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NARRATIVE OF A TEN YEARS' VOYAGE

OF DISCOVERY ROUND THE WORLD,

OF H.M.S. ADVENTURE AND BEAGLE,

UNDER THE COMMMAND OF CAPTAINS KING AND FITZROY. In Two large Vols. 8vo, with Maps, Charts, and upwards of Sixty Illustrations, by Landseer, and other eminent Artists, price 21. 18s. bound.

"One of the most interesting narratives of voyaging that it has fallen to our lot to notice, and which must always occupy a distinguished space in the history of scientific agitation."-Quarterly Review.

These volumes detail the various incidents which occurred during the examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the Globe, and add considerably to our knowledge of Hydrography, Geography, and Natural History, and of the Habits, &c., of the Aborigines. There will be found in them the materials of two distinct works, embracing every thing worthy of notice in the expeditions during a period of nearly ten years. The first volume by Captain P. P. King, F.R.S., relates to the expedition under his command, with an Appendix by Major Sabine, R.A., F.R.S., containing discussions on the magnetic observations made during the voyages. The second volume is by Captain Robert Fitzroy, and relates to the second voyage, with an Appendix, giving the determination of many positions and measurements of meridian distances, and other nautical information. The work is beautifully illustrated with etchings and engravings on steel, by Mr. Landseer and other eminent artists, from drawings by Mr. Martens and Mr. Earle; and with Charts and Plans by Mr. Gardner and Messrs. Walker: and an entirely new Map of South America, by Mr. J. Arrowsmith, in which the position of places may be ascertained to within less than two miles. In the volumes notices will be fond of the Cape Verd, Falkland, and other Islands in the Atlantic Ocean of the coasts of South America, from Pernambuco to Guayaquil of the Galopagos Islands-the dangerous Archipelago, or Low Islands -Otaheite-New Zealand-Australia-The Keeling Islands-Mauritius-the Cape of Good Hope, &c.

N. B. Mr. Darwin's Journal of the Geology and Natural History of the Voyage may be had in a single volume, 8vo, price 18s. bound.

NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE

WORLD,

PERFORMED IN H.M.S." SULPHUR," in 1836-42.

BY CAPTAIN SIR EDWARD BELCHER, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., &c., COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION.

Published under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

Two vols. 8vo, with upwards of 40 Illustrations, price 36s. bound. "Of these volumes it is impossible to speak too highly. We can conceive no occupation likely to afford more authentic and important knowledge, or to yield at the same time more amusement and delight than the perusal of the work before us. We are carried over every variety of the world's surface, and in language, elegant, terse, and comprehensive, we are made acquainted with all habits of human life-with every phase of the species, from the rudest to the most polished. Such are the attractions to the general reader of these most interesting records. The authority under which the publication appears, is sufficient warranty of its accuracy in science, and of its importance to the naval profession. To scientific or nautical readers, therefore, it is superfluous to recommend it. We invite our readers to a perusal of this work, which we promise them will amply repay any time and trouble they may bestow upon it. To the lore of the scholar, and to the library of every house, it offers an equally necessary and elegant edition."-John Bull.

ELEGANT PRESENT FOR A LADY.

In One Volume 8vo. price 21s. handsomely bound,

THE BOOK OF COSTUME;

19

OR, ANNALS OF FASHION, IN ALL COUNTRIES,

FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY A LADY OF RANK.

With between Two and Three Hundred Illustrations.

"This splendid book is a work of which every lady, at some period It embraces a subject of universal interest, or other has felt the want. and its varied and various merits, cannot fail to render it a most popular and eagerly sought after acquisition."-Court Journal.

"This is a very curious and very picturesque book, well selected and arranged, and profusely embellished with wood-cuts, worked into the pages, representing to the eye of the reader the characteristic toilette of England from the Anglo-Saxon times to the century in which we are living. It is a work which must please and interest every class of readers. It is written, and particularly it is embellished, in a manner which renders it a suitable appurtenance for the drawing-room table. Our ladies will here see, that though English beauty has worn every possible dress through every successive century of our history, it has never been such as to impair or overwhelm their native charms."Messenger.

"This is a happy idea, very happily realised: elegance for those who consider books as a species of elegant furniture-interest for such as take interest in their literary contents-and utility for all who look upon a taste in dress as one of the essentials of female ornamentwhich is equivalent to extending its usefulness to pretty near the whole of the sex. The work takes a very extended view of the toilette, male and female, not only for the present, but for all time: and has this advantage, that, inasmuch as physiognomy and figure have most to do with the matter, the reader is here enabled to form a better estimate of how the design would look reduced to actual wear, by the spirit and animation of the numberless designs scattered over every page. In relation, indeed, to the prevalent fashion of fancy dress balls, the book seems to us to be not only invaluable, but absolutely indispensable, since although most diffuse in relation to English costume from the Saxon to the current time, it is sufficiently and picturesquely descriptive of the rest of the British Isles, the whole of continental Europe, ancient and modern Greece and Rome, Africa, and the great and varied Empires of the East. We have derived considerable information and amusement from turning over its pages, and recommend it as especially designed for the purposes indicated, with a wider interest inseparable from a subject confessedly popular, very ably treated, and most artistically illustrated."-Weekly Chronicle.

THE HISTORY OF MARGARET CATCHPOLE,

A SUFFOLK GIRL.

By the REV. R. COBBOLD, of Wortham, Suffolk.

Fourth Edition. Complete in one volume, with Illustrations, price only 10s. 6d. bound.

"Truth is stranger than fiction. We have here a veritable history with incidents more startling and extraordinary than are to be found in any romance with which we are acquainted."-Norfolk Chronicle.

