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OF

HENRY S. KING & Co.'S PUBLICATIONS.

SOME BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE XVIITH CENTURY. By W. D. CHRISTIE, C.B., Author of "The Life of the First Earl of Shaftesbury."

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THE PORT OF REFUGE; or Counsel and Aid to Shipmasters in Difficulty, Doubt, or Distress.

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Raising Money.-The Charter-Party, and Bill-of-Lading.-Stoppage in Transitu; and the Shipowner's Lien.-Collision.

OF THE

ANTILLES, or an
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Artist in Cuba. By WALTER GOODMAN.

WHY AM I A CHRISTIAN? By VISCOUNT STRAT

FORD DE REDCLIFFE. Crown 8vo.

THE ROMANTIC ANNALS OF A NAVAL
FAMILY. By MRS. ARTHUR TRAHERNE.
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SHORT LECTURES ON THE LAND LAWS. Delivered before the Working Men's College. By T. LEAN

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which govern our country. These Lectures possess the advantage of not being loaded with superfluous matter."-Civil Service Gazette.

A SCOTCH COMMUNION SUNDAY. By the
Author of "The Recreations of a Country Parson." I vol. Cr. 8vo.
STUDIES AND ROMANCES. By H. SCHÜTZ
WILSON. I vol.
Shakespeare in Blackfriars.-The Loves
of Goethe.-Romance of the Thames.-
An Exalted Horn.-Two Sprigs of Edel-
weiss.-Between Moor and Main.-An
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Crown 8vo.

Price 7s. 6d.

Christmas Dinner.-Agnes Bernauerin.-
"Yes" or "No"?-A Model Romance.-
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Record of a Vanished Life.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF IRELAND: Primitive, Papal, and Protestant, including the Evangelical Missions, Catholic Agitations, and Church Progress of the last half century. BY JAMEŠ GODKIN, Author of "Ireland, her Churches," etc. I vol. 8vo.

SARA COLERIDGE, MEMOIR & LETTERS OF. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. With 2 Portraits. Price 24s.

LOMBARD

STREET.

A Description of the

Money Market. By WALTER BAGEHOT. Large cr. 8vo. 75.6d. Stock and Private Banks, Bill Brokers, &c., &c.

"A comprehensive guide to the Money Market, the Bank of England, the Joint

POLITICAL

WOMEN.

MENZIES. 2 vols. Post 8vo.

EGYPT AS IT I S.

By SUTHERLAND

STEPHAN, the German Postmaster-General. Crown 8vo. With a new Map of the Country.

'ILÂM EN NAS.

By HERR HEINRICH

Historical Tales and Anecdotes

of the Times of the Early Khalifahs. Translated from the Arabic Originals. By MRS. GODFREY CLERK, Author of "The Antipodes and Round the World." Crown 8vo.

Price 7s.

IN STRANGE COMPANY; or, The Note Book of a Roving Correspondent. By JAMES GREENWOOD, “The Amateur Casual." Crown 8vo.

THEOLOGY AND MORALITY. Being Essays by the REV. J. LLEWELLYN DAVIES. I vol. 8vo. 75. 6d. Essays on Questions of Belief and Practice. The Debts of Theology to Secular Influences. The Christian Theory of Duty. Weak Points in Utilitarianism.. Nature and Prayer.-The Continuity of

Creation. The Beginnings of the Church. Erastus and Excommunication.-Pauperism as produced by Wealth.-Combinations of Agricultural Labourers.-Communism.

A NEW VOLUME OF ACADEMIA ESSAYS. ARCHBISHOP MANNING.

Edited by the Most Reverend The Philosophy of Christianity.-Mystical Elements of Religion.-Controversy with the Agnostics.-A Reasoning Thought. -Darwinism brought to Book.-Mr. Mill on Liberty of the Press.-Christianity in

Relation to Society.-The Religious Con-
dition of Germany.-The Philosophy of
Bacon.-Catholic Laymen and Scholastic
Philosophy.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

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THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
DEFENCE. By JULES FAVRE. Demy 8vo.

