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RANKE'S HISTORY OF PRUSSIA. From the German. By SIR A. and LADY DUFF GORDON. Vol. I. and II. 8vo.

X.

THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS,
THEIR PRIVATE LIFE, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS.
By SIR GARDNER WILKINSON. With 600 Illustrations.
Third Edition. 5 vols. 8vo, 41. 4s.

"Sir Gardner Wilkinson has done more to make the people of the Pharaohs known to us moderns than any contemporary writer."-Athenæum.

XI.

HISTORY OF INDIA,

THE HINDOO AND MAHOMMEDAN PERIODS.

By Hon. MOUNTSTUART ELPHINSTONE. New Edition.
With Map. 8vo.

"A work of the greatest authority and learning-one of the latest and most valuable works on the Eastern Empire." -Sir Robert Peel.

XII.

WAR OF THE SUCCESSION IN SPAIN. By LORD MAHON. Second Edition. Map. 8vo, 15s.

"Lord Mahon's narrative reflects a singularly well ordered mind-it is comprehensive, clear, and lively."— Quarterly Review.

XIII.

Extracts from the STANHOPE Correspondence, from 1690 to SPAIN UNDER CHARLES THE SECOND; 1700. By LORD MAHON. Second Edition. Post 8vo, 6s. 6d. "A very curious volume: of sterling value."-Spectator.

XIV.

HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY, From the Birth of Christ to the Extinction of Paganism in the Roman Empire. By Rev. H. H. MILMAN, 3 vols 8vo, 36s.

"A safe book for all to read. The divine origin of Chris. tianity, and the authority of the Holy Scriptures, are everywhere maintained."-Preface to the American Edition, by Dr. Murdoch.

XV.

SIEGES OF VIENNA BY THE TURKS. From the German, By LORD ELLESMERE. Post 8vo. 2s. 6d. "A valuable contribution to the history of an important period."-Athenæum.

XVI.

SKETCHES OF GERMAN LIFE, AND SCENES FROM THE WAR OF LIBERATION. From the German. By SIR A. D. GORDON, Post 8vo. 6s. "This is a selection deserving more than ordinary attention. The writer lived among distinguished people and in stirring times."-Athenæum.

XVII.

THE FALL OF THE JESUITS IN THE 18th CENTURY. From the French. Post 8vo, 2s. 6d. "A candid and moderate work."- Cheltenham Journal.

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By JOHN DRINKWATER. New Edition. Post 8vo, 2s. 6d. "A book so replete with interest and information as to ***This is the only translation authorised by the be truly a legend of the United Services of the day."United Service Magazine.

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[MAY, 1848.]

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MR. MURRAY'S LIST OF BOOKS.-Biography.

1.

BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS.

LORD HERVEY'S MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF GEORGE II. Now first published. Edited by Right Hon. J. W. CROKER. Portrait. 2 vols. 8vo, 36s.

"I know of no such near and intimate picture of the interior of a court. No other Memoirs that I have ever read bring us so immediately, so actually into not merely

the presence, but the company of the personages of the royal circle.

"Lord Hervey is, I may venture to say, almost the Boswell of George II. and Queen Caroline."-Editor's Preface.

11.

XIII.

LIFE OF THE GREAT LORD CLIVE.
By Rev. G. R. GLEIG. Post 8vo, 6s.

XIV.

LIFE OF SIR DAVID WILKIE ;
With his Journals, and Critical Remarks on Works of
Art. By ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. Portrait. 3 vols. 8vo. 42s.
"A work of great interest."-Gentleman's Magazine.

XV.

LORD BYRON'S LIFE.

By THOMAS MOORE. Portraits. Royal 8vo,15s. "A work which must always form an interesting por

LORD SIDMOUTH'S LIFE. By the DEAN tion of the history of English literature."-Times.

OF NORWICH. Portraits. 3 vols. 8vo, 42s.

"A book which, for its individual subject, and the asto. nishing importance of the events it commemorates, is exceeded by no work that has appeared."-Morning Post.

111.

LIVES OF THE LORD CHANCELLORS OF ENGLAND, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 1833. By Lord CAMPBELL. 7 vols. 8vo, 102s.

"A work of sterling merits-one of very great labour, of richly diversified interest, aud, we are satisfied, of lasting value and estimation. We doubt if there be half-a-dozen living men who could produce a Biographical Series on such a scale, at all likely to command so much applause from the candid among the learned, as well as from the curious of the laity."-Quarterly Review.

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CROKER'S BOSWELL'S JOHNSON. Including the Tour to the Hebrides. A New Edition, revised. 1 Vol. royal 8vo, 188.

XVI.

LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS.

By J. G. LOCKHART. Fifth Edition, fcap. 8vo, 3s.

XVII.

LIFE OF REV. GEORGE CRABBE.
By his Son. Portraits. Fcap. 8vo, 4s.
"We never read a more interesting piece of biography."
-Athenæum.

XVIII.

LIVES OF BUNYAN AND CROMWELL. By ROBERT SOUTHEY. Post 8vo, 2s. 6d. "Admirably written lives."-Yorkshireman.

XIX.

MEMOIRS OF LORD SYDENHAM. By G.P. SCROPE, M.P. Second Edition. Portrait. 8vo, 9s. 6d. "We have risen from the perusal of this work with much satisfaction."-Fraser's Magazine.

xx.