"Compressed into the compass of one volume, this biography will probably become a standard work; for, altogether, Margaret Catchpole was sufficiently remarkable in character and fortune to take her place among the celebrated personages of times past."-Britannia.

DEDICATED, BY EXPRESS PERMISSION, TO HER MAJESTY THE
QUEEN DOWAGER.

Preparing for publication, in 3 vols. small 8vo, with Illustrations,

THE HISTORY OF MARY ANN WELLINGTON,

THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER, WIFE, & WIDOW.

BY THE REV. RICHARD COBBOLD, M.A.

Another Narrative of Female Adventure, from the pen of the Author of 'The History of Margaret Catchpole,' will probably be received by the public with increased interest, on account of the perfect truth of the narrative being within the compass of any one's inquiry. In August last, the Deputy Mayor of Norwich invited the attention of the Reverend Author to the peculiar circumstances in the History of Mary Ann Wellington, who was the daughter of John Wellington, one of the artillerymen at the famous siege of Gibraltar. She married a soldier in the gallant 48tb, and accompanied him through all the Peninsular campaigns. Her fortitude in the hour of danger, and her attention to the wounded, were witnessed by many officers still living, who were also aware of the extraordinary adventures in which she distinguished herself.

Her husband died in 1844. The widow has since fallen into distress. She is greatly respected by all who know her in the city of Norwich, where she still resides.

Her Most Gracious Majesty the Dowager, and His Grace the Duke porary benefactors to her; and her most graciously consented to accept the dedication of her History.

Queen, Her Majesty the Queen of Wellington, have all been temMajesty the Queen Dowager has

The price of the work will be One Guinea to Subscribers, who are respectfully requested to send their names and addresses to the Publisher, Mr. Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street, London.

CONFESSIONS OF A WATER PATIENT.

By Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, Bart.
Second Edition. Price 2s. 6d.

THE ENGLISH GENTLEWOMAN;

OR,

HINTS TO YOUNG LADIES ON THEIR ENTRANCE INTO

SOCIETY.

Small 8vo, price 8s. 6d. bound.

"Every young lady may read this volume with very great advantage, so excellent, so judicious, and so discriminating is the advice as to occupations, studies, dress, amusement, behaviour, religious duties, &c."-John Bull.

SEVEN YEARS' CAMPAIGNING

IN THE

PENINSULA AND THE NETHERLANDS. By Sir RICHARD D. HENEGAN,

Formerly head of the Field Train Department with the Allied Armies under the command of the Duke of Wellington.

Two vols., 21s. bound.

"This is one of the best, by which we mean the most interesting, descriptive accounts of the wild adventures and alternate scenes of active enjoyment and severe suffering, which necessarily make up the mingled web of the soldier's life on service."-Messenger.

ELEGANT LITERARY AND PICTORIAL PRESENT.
One vol. 8vo, richly bound, price 31s. 6d.

EVENINGS AT HADDON HALL;

A SERIES OF TALES AND ROMANCES,
Edited by the Baroness DE CALABRELLA,

And superbly embellished with 24 Steel Engravings, by the first artists, from designs by GEORGE CATTERMOLE, Esq.

"The most charming work of its kind that has been seen since the birth of the annuals—a work uniting more original genius, artistical skill, and consummate taste in the pictorial department, with more variety of literary interest, vivacity of imagination, and play of fancy, than has marked any publication of its order from the dawn of the species to the present day."-Atlas.

WORKS BY B. DISRAELI, ESQ., M,P,

CONINGSBY; OR, THE NEW GENERATION.

Fourth Edition. 3 vols.

SYBIL; OR, THE TWO NATIONS.

Third Edition. 3 vols.

CONTARINI FLEMING-ALROY.

2nd Edition, printed together in 3 vols., with a Portrait of the Author. "The publication of a new edition of these two stirring romances in three volumes, instead of six, is a rich boon to the admirers of splendid and exciting fiction. Dissimilar as are the works in themselves, the philosophical reader will not fail to trace in 'Contarini Fleming,' the germs of 'Coningsby,' and even of 'Sybil.' Wild and impassioned, grand, magnificent, and sublime in parts, Contarini Fleming' is an emanation of genius of a rare order."-Naval and Military Gazette.

MARSTON;

By the Rev. G. CROLY, LL.D., Author of "SALATHIEL," &c. 3 vols. "This work presents a singular contrast to the 'Salathiel' of the same author. But both are marked by the same kind of ability, though exercised on such widely different themes, and are in their spirit, much more essentially historic than fictitious. In Marston it appears to be Dr. Croly's design to place on record his impressions and recollections of the last half century. The whole work has the spirit of truth, and in its notices of the French Revolution, of the war, and of the politics of England and Ireland, presents some of the most vivid portraits of illustrious personages, and some of the most magnificent pictures of memorable events that have yet been given to the public. The varied qualities of the work will insure it a wide circle of readers, and we believe a lasting popularity."-Britannia.

SKETCHES FROM LIFE,

By the late LAMAN BLANCHARD;

WITH A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR, BY SIR EDW. BULWER LYTTON, BART. In 3 vols., with Portrait and Engravings, by G. CRUIKSHANK, &c. 31s. 6d. bound.

"These Sketches from Life' are valuable additions to the library of modern literature. As Addison and Steele reflected their own generations, so has Laman Blanchard in his Sketches mirrored forth the variable and motley peculiarities of the present day; they have but to be read to be admired. Let all lovers of our British essayists, all worshippers of our Goldsmiths, our Lambs and our Hawkesworths, add these three volumes to their previous collection. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's memoir will be read with much interest."-Sun.

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