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CATALOGUE OF USEFUL BOOKS

Le Page's Petit Musee de Litterature Française.

ELEGANT EXTRACTS from the most Eminent Writers of France, in Prose and Verse; with chronological and critical Notices of French Literature, from the 14th to the 19th Centuries.

By M. LE PAGE, Author of L'Echo de Paris,' &c.

"The selections have been carefully made, and show at once the style and the power of the writer. We strongly recommend the Petit Musée' to all those desirous of becoming acquainted with the literature of France."-Argus.

In One Volume, 12mo, handsomely bound, price 5s. 6d.
This Work is kept Elegantly Bound, suitable for Presents, at 8s. 6d.

Le Page's Ready Guide to French Composition.

FRENCH GRAMMAR BY EXAMPLES; giving Models as Leading Strings throughout Accidence and Syntax; and presenting a Comparative View of the English and French Idioms in their principal Differences.

By MONS. LE PAGE, Professor of the French Language, Author of L'Echo de Paris,' The French Prompter,' &c.

"We should not think of describing an object to make it known, when we can show it at once. Why should we think of teaching by precepts and rules when a model can be set forth?"

"This work will be found a ready Guide to French composition; each model in the accidence is followed by questions and exercises, the object of which is to bring a young learner to shape a rule himself and practise it. We can conscientiously recommend it to general adoption."-Sunday Times.

Third Edition, in 12mo, neatly bound in cloth, price 4s.

Cherville's First Step to French.

Indispensable to, and in harmony with, all French Grammars; being a collection of Progressive Familiar Conversations, in French and in English, showing a parallel between the Pronunciation, Etymology, Accidence, and Idioms of the Parts of Speech in both Languages, with Grammatical Observations on a New Plan.

By F. M. DE CHERVILLE.

New and Improved Edition, with Additions, 12mo, 3s. cloth

"M. de Cherville's method of teaching interferes with no existing grammar, but is applicable to any. The conversations are written in a familiar style (very easy at first, and advancing with the progress of the student), in which no word is isolated, and thus the rules of grammar are made clear;-one page is French, the opposite English, thus showing a parallel between the pronunciation, etymology, accidence, and idioms of both languages."-Morning Post.

Just Published, Fourth Thousand, price 1s., cloth 1s. 6d., or free by post for 19 Queen's Heads.

Mensuration Made Easy for the Million;

Or, the Decimal System and its applications to the Daily Employments of the Artizan and Mechanic. By CHARLES HOARE.

"This is a painstaking exposition of the many advantages derivable from the se of decimals, we therefore welcome it with all the cordiality due to those who umplify the process of calculation."-Practical Mechanic.

No. 11, South-East Corner,

PUBLISHED BY EFFINGHAM WILSON.

Miscellaneous.

Assurance and Annuity Tables,

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According to the Carlisle rate of mortality, at Three per cent. By PETER GRAY, F.R.A.S., A.I.A., Author of Tables and Formulæ for the Computation of Life Contingencies,' HENRY AMBROSE SMITH, F.I.A., and WILLIAM ORCHARD, F.I.A., Author of Single and Annual Assurance Premiums at Eight Rates of Interest.' In royal 8vo, price 10s. 6d. cloth.

Tables of Profit, Discount, Commission, & Brokerage. TABLES, on an entirely New Principle, by whieh the Cost and Returns per Cents. are placed together, and their relative value or equivalent shown at one view.

TABLES of INTEREST, at Five, Four-and-a-Half, Four, and Three-and-a-Half per Cent. from 1 to 300 days, and from 1 to 12 months, with Rules for the Conversion of any per Cent. into any other Rates per Cent. of Interest, with a Table of Days, By ANDREW FERGUSON, Accountant.

In One Volume, 8vo, price 7s. 6d. cloth.

The Buyers' and Sellers' Calculator;

Being Tables for finding with ease and certainty the value of any Quantity of Goods bought or sold by the Hundredweight from One Penny to One Hundred and Twenty Shillings; and by the Ton from One Shilling and Eightpence to One Hundred and Twenty Pounds. By THOMAS TAYLOR.

In One Volume, 8vo, 6s. cloth.

Ward's Safe Guide to Investments.

A Treatise on Investments; being a Popular Exposition of the Advantages and Disadvantages of each kind of Investment, and of the liability to depreciation and loss.

By ROBERT ARTHUR WARD, Solicitor, Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Second Edition, with additions. 8vo, 10s. 6d.

Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.

Notes of an Excursion to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in the Republic of Mexico. By R. DALE, Esq.

With a Coloured Map and Three Views, price 2s. 6d. cloth.

The Mahogany Tree;

Its Botanical Characters, Qualities and Uses, with practical suggestions for Cutting, &c. An Appendix in favour of the use of Mahogany for the building of first-class vessels.

In 3vo, price 5s. cloth, with Illustrations and a Map.

Composition and Punctuation

Familiarly explained, for those who have neglected the study of Grammar; and wherein

FOREIGNERS, WHO MAY BE LEARNING ENGLISH, will also find information calculated to facilitate their progress in the understanding of the Language. By JUSTIN BRENAN. Sixth Edition, considerably augmented, price 2s. 6d., bound in cloth. PEOPLE'S EDITION, 1s. 6d., stitched.

Royal Exchange.

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CATALOGUE OF USEFUL BOOKS.

De Stain's Phonography.

Phonography; or Writing by Sounds, divided into Two Parts, viz.
Logography, or Universal Writing of Speech; and
Musicography, or Sombolical Writing of Music:
With a Short-hand for both.

By V. D. DE STAINS, Graduate of the University of Paris.
Second Edition, in 1 vol. 8vo, 10s. cloth.

New Guide to the German Language.

Moschzisker's Guide to the German Language; Or, Manual for the Acquirement of a Grammatical and Conversational Knowledge of German, on the

ADMIRABLE PLAN OF MONS. LE PAGE'S L'ECHO DE PARIS, By F. A. MoSCHZISKER, St. Phl. of the University of Leipzig. Author of The Guide to Literature,' &c.

This day, neatly cloth lettered, price 7s.

The Importance of Punctuality enforced,

With an Emblematical Border on wood. For the use of COUNTINGHOUSES, WAREHOUSES, SHOPS, &c. Price, on paper, 6d.

Natal, Cape of Good Hope.

A Grazing, Agricultural and Cotton-growing Country; comprising Descriptions of this well-endowed Colony, from the year 1575 to the present time, by Government Officials and Travellers; with a Vocabulary of the Zulu Language, a Map of the Colony, and Engravings.

By J. S. CHRISTOPHER, of Natal.

Post 8vo, price 4s. bound, with Views and coloured Map.

Obscure Nervous Diseases popularly explained.

The experience of years condensed in a few pages. Being Six Letters addressed to a Physician on the many nervous affections resulting from dental irritation, and the sources of reflex nervous disturbance. By J. L. LEVISON.

Just published, price 2s. 6d. cloth, lettered; dedicated by permission to Dr. Conolly.

Combe on the Currency Question.

C.

"This pamphlet is a service rendered to the commercial public. No such work has hitherto been attainable. Mr. Combe's pamphlet fulfils everything that could be desired, as it is a concise and logical statement, and will save wading through a mass of contradictory treatises. Its broad and simple doctrines leave no excuse for those who may continue to trouble the community with incessant effusions on this matter."-Times, March 4, 1856.

Just published, tenth edition, price 1s.

Also Mr. COMBE'S REPLY to Pamphlets put forth in answer to "The CURRENCY QUESTION CONSIDERED." 6d.

Published by Effingham Wilson, 11, South-East Corner,
Royal Exchange.