquisitely produced by the best Artists.

BEETON'S EVERY-DAY COOKERY & HOUSEKEEPING BOOK. Comprising Instructions for Mistress and Servants, and a Collection of Practical Recipes. With 104 Coloured Plates, showing the Modern Mode of sending Dishes to Table.

Price 15., cloth, containing 252 pages; also, with Coloured Plates, price is. 6d. BEETON'S GARDENING BOOK: Containing such full and Practical Information as will enable the Amateur to manage his own Garden. Amply Illustrated.

NEW AND IMPORTANT BOOK of Reference on GardENING. 460 pages, with Coloured Plates and Engravings in the Text, price 3s. 6d. BEETON'S DICTIONARY OF EVERY-DAY GARDENING: Constituting a Popular Cyclopædia of the Theory and Practice of Horticulture. Embellished with Coloured Plates, made after original Water-colour Drawings copied from Nature.

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