I vol.

THE RECONCILIATION OF RELIGION AND SCIENCE. Being Essays by the REV. J. W. FOWLE, M.A. I vol., 8vo. IOS. 6d.

The Divine Character of Christ. Science and Immortality.-Morality and Immortality.-Christianity and Immortality. Religion and Fact.-The Miracles of God.-The Miracles of Man.-A Scien

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THE FAYOUM; OR, ARTISTS IN EGYPT. A Tour with M. Gérôme and others. BY J. LENOIR. Crown 8vo, cloth. Illustrated.

7s. 6d.

"The sketches, both by pen and pencil, are extremely interesting. Unlike books of travel of the ordinary kind, this volume

is

full of agreeable episodes told in a bright and sparkling style."

A pleasantly written and very readable book."-Examiner.

TENT LIFE WITH ENGLISH GYPSIES IN NORWAY. BY HUBERT SMITH. In 8vo, cloth. Five fullpage Engravings, and 31 smaller Illustrations, with Map of the Country showing Routes. Price 215.

THE GATEWAY TO THE POLYNIA; or, a Voyage to Spitzbergen. By CAPTAIN JOHN C. WELLS, R.N. In 8vo, cloth. Profusely Illustrated.

Price 215.

A WINTER IN MOROCCO. By AMELIA PERRIER. Large crown 8vo. Illustrated. Price 10s. 6d.

An acceptable and entertaining book to those who are not conversant with the

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TOUR

manners and customs of Moorish society. It is likely to become popular."

IN

THE

AUTUMN
UNITED
STATES AND CANADA. By LIEUT.-COLONEL JULIUS
GEORGE MEDLEY. Crown 8vo.

NEWMARKET & ARABIA:

Price 5s.

an Examination

of the Descent of Racers and Coursers. By ROGER D. UPTON. Crown 8vo. Illustrated. Price 95.

"It contains a good deal of truth; it comes just at a time when some such book is needed and it abounds with valuable suggestions."-Saturday Review.

A book of the highest importance to breeders of race-horses, and indeed to all

who take an interest in horse-flesh."Standard.

"The pedigrees of the famous horses which he gives are alone worth double the price of the book."-United Service Gazette.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

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IRELAND IN 1872. A Tour of Observation, with Remarks on Irish Public Questions. By DR. JAMES MACAULAY.

Crown 8vo. 75. 6d.

"A most readable and needful book, of pressing public importance. The electors of this country should be acquainted with its contents."-Freeman.

"A careful and instructive book. It is full of facts, full of information, and full of interest."-Literary Churchman.

"A very interesting and a very useful book, containing an enormous amount of carefully selected and well-digested matter, and much that is suggestive and original to boot."-Manchester Courier.

THE GREAT DUTCH

DE LIEFDE. Crown 8vo.

"I am much indebted to you for having put my case before the English people with great force and clearness."-Father O'Keeffe, in a Letter to the Author.

"We do not exaggerate when we say that Dr. Macaulay has rendered a public service in writing it. Half a dozen "Commissions on the present state of Ireland' would not have resulted in the collection of more useful information than that which the author has placed before his readers."-Nonconformist.

ADMIRALS. By JACOB
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NATURALIST IN NEW BRUNSWICK. With Notes and Observations on the Natural History of Eastern Canada. By A. LEITH ADAMS, M. A., &c., Author of "Wanderings of a Naturalist in India," &c., &c. In 8vo, cloth. Illustrated. 145. "Will be found interesting by those who naturalist, with first-rate powers of obsertake a pleasure either in sport or natural vation, deduction, and description.” history."-Athenæum. Scotsman.

The book is the work of a thorough

BOKHARA: ITS HISTORY AND CONQUEST. By PROFESSOR ARMINIUS VAMBERY, of the University of Pesth, Author of Travels in Central Asia," &c. Demy 8vo.

18s.

position of peculiar merit, as well as with an account of some thrilling event more exciting than any to be found in an ordinary work of fiction."-Morning Post.

