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MAUNDER'S

TREASURY OF HISTORY;

COMPRISING A

GENERAL INTRODUCTORY OUTLINE

OF

UNIVERSAL HISTORY, ANCIENT AND MODERN;

AND A

Series of Separate Histories

OF

EVERY PRINCIPAL NATION THAT EXISTS; ITS RISE, PROGRESS, PRESENT CONDITION, &c.

NEW EDITION,

Thoroughly revised, and brought down to the Present Time; and comprising a copious new General INDEX, now first added.

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The above work has received the approval of the Educational Committee of the Privy Council, and is placed on the List of School-Books recommended by them.

London: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, LONGMANS, and ROBERTS.

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HISTORY

OF GREECE.

By the Rev. W. BROWNE, M.A.

PROFESSOR OF CLASSICAL LITERATURE IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.

This work was originally written for the use of the Military Schools of the British Army, but it has since proved acceptable as a convenient manual in other schools likewise. It commences with a brief description of the Geography and Geology of Greece, and, after relating the legends of the mythological and poetical periods, explains the historical events and constitutional changes which were probably embodied in them. In order to prevent a history comprised within so short a compass from becoming a dry uninteresting catalogue of facts, such events as were of little importance, and which led to no striking results, have been omitted, whilst the great representatives of the Hellenic nation have been as much as possible brought prominently forward, together with those actions of their lives which have been thought best calculated to illustrate their characters. The history is carried down to the capture of Corinth, after which period the fortunes of Greece merged in those of her conquerors. A Chronological Table of the principal events is subjoined.

In Gleig's School Series, in 18mo. price One Shilling,

HISTORY

OF ROME.

By the Rev. W. BROWNE, M.A.

PROFESSOR OF CLASSICAL LITERATURE IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.

The object of this work, as well as the plan of its execution, are precisely the same as those of the companion history of Greece. The prehistorical legends to which we have all been accustomed from our childhood have been retained, but they are accompanied by the discoveries of modern historical research respecting the successive changes in the Roman constitution. The same rule has been observed with regard to the omission of such events as are of little or no importance to the progress of the history. The geography of Italy is briefly described, and a Chronological Table is appended. The history is regularly carried on as far as the death of Constantine, and the last chapter contains a brief record of the principal events which took place between the death of that emperor and the destruction of the Western Empire.

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In 18mo. with 66 Woodcuts, price 2s. 6d. cloth; or in 2 Parts, price 1s. each, THE

STEPPING-STONE TO NATURAL HISTORY:

VERTEBRATE OR BACK-BONED ANIMALS.
In Two Parts.

PART I. Mammalia.-PART II. Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes.
By JAMES OWEN.

The object of this little work is to lead the youthful mind, by easy and progressive stages, to a general and intelligent acquaintance with the system on which Natural History is based. The work consists of upwards of twelve hundred questions, with their answers, and is illustrated by sixty-six wood engravings of some of the principal types. The arrangement of Baron Cuvier has been mainly followed; and

wherever scientific or technical terms first occur, the English meaning is given, and the terins themselves immediately follow in a parenthesis; so that the young learner, having many obstructions removed from his path at the outset, is encouraged to seek higher attainments in one of the most instructive and attractive studies which can engage his attention.

"This little work embraces the entire range of animal life, set out in Classes and Orders, in the catechetical form. The information under each head is of course very brief, but what there is, is simple and well selected, and illustrated by numerous little woodcuts. It may profitably be read as a first book." PAPERS FOR THE SCHOOLMASTER.

"A very nice little book, paving the way to the study of natural history, and espe cially of zoology, by a series of questions and answers. It would be impossible to comprise more interesting information in the same scope, or with more clearness." ENGLISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATION.

On the plan of the Stepping-Stone to Natural History, and forming a series of instructive Catechisms for the Young :

The STEPPING-STONE to KNOWLEDGE: Containing upwards of Seven Hundred Questions and Answers on Miscellaneous Subjects, adapted to the capacity of Infant Minds. By a MOTHER. 18mo. price One Shilling.

By the same Author,

The STEPPING-STONE to GEOGRAPHY:
Containing several hundred Questions and An-
swers on Geographical Subjects. 18mo. price One
Shilling.

The STEPPING-STONE to ENGLISH HIS-
TORY: Containing several hundred Questions
and Answers on the History of England. 18mo.
price One Shilling.

The STEPPING-STONE to BIBLE KNOW-
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and Answers on the Old and New Testaments.
18mo. price One Shilling.

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Containing several hundred Questions and An-
swers on the Lives of Eminent Men and Women.
Ismo. price One Shilling.

