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Whewell.-The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences.

By. W. Whewell, D. D. 2 vols. 8vo.

White. The Natural History of Selborne;

With Observations on Various Parts of Nature, and the Naturalist's Calendar. By Rev. G. White. With Notes by E. Jesse. 1 vol., with 40 engravings: half calf extra, $2; calf extra, $2 25.

Wightwick.--The Palace of Architecture.

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A Romance of Art and History, designed as a popular Introduction to the Knowledge of Architecture in all its varieties-Classical, Oriental, Mediæval, and Modern. Wightwick. Illustrated by 211 engravings. 1 vol. royal 8vo., cloth, $8.

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Wilkie Gallery (The).

A Series of sixty-seven Illustrations, engraved on steel in the highest style of the art, with Biographical and Critical Notices. 1 splendid volume, royal 4to., mor. extra, $25. The Engravings are accompanied by original critical notices, from the pen of an artist whose abilities peculiarly qualify him to explain and illustrate those numerous points of excellence with which the compositions of WILKIE abound. The work contains a Biography of the Painter, written expressly for the WILKIE GALLERY.

The volume contains sixty-seven beautiful Engravings in line; average size, 6% by 9 inches.

Wilkinson.-A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians.

Revised and Abridged, from his larger work, by Sir. J. G. Wilkinson, Illustrated with 500 wood-cuts. 2 vols. extra cloth, $3 00.

Williams (Rev. Isaac).- Works.

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Williams.-Sermons on the Epistle and Gospel for each Sunday

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Winkles.-English Cathedrals.

Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales. New edition, 186 Plates, beautifully engraved. With Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the various Cathedrals. In three handsome vols. imp. 8vo., cloth, $15.

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Wordsworth.-Greece; Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical.

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Wordsworth.-The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth.
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Wordsworth.-The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth.
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Wyatt.-The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century.

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Young.-The Complete Works, Poetry, and Prose of the Rev.

Edward Young, LL. D. Revised and Collated with the earliest Editions. With a Life of the author, by John Doran, LL. D. Illustrated with fine steel engravings. 2 vols. 12mo., cloth, $3; calf extra, $5.

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THE ENGLISH CYCLOPEDIA.

A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge.

Illustrated with Upwards of Five Thousand Wood Engravings,
EDITED BY MR. CHARLES KNIGHT.

Many of the articles written by the most Eminent Scholars and Scientific Men of the Day.

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Upon completing the first two volumes of the "THE ENGLISH CYCLOPÆDIA namely, one of GEOGRAPHY, and one of NATURAL HISTORY-the public attention to the distinctive character of this work is respectfully requested by the Publishers.

"THE ENGLISH CYCLOPÆDIA," as now announced, is based upon "The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge." The copyright of that great work being the property of Mr. Knight, he alone had the power of remodelling it throughout, so as to adapt the original materials to the existing state of knowledge. The amount of literary labor which this adaptation has involved will at once be seen by any one who will compare the present work with the original. It has not been a labor merely of correction and revision; it has involved the necessity of introducing a great body of newly-written matter. The changes which have elapsed since "The Penny Cyclopædia" was commenced, twenty years ago, have rendered every branch of information in some degree a new study. In "THE ENGLISH CYCLOno diligence has been spared to collect every fact not previously recorded; to systematize articles that from the long course of publication of the original work were disconnected to make the references complete; and truly to present, as far as a "DioTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE" can present, the advanced opinions of our own times.

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APPLETON'S EDITION OF THE BRITISH POETS.

PROSPECTUS

OF A

New and Splendid Library Edition

OF THE

POPULAR POETS AND POETRY OF BRITAIN

EDITED, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES,

BV THE REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN,

AUTHOR OF "GALLERY OF LITERARY PORTRAITS," "BARDS OF THE BIBLE," ETO. In demy-octavo size, printed from a new pica type, on superfine paper, and neatly bound Price, only $1 a volume in cloth, or $2 50 in calf extra.

"Strangely enough, we have never had as yet any thing at all approaching a satisfactory edition of the English poets. We have had Johnson's, and Bell's, and Cooke's, and Sharpe's small sized editions-we have had the one hundred volume edition from the Chiswick press-we have had the double-columned editions of Chalmers and Anderson-and we have the, as yet, imperfect Aldine edition; but no series has hitherto given evidence that a man of cultivated taste and research directed the whole."-Athen. The splendid series of books now offered to the public at such an unusually low rate of charge, will be got up with all the care and elegance which the present advanced state of the publishing art can command.

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Under the impression that a chronological issue of the Poets would not be so acceptable as one more diversified, it has been deemed advisable to intermix the earlier and the later Poets. Care, however, will be taken that either the author or the volumes are in themselves complete, as published; so that no purchaser discontinuing the series at any time, will be possessed of imperfect books.

The absence in the book market of any handsome uniform series of the Popular British Poets, at a moderate price, has induced the publishers to project the present edition, under the impression that, produced in superior style, deserving a place on the shelves of the best libraries, and offered at less than one half the usual selling price, it will meet that amount of patronage which an enterprise, based on such liberal terms, requires.

The series will conclude with a few volumes of fugitive pieces, and a History o British Poetry, in which selections will be given from the writings of those authors whose works do not possess sufficient interest to warrant their publication as a whole. It is believed that this will render the present edition of the British Poets the most complete which has ever been issued, and secure for it extensive support. The series is intended to include the following authors:

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JAMES YOUNG, 1 vol.

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