EARL DUDLEY'S LETTERS TO THE BISHOP OF LLANDAFF. Second Edition. 8vo, 10s. 6d. "A most interesting volume."-Literary Gazette.

XXI.

THE NAVAL WORTHIES OF QUEEN
ELIZABETH'S REIGN. By JOHN BARROW. 8vo, 14s.
"This nationally interesting volume."
Gazette.

XXII.

Literary

LIFE OF EDWARD GIBBON ; With Notes. By Rev. H. H. MILMAN. Portrait. 8vo, 98. "A valuable and necessary companion to the Decline and Fall."-Monthly Review.

XXIII.

LIFE OF DR. ANDREW BELL.
By ROBERT SOUTHEY, LL.D., and Rey. C. C. SOUTHEY.
Portrait. 3 vols. 8vo, 42s.

XXIV.

ADMIRAL SIR P. DURHAM'S LIFE.
By His Nephew, Capt. A. MURRAY. 8vo, 5s. 6d.
"A very interesting and well written memoir."-
Aberdeen Journal.

XXV.

LIVES OF GALILEO, TYCHO BRAHE, AND KEPLER. By Sir D. BREWSTER. Second Edition, Feap. 8vo, 4s. 6d.

"Gem-like portraitures of three extraordinary geniuses."

"We pronounce Croker's Boswell' as the best edition-Literary Gazette. of an English book that has appeared."-Quarterly Review.

Be particular in ordering CROKER'S BOSWELL, in ONE VOLUME.

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MR. MURRAY'S LIST OF BOOKS. Voyages and Travels.

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THREE YEARS' WANDERINGS in the NORTHERN PROVINCES of CHINA. With a Visit to the Tea and Cotton Countries. By ROBERT FORTUNE. Second Edition. Plates. 8vo. 15s.

"This is a genuine book-as full of interest and amusement as it is empty of pretences at fine writing. A traveller with an object, who naturally details the adventures which befell him in pursuit thereof, and modestly, but earnestly writes, is as welcome as an old friend or a true witness."-Athenæum.

XII.

SKETCHES OF PERSIA.

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By the late SIR JOHN MALCOLM. Post 8vo, 68. "The Persians are here presented with all the interest but without the caricature of our amusing friend Hajji Baba."-Quarterly Review.

XIII.

NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS. RESEARCHES AND DISCOVERIES IN ANCIENT ASSYRIA. With a Narrative of a Residence in that Country; of Excursions to the Vallies of the Nestorian Christians, &c. By A. H. LAYARD, Esq. With Map, and Illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo.

XIV.

NOTICES ON CHINA, and our Commercial Intercourse with that Country. By SIR GEORGE STAUNTON. Second Edition. 8vo, 12s.

XV.

SIX MONTHS IN CHINA.

By LORD JOCELYN. Sixth Edition. Fcap. 8vo, 5s. 6d. "Lord Jocelyn supplies us with some striking facts and unknown particulars."-Literary Gazette."

XVI.

THE CLOSING CAMPAIGN IN CHINA. OPERATIONS in YANG-TZE-KIANG, and TREATY of NANKING. By CAPTN. G. G. LOCH, R. N. Map. Post 8vo. 8s. 6d. "The sketches of Chinese character are the most strik. ing and the most graphic we have met with."-Naval and Military Gazette.

XVII.

JAPAN AND THE JAPANESE. Described from the Accounts of Recent Dutch Travellers. Post 8vo, 98. 6d.

"Containing all the information about Japan which has been obtained; well arranged and well put together."Literary Gazette.

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EVENTS IN BORNEO AND CELEBES; From the Journals of SIR JAMES BROOKE. Edited by CAPT. MUNDY, R.N. Portrait and Plates. 2 vols. 8vo, 32s.

"I found so much instructive and interesting information in the earlier part of Mr. Brooke's Diaries, not included in the work of the Hon. Captain Keppel, that I at once determined on giving to the public all such matter as had previously been omitted. By adopting this plan, I considered that the career of Mr. Brooke might be traced with some degree of correctness year by year, during his long absence from England."-Captain Mundy's Preface. Africa.

XIX.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE; with Notes on the Natural History and Native Tribes. By C. J. F. BUNBURY, F.L.S. Woodcuts. Post 8vo, 9s.

"The statesman who may be called upon to discuss or decide upon the public affairs of the Cape, the emigrant who may contemplate removing his cares thither, the curious inquirer who would 'know the rights,' of what has given rise to so much controversy, will find Mr. Bunbury an intelligent and candid guide."-Examiner.

XX.

WESTERN BARBARY, WITH ADVENTURES IN MOROCCO AND AMONG THE MOORS. By DRUMMOND HAY. Post 8vo, 2s. 6d. "A new and highly interesting work.”. Advertiser.

Greenock

Mediterranean, and Asia Minor.

XXI.

CLASSICAL TOUR IN ATHENS AND ATTICA. By Rev. C. WORDSWORTH, D.D. Second Edition. Plates. 8vo, 12s.; also, FAC-SIMILES OF ANCIENT WRITINGS on the WALLS of POMPEII, Second Edition, 8vo, 2s. 6d.

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