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New Edition, with numerous additional Wood Engravings; in fep. 8vo. 7s. 6d. cloth,

MRS. LEE'S

ELEMENTS OF NATURAL HISTORY;

OR,

FIRST PRINCIPLES OF ZOOLOGY:

For the use of Schools and Young Persons :

Comprising the Principles of Classification, interspersed with Amusing and Instructive Original Accounts of the most Remarkable Animals.

EXTRACT FROM THE PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION.

"The first edition of this work contained only the Vertebrated Animals, with very slight notices of the three other Sub-Kingdoms: as, however, the demand for it rapidly increases, it appears desirable to render it still more worthy of public favour, and make it more complete by extending these notices as far as the limits of an elementary book will allow. The comparatively few genera of the first Sub-Kingdom have enabled the author to mention them; but the multitude of Invertebrated Animals makes it impossible in their instance to afford each such details. Those who peruse the following pages, therefore, will find a fuller description of the first Sub-Kingdom than any other. Man is placed first, as the highest in intellectual development, and the series gradually descends to those minute beings whose countless myriads, in many parts of the globe, form the very soil which receives his footsteps. While treating of Vertebrata, there has been room for several anecdotes which

give proofs of sagacity or affection, most of which result from the personal experi ence of the author, or have been supplied from that of her friends. Few of them exist in any other publication, unless they have been copied from this work: the cut of the Ingheena is also unique. The genera of Vertebrata have been brought down to the present period, and will probably remain unchanged. It is not among these that we are to expect much novelty; but the discoveries of travellers are yearly swelling the Invertebrata to an extent which alarms the manufacturers of classes, while it delights the naturalist. On the whole, it is hoped that this zoological work will place before the public that broad and compre hensive view of some of the operations of their great Creator, which may satisfy the general reader, and lead the student to a closer attention to those numerous and admirable writings which take but one portion, and treat it thoroughly."

The above work has received the approval of the Educational Committee of the Privy Council, and is placed on the List of School-Books recommended by them.

London: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, LONGMANS, and ROBERTS.

The Fourth Edition, revised; in 1 vol. fcp. 8vo. price 10s. cloth,
MAUNDER'S

TREASURY OF NATURAL HISTORY;

OR,

A POPULAR DICTIONARY OF ANIMATED NATURE:

IN WHICH

The Zoological Characteristics that distinguish the different Classes, Genera, and Species, are combined with a variety of interesting information illustrative of the Habits, Instincts, and general Economy of the Animal Kingdom.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

A SYLLABUS OF PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY

AND

A Glossarial Appendix.

EMBELLISHED WITH

NINE HUNDRED WOODCUTS, EXPRESSLY ENGRAVED FOR THIS WORK.

"The whole of the articles in this work being printed in alphabetical order, the name of any animal being previously known, its zoological character and its habits can be instantly ascertained; while those persons who wish to study this branch of Natural History according to the most approved modern system, will only have to refer to the INTRODUCTION, and they will find not only an outline of Cuvier's celebrated arrangement, as developed in the last edition of his 'Règne Animal,' with those alterations and additions required by the present advanced state of the science, but, under each Class and Order, references to the different genera, &c., described in the body of the work. Thus, this CLASSIFIED INDEX will be the means of sup plying the necessary systematie information. But whether the articles be so consulted, or merely read in a more desultory way, I believe that a vast fund of instruction and amusement will be found here collected. And so, in truth, there ought. Many of the most celebrated standard zoological works have been put under contribution, and accurate information has been gleaned from all. Nor is it among the least of the advan

tages which, I presume, this volume will be found to possess over most others on this subject, that, besides numerous entirely new articles, and condensed abridgments of the more elaborate writings of many acknowledged authorities, I have had an opportunity of making myself acquainted with many interesting facts now for the first time recorded in a popular digest of Animated Nature. It will also be apparent that I have not hesitated to make copious extracts from the recent publications of various living writers who have displayed the wonders of Animated Nature under new aspects, and with increased force, originality, and beauty. In this, I have most scrupulously acknowledged the sources whence my pages have been enriched; and to the many scientific men and pleasing writers to whom I am thus indebted I beg to return my warmest acknowledgments. The names of Owen, Gray, Bell, Yarrell, Dr. G. Johnston, Broderip, Sowerby, Forbes,-of Gould, Darwin, Gosse, Hewitson, Knapp, and Waterton,-of Kirby, Spence, Dr. Harris of Harvard College, Newman, and Westwood, are foremost among the many to whom these remarks apply." EXTRACT FROM PREFACE.

The above work has received the approval of the Educational Committee of the Privy Council, and is placed on the List of School-Books recommended by them.

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