The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-24 00:00:00

London—W. TwEEDIE. 337. Strand

WAYS AND MEANS. A Story of Life's Strug-
gles. By Mrs. C. L. Balfour.
"Of the present work of Mrs. Balfour, after careful and intensely
interested perusal, and with a distinct and lively recollection of all
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her masterpiece."— Weekly _Record.
Cheap Edition, paper boards, price ls. 6d. Post free ls. Bd. In
handsome cloth, lettered, Library Edition, crown Bvo., price 3s. 6d.
London—W. IRWEEDIE. 337. Strand.

TWEEDIE'S TEMPERANCE YEAR BOOK OF
FACT AND HISTORY FOR 1870.

CONTENT

General Review of the Tempe- I Ecclesiastical Sayings and
ranee Movement. Doings.
Chronicle of the Temperance I Temperance and Longevity.
Movement. , Hindrances to the Gospel.
Teetotalism an Agent in Civi- Tempo: asce Literature.
lisation. Temperance Societies, London
Researches Respecting Alcohol.' -and Provincial.
The Result of the Personal and Temperance Associations.
Professional Experience of the Temperance Provident Associa-
Benefits of Total Abstinence. tions.
Physiology of Drinking. Facts, Legislative and Social.
Analysis of Bitter Ale and Beer. Calendar—Eclipses—Postal Infor-
Judicial Testimonies. mation.
Statistics in Reference to Intoxi- I Royal Family and other Useful
eating Drinks. Information usually found iu
PresLcumiLa Declarations. Almanacs.

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IDIE, 337. Strand.

TAE NATURALISTS' CALENDAR : a Register
of .IPeriodie-Natuntd Phenomena, ,referring to more than a
thousand native and cultivated plants, native insects, -.attye and
domesticated mammals, native and domesticated birds and birds of
passage, and giving the mean times of appearance of insects, the
periods of birds in respect of song, migration, &c. ; the time of
hybernation and first appearance of repti.es and mollusks ; the time
of leafing, flowering. and fruiting of trees and other plants, &c., &c.
Prefixed to each day is the mean temperature—i e.. the temperature
at nine a.m.—deduced from an average of thirty-five yea's at Green-
wich. Also, a complete plan of entomological operations for each
season, shewing when, where, and how to capture the various orders
throughout the year.
Appended is a review of organic nature, namely:-1. The Vege-
table Kingdom, including a census of the plants of the world. ;he
manner and proportion of their distribution ; census of British
plants, their distribution and origin. 2. The Animal Kingdom,
divided into families, classes, and orders ; estimate of the numbe, s
of each, and their distribution, with special reference to British
Animals. &c.. &c. Also, Weather Prognostics, from the aspect and
other indidations furnished by inanimate nature, the conditio-1 of
plants and flowers and the actions of animals.
Illustrated by Wood Engravings in the highest style of art--
British Plants, British Insects, British Reptiles, British Birds.

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