Reference Catalogue of Current Literature

Serial Publications.

Battles, Recent British. Monthly, 7d. By JAMES Grant.

With about 200 Illustrations and Plans of the Battle-fields.

A graphic record of the wars in which Britain has been recently engaged in Egypt, Afghanistan, South Africa, &c.

Bible, Cassell's Illustrated.

numerous Wood Engravings. Monthly, 7d.

With Coloured Plates and

Bible Work at Home and Abroad. Monthly, 2d.

Butterflies and Moths, European. Monthly, 6d. With

beautiful Coloured Plates.

"A marvel of cheapness. We heartily commend it."-Entomologists' Magazine.
With full-page Coloured
Monthly, бd.

Canaries and Cage Birds.
Plates and numerous Wood Engravings.

Christian Worker. Illustrated.

Monthly, id.

Countries of the World, The. By Dr. ROBERT BROWN. Monthly, 7d.

"The work is judiciously compiled, and its numerous illustrations tend still further to fulfil its objects as a popular description of the continents of the globe."-Daily News.

Dairy Farming. By Prof. J. P. SHELDON. With Twenty-five Fac-simile Coloured Plates, and numerous Wood Engravings. Monthly, Is.

Dog, The Illustrated Book of the.

By VERO SHAW. With Fac-simile Coloured Plates and Wood Engravings. Monthly, Is.

Doré Bible. Monthly, 7d. Illustrated by GUSTAVE DORÉ.

Doré Dante, The. Embracing the INFERNO, PURGATORIO, and PARADISO. With Illustrations by GUSTAVE DORÉ. Monthly, 7d. "Of all subjects for Gustave Doré, the 'Inferno' is the one most perfectly suited to his genius."-Spectator.

Doré Gallery, The. Monthly, 7d. With 250 of the finest selected Drawings by GUSTAVe Doré.

"Will form an inexhaustible source of delight to every one so fortunate as to have access to the splendid collection thus brought together."-Daily Telegraph.

Early Days of Christianity, The. Popular Edition. By the Ven. Archdeacon FARRAR, D.D., F.R.S. Monthly, 6d.

Edinburgh, Cassell's Old and New. Monthly, 7d. With ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS, specially executed for the Work. "The whole volume is delightful reading."-Times.

Encyclopædic Dictionary, The. Monthly, 1s. Embracing all the words in the English Language.

"A work of immense utility, both an encyclopædia and a dictionary."-Times.

Serial Publications—continued.

England, Cassell's History of. New Volume, bringing the Work down to date. Monthly, 7d. and 83d. With ILLUSTRATIONS. "The most interesting, instructive, and entertaining history of our country which has seen the light of publicity.”—Standard.

English Literature, The Library of. By Prof. HENRY With numerous Illustrations. Monthly, 6d.

MORLEY.

"The possessor of this work has the contents of a great library at his disposal, and is shown how he may make the best use of them."-The Scotsman. With 30

Ferns, European. By JAMES BRITTEN, F.L.S.

EXQUISITE COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS Painted from Nature by D. BLAIR, F.L.S., and numerous Wood Engravings. Monthly, 7d.

"The most complete work on Ferns is CASSELL'S 'EUROPEAN FERNS.""Guardian.

Franco-German War, Cassell's History of the. Monthly, 7d. With 500 Illustrations.

Times.

"A pictorial treasury of the war-well written, consecutive, and lively."-The Garden Flowers, Familiar. Monthly, 6d. By SHIRLEY HIBBERD, F.R. H.S. With Paintings from Nature by F. E. HULME, F.L.S. "The descriptions of the flowers are admirable, and the coloured plates are executed in the highest style of art."-Court Circular.

Gardening, Cassell's Popular. Monthly, 7d. A Comprehensive Practical Work written by the best Authorities. Illustrated throughout with Wood Engravings, and with occasional COLOURED PLATES. Great Industries of Great Britain. Illustrated throughout. Monthly, 7d.

"A work which puts scientific technicalities in popular form, and makes figures and statistics romantically suggestive."-Times.

Health, The Book of. Monthly, 6d. By eminent Physicians and Surgeons.

"THE BOOK OF HEALTH is what it aims to be-authoritative, and must become a standard work of reference not only with those who are responsible for the health of schools, workshops, and other establishments where there is a large concourse of individuals, but to every member of the community who is anxious to secure the highest possible degree of healthy living for himself and for his family."-The Lancet.

Horse, The Book of the. By the late SAMUEL SIDNEY. With COLOURED PLATES. Monthly, Is.

"Let buyers of horses and carriages invest in THE BOOK OF THE HORSE, price a guinea and a half. They ought to be able to save thereafter double that amount every week in coach-house and stable money."-The World.

Household Guide, Cassell's, to Every Department of Practical Life. With ILLUSTRATIONS on nearly every page, and COLOURED PLATES. Monthly, 6d.

"CASSELL'S HOUSEHOLD GUIDE' is a book for every household, and its possessors may dispense with many others on a smaller scale, because it is, as the title says, A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL ECONOMY."The Queen.

London, Old and New, Cassell's. Monthly, 7d. With about 1,200 Original Wood Engravings and Maps.

"OLD AND NEW LONDON is certain of giving pleasure. It is copiously illustrated and every reader will find something to interest or instruct him."-Saturday Review. Longfellow's Poetical Works. Monthly, 7d. With about 400 Illustrations. To be completed in Twenty-one Parts.

"By far the most beautiful editlon of a poet's works in the English language.”— Architect.

Serial Publications-continued.

