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HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, TRAVELS, ETC. II

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HOMERIC SYNCHRONISM.

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An inquiry into the Time and

Place of Homer. Crown 8vo. 65. "It is impossible not to admire the immense range of thought and inquiry which the author has displayed."-BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW.

Goethe and Mendelssohn (1821-1831). Translated from the German of Dr. KARL MENDELSSOHN, Son of the Composer, by M. E. VON GLEHN. From the Private Diaries and Home Letters of Mendelssohn, with Poems and Letters of Goethe never before printed. Also with two New and Original Portraits, Facsimiles, and Appendix of Twenty Letters hitherto unpublished. Crown 8vo. 55. Second Edition, enlarged.

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Every page is full of interest, not merely to the musi cian, but to the general reader. The book is a very charming one, on a topic of deep and lasting interest."-STANDARD. Goldsmid.-TELEGRAPH AND TRAVEL.

A Narrative of

the Formation and Development of Telegraphic Communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental Notices of the Countries traversed by the Lines. By Colonel Sir FREDERIC GOLDSMID, C. B., K.C.S.I., late Director of the Government Indo-European Telegraph. With numerous Illustrations and Maps. 8vo. 215.

"The merit of the work is a total absence of exaggeration, which does not, however, preclude a vividness and vigour of style not always characteristic of similar narratives.”— STANDARD.

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Gordon.-LAST LETTERS FROM EGYPT, to which are added Letters from the Cape. By LADY DUFF GORDON. With a Memoir by her Daughter, Mrs. Ross, and Portrait engraved by JEENS. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 95.

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Gray.-CHINA. A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People. By the VENERABLE JOHN HENRY GRAY. LL. D., Archdeacon of Hong Kong, formerly H. B. M. Consular Chaplain at Canton. Edited by W. Gow Gregor. With 150 Full-page Illustrations, being Facsimiles of Drawings by a Chinese Artist. 2 Vols. Demy 8vo.

325.

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Green.-Works by JOHN RICHARD GREEN:

HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE. Vol. I.-Early England-Foreign Kings-The Charter-The Parliament. With 8 Coloured Maps. 8vo. 16s. Vol. II.-The Monarchy, 1461-1540; the Restoration, 1540-1603. 8vo. 16s.

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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE. With Coloured Maps, Genealogical Tables, and Chronological Annals. Crown 8vo. Ss. 6d. Fifty-fifth Thousand.

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THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE. With a Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, etched by LEOPOLD FLAMENG. Second Edition. Crown 10s. 6d. 8vo.

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THOUGHTS ABOUT ART. New Edition, revised, with an Introduction. Crown 8vo. 8s. 6d.

"A manual of sound and thorough criticism on art."-STANDARD. "The book is full of thought, and worthy of attentive consideration.”DAILY NEWS.

Hill. THE RECORDER OF BIRMINGHAM.

A Memoir of

By ROSAMOND

Matthew Davenport Hill, with Selections from his Correspondence. By his Daughters ROSAMOND and FLORENCE DAVENPORT-HILL. With Portrait engraved by C. H. JEENS. 8vo. 16s. Hill. WHAT WE SAW IN AUSTRALIA. and FLORENCE HILL. Crown 8vo. "May be recommended as an interesting and truthful picture of the condition of those lands which are so distant and yet so much like home." -SATURDAY REVIEW.

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Hole.-A GENEALOGICAL STEMMA OF THE KINGS
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Hozier (H. M.)-Works by CAPTAIN HENRY M. HOZIER, late Assistant Military Secretary to Lord Napier of Magdala :— THE SEVEN WEEKS' WAR; Its Antecedents and Incidents. New and Cheaper Edition. With New Preface, Maps, and Plans. Crown 8vo.

65.

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ON THE ANCIEN RÉGIME as it existed on the Continent before the FRENCH REVOLUTION. Three Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution. Crown 8vo. 6s.

AT LAST: A CHRISTMAS in the WEST INDIES. With nearly Fifty Illustrations. Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo.

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Mr. Kingsley's dream of forty years was at last fulfilled, when he started on a Christmas expedition to the West Indies, for the purpose of becoming personally acquainted with the scenes which he has so vividly described in Westward Ho!" These two volumes are the journal of his voyage. Records of natural history, sketches of tropical landscape, chapters on education, views of society, all find their place. "We can only say that Mr. Kingsley's account of a Christmas in the West Indies' is in every way worthy to be classed among his happiest productions.' STANDARD. THE ROMAN AND THE TEUTON. A Series of Lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge. New and Cheaper Edition, with Preface by Professor MAX MÜLLER. Crown 8vo. 6s. PLAYS AND PURITANS, and other Historical Essays. With Portrait of Sir WALTER RALEIGH. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 65. In addition to the Essay mentioned in the title, this volume contains other two-one on "Sir Walter Raleigh and his Time," and one on Froude's "History of England."

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