LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. LUCEM-LIBRIS DISSEMINAMUS LONDON: 49 AND 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.; GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. "Few publishers have done so much as the Messrs. Blackie to One Volume, Illustrated, demy 4to, Cloth, gilt top, £2, 2s. OLD GLASGOW: THE PLACE AND THE PEOPLE, FROM THE ROMAN OCCUPATION TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. BY ANDREW MACGEORGE. illustrated by numerous engravings, several of which are from drawings that have not before been engraved. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "An important contribution to the history of Glasgow, distinguished by wide general information, by intimate knowledge of local details, by evident enthusiasm for the subject, and by the calmness and solidity of judgment which characterize the author's work in other departments of literary effort. The book is in all respects a marvel of typographical excellence."-Scotsman. "Mr. Macgeorge has evidently brought to the performance of his work an industry and a scholarship which few men could surpass; and he has produced a book which, if not perfect, is as nearly so as is desirable."-Glasgow News. 'As he has made no attempt to obscure the facts of his story with popular fictions or fine writing, but says in a simple straightforward way all that can be said about the past of Glasgow and its inhabitants, his book ought to be bought and read by all those among his fellow citizens who take any interest in the childhood of their city. Full justice is done to the worth of the contents by the excellence of the type, the paper, and the illustrations."Saturday Review. "The typographical execution of the volume is worthy of the city which it celebrates. The press of the Messrs. Blackie does not fail to sustain the classic reputation of the good old town in which the brothers Foulis rivalled the fame of the most illustrious printers of the Continent. As regards the illustrations, they are, out of sight, the richest that have adorned any book of local history, both in respect to their number and their intrinsic value. There are nearly forty of them, and, in addition to the merit of exquisite execution, they have each a distinct historic significance. In no single volume is there to be found such a clear, comprehensive, and well-digested view of the early annals of the city as that with which Mr. Macgeorge has now supplied the public."-N. B. Daily Mail. “The work, beautifully printed and well illustrated, extends over three hundred and twenty-eight large quarto pages, and is written by one competent to make independent investigation."-Athenæum. “Mr. Macgeorge's handsome volume is worthy both within and without of the great town whose growth it describes."-Spectator. THE UNIVERSE: OR THE INFINITELY GREAT AND THE INFINITELY LITTLE. A Sketch of Contrasts in Creation, and Marvels revealed and explained by Natural Science. By F. A. POUCHET, M.D. Illustrated by 272 Engravings on wood, of which 55 are full-page size, and a Frontispiece in colours. New and Cheap Edition. The translation care fully revised. Fifth Edition, medium 8vo, cloth elegant, 12s. 6d. The object of this Work is to inspire and extend a taste for natural science. It is not a learned treatise, but a simple study, conceived with the idea of inducing the reader to seek in other works for more extensive and profound knowledge. "We can honestly commend this work, which is admirably, as it is copiously illustrated."-Times. "As interesting as the most exciting romance, and a great deal more likely to be remembered to good purpose."-Standard. "Scarcely any book in French or in English is so likely to stimulate in the young an interest in the physical phenomena."-Fortnightly Review. "A capital present to young persons."-Athenæum. "The volume, and it is a splendid one, will serve as a good pioneer to more exact studies. We have no doubt that it will find what it deserves, popularity among English readers.' Saturday Review. "He touches nothing which he does not adorn; and science made easy was never more successfully attempted."-Scotsman. THE SOUTHERN STATES OF AMERICA. An Illustrated Record of an extensive Tour of Observation through what were formerly the Slave States of North America. By EDWARD KING. With Maps and 536 Engravings on wood, from original sketches by J. WELLS CHAMPNEY. Large 8vo, cloth extra, gilt edges, 31s. 6d. "It would not now be possible to find in any book published in England wood engravings of the same minuteness, precision, and beauty as are here to be seen on every page."-Satur day Review. "If you want facts, political or commercial, or bright sketches of social life, or graphic descriptions of nature in the Southern States, you cannot do better than go to this work for them."-Spectator. UPPER EGYPT: ITS PEOPLE AND ITS PRODUCTS. A Descriptive Account of the Manners, Customs, Superstitions, and Occupations of the People of the Nile Valley, the Desert, and the Red Sea Coast, with Sketches of the Natural History and Geology. By C. P. KLUNZINGER, M.D., formerly Egyptian Sanitary Physician at Koseir on the Red Sea. With a Prefatory Notice by Dr. GEORG SCHWEINFURTH. Demy 8vo, cloth neat, price 148. Illustrated from sketches by the author. "To those who wish to get a good idea of life in Upper Egypt by the pleasantest method of picture and narrative, we can conscientiously recommend this book."-Nonconformist. "Dr. Klunzinger may be congratulated on having performed what might well have seemed an impossible task. He has written a new and welcome volume on Egypt. He shows us the life of the Egyptian people as it is, and a very hard life that appears to be. The work is thoroughly interesting and valuable."-World. |