Mechanics, Practical Dictionary of. Monthly, 7d. Containing 15,000 Drawings of Machinery, Instruments, and Tools.

"This work is a most comprehensive digest of mechanical appliances, both ancient and modern, in the whole range of science and the arts.' -Times.

Music, The History of. With Illustrations. Monthly, 7d. Translated from the original German of NAUMANN. With new matter by the Rev. Sir F. A. G. ÕUSELEY, Bart., M.A., Mus. Doc.

"A comprehensive account of the art of music, containing the history of its growth, with explanations of the science of music, and of the natural laws from which harmony springs. It is full of illustrations."-Gloucester Journal.

Natural History, Cassell's New.

Edited by Professor

P. MARTIN DUNCAN. With about 2,000 ILLUSTRATIONS. Monthly, 7d. "No work so extensive has, to our knowledge, ever appeared in this country, intended for popular reading."--Athenæum.

"Unquestionably the best popular general work on zoology which has yet appeared."-Field.

New Testament Commentary for English Readers. Monthly, 7d. Edited by C. J. ELLICOTT, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester

and Bristol.

"We must heartily congratulate Bishop Ellicott on the success of his fellowlabourers. The notes throughout are candid, thoughtful, and reverent."-Guardian.

Old Testament Commentary for English Readers, The. Edited by the Right Rev. C. J. ELLICOTT, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. Monthly, 7d.

"The notes throughout are candid, thoughtful, and reverent; there is no attempt to evade or gloze over difficulties, but an opportunity is seldom missed of giving to the exegesis even of perplexing passages a practical and personal turn."-Guardian.

Our Own Country. Monthly, 7d. An Illustrated Geographical and Historical Description of the Chief Places of Interest in Grea Britain.

"There is no work that we know of so comprehensive in its aim as the one before us."-Times.

Paxton's Flower Garden. Monthly, Is. By Prof. LINDLEY, and Sir JOSEPH PAXTON. Thoroughly Revised by Mr. THOMAS BAINES, F.R.H.Š., and containing many new COLOURED Plates.

"Its great beauty consists in the exquisitely coloured figures of the flowers described. The value of the work itself is well known."-Scotsman.

World, The.

Peoples of the World, The.

Monthly, 7d. By ROBERT

BROWN, M.A., Ph.D., F.L.S., F.R. G.S. Profusely Illustrated.

"THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD bids fair to be a great favourite. The numerous illustrations, it is hardly necessary to say, are very good."-Illustrated London News.

Picturesque America. Monthly, 2s. 6d. With Exquisite STEEL PLATES, and Original Wood Engravings.

"The work bids fair to justify the warmest encomiums that can be bestowed upon it."-Illustrated London News.

Picturesque Europe. Monthly, Is. With exquisite Steel Plates and Original Wood Engravings.

"Nothing on so grand a scale as PICTURESQUE EUROPE has been planned before, nor anything, so far as we know, so well executed."-Spectator.

Poultry, The Illustrated Book of.
LEWIS WRIGHT. With numerous Wood Engravings.

Monthly, 6d. By
Complete in 18 Parts.

Serial Publications—continued.

Protestantism, The History of. Monthly, 7d. By the Rev. J. A. WYLIE, D.D. With 600 Illustrations.

"All denominations of the Christian Church owe a debt of gratitude to the author of THE HISTORY OF PROTESTANTISM for a work of the kind, so full of fact and so fair to all parties concerned."-Standard.

Science for All.

Monthly, 7d.

New and Revised Edition.

Illustrated.

"Whatever branch of science a man may happen to be studying, he is sure to find something to his taste in SCIENCE FOR ALL."-The Athenæum.

Sea: its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, and Heroism, The. Monthly, 7d. Illustrated throughout.

"To say that the book is interesting, is to say very little in its favour. It is admirably done in all respects, and is one of the healthiest works for young people.”— Scotsman.

Shakspere, The Royal. Monthly, 7d. With numerous fullpage Illustrations on Steel and Wood, from Original Designs.

"The work will be regarded as pre-eminently the most complete Fine-Art Edition of Shakspere yet published."--Manchester Courier.

Technical Educator, Cassell's. New and Revised Edition. Monthly, 6d.

"A work of almost national importance. Working men and professional men will find in it an amount and quality of information on their own or cognate pursuits, which it would be difficult to find in much more elaborate and expensive special works.'-Daily Telegraph.

Universal History, Cassell's Illustrated. Monthly, 7d.

With New and Authentic Illustrations.

Wild Birds, Familiar. By W. SWAYSLAND. Monthly, 6d. With exquisite fac-simile Coloured Plates and Original Illustrations.

"We know of no illustrations to a work of this class to be compared to these. Academy.

Wild Flowers, Familiar. Monthly, 6d. By F. E. HULME, F.L.S., F.S.A., Art Master in Marlborough College.

"The coloured figures are exquisitely beautiful; they are more like finished paintings than prints, and the appearance of the work is elegant throughout."Gardener's Magazine.

Every Month, price 4d.; or by post, 54d.

CASSELL'S RAILWAY TIME TABLES,

AND

THROUGH-ROUTE GLANCE-GUIDE,

ENLARGED AND IMPROVED.

"CASSELL'S TIME TABLES may be safely recommended to all intent upon a railway journey, as the clearly tabulated routes and the useful maps of the suburban and provincial railway systems which they contain will enable the passenger to select the train required without the slightest difficulty or uncertainty.” -Morning Post.

"CASSELL'S TIME TABLES contain three maps, and the simplicity of their arrangement and the clearness of the type will commend them to wide popular favour."- The Echo.

CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED, Ludgate Hill, London.