"We conclude with a cordial recommendation of this valuable book. In former years, Mr. Vambery gave ample proofs of his powers as an observant, easy, and vivid writer. In the present work his moderation, scholarship, insight, and occasionally very impressive style, have raised him to the dignityof an historian."-Saturday Review. "Almost every page abounds with comOVER VOLCANOES; or,

in 1871. By A. KINGSMAN. "The writer's tone is so pleasant, his language is so good, and his spirits are so fresh, buoyant, and exhilarating, that you find yourself inveigled into reading, for the thousand-and-first time, a description of a Spanish bull-fight.”—Illustrated London News.

"The adventures of our tourists are related with a good deal of pleasantry and

"A work compiled from many rare, private, and unavailable manuscripts and records, which consequently cannot fail to prove a mine of delightful Eastern lore to the Oriental scholar."-Liverpool Albion.

Through France and Spain
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humorous dash, which make the narrative
agreeable reading."-Public Opinion.

"A work which we cordially recommend to such readers as desire to know something of Spain as she is to-day. Indeed, so fresh and original is it, that we could have wished that it had been a bigger book than it is.”—Literary World.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

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Works Published by Henry S. King & Co.,

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Correspondence and Conversations with NASSAU W. SENIOR, from 1833 TO 1859. Edited by MRS. M. C. M. SIMPSON. In 2 vols., large post 8vo.

21S.

"Another of those interesting journals in which Mr. Senior has, as it were, crystallized the sayings of some of those many remarkable men with whom he came in contact."-Morning Post.

"A book replete with knowledge and thought."-Quarterly Review.

"An extremely interesting book, and a singularly, good illustration of the value which, even in an age of newspapers and magazines, memoirs have and will always continue to have for the purposes of history."-Saturday Review.

JOURNALS KEPT IN FRANCE AND ITALY. From 1848 to 1852. With a Sketch of the Revolution of 1848. By the late NASSAU WILLIAM SENIOR. Edited by his Daughter, M. C. M. SIMPSON.

"The present volume gives us conversations with some of the most prominent men in the political history of France and Italy... as well as with others whose names are not so familiar or are hidden under initials. Mr. Senior has the art of inspiring all men with frankness, and of persuading them to put themselves unre

In 2 vols., post 8vo. 24s.

servedly in his hands without fear of private circulation."—Athenæum.

"The book has a genuine historical value."-Saturday Review.

"No better, more honest, and more readable view of the state of political society during the existence of the second Republic could well be looked for."-Examiner.

A MEMOIR OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, With Stories now first published in this country.

PAGE. Large post 8vo.

7s. 6d.

"The Memoir is followed by a criticism of Hawthorne as a writer; and the criticism, though we should be inclined to dissent from particular sentiments, is, on the whole, very well written, and exhibits a discriminating enthusiasm for one of the most fascinating of novelists."-Saturday Review. "Seldom has it been our lot to meet with a more appreciative delineation of character than this Memoir of Hawthorne . Page deserves the best thanks of every admirer of Hawthorne for the way in which he has gathered together these relics, and

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given them to the world, as well as for his admirable portraiture of their author's life and character."-Morning Post.

"We sympathise very heartily with an effort of Mr. H. A. Page to make English readers better acquainted with the life and character of Nathaniel Hawthorne He has done full justice to the fine character of the author of The Scarlet Letter.'"-Standard.

"He has produced a well-written and complete Memoir A model of literary work of art."-Edinburgh Courant.

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Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark: Written during her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower of the Royal Palace at Copenhagen, 1663-1685. Translated by F. E. BUNNETT, Translator of Grimm's Life of Michael Angelo," &c. With an Autotype portrait of the Princess. Medium 8vo. 12s. 6d.

"A valuable addition to history."Daily News.

"This remarkable autobiography, in

which we gratefully recognize a valuable addition to the tragic romance of history." -Spectator.

65, Cornhill; & 12, Paternoster Row, London.

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