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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

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9r HE LIBRARY OF ENTERTAINING
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INSECTS.—Insect Architecture, Insect Transformations, and
Insect Miscellanies, in three volumes, with above four hundred
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VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES, in three volumes,--one of
Timber trees and Fruits, one of Substances used for the Food of
Man, and the third of Substances used in Manufactures. Upwards
of two hundred woodcuts.

THE PURSUIT.OF KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIFFICUL-
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THE NEW ZEALANDERS. Forty-six wood-cuts.
BIRDS.—The Architecture of Birds, the Habits of Birds, and
the Faculties of Birds, completing the subject of Ornithology, in
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PARIS AND ITS HISTORICAL SCENES, in two volumes.
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HISTORICAL PARALLELS.—These two volumes detail,
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and, Roman History, comparing or contrasting them with other in-
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POMPEII, in two volumes, illustrated with eight engravings on
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CRIMINAL TRIALS, two volumes, comprising some of the
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BRITISH COSTUME, in one volume, with one hundred and
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THE HINDOOS, two volumes, with twenty-four engravings
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THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—The Elgin and Phigaleian Mar-
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UNCLE OLIVER'S TRAVELS;--Persia. With twelve
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HISTORIC SKETCHES OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
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TNCYCLOP2EDIA METROPOLITANA.
The Forty-third Part of this work will be published on
Monday, Dec. 28th ; and, early in January, the Fourth Volume
of MIXED and APPLIED SCIENCES, and the Tenth of the
LEXICON, and MISCELLANEOUS DIVISION, will be
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*„* The arrangement of the Work, and state of completion of
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NEW WORK, by the AUTHOR of " TOUGH YARNS."
In 2 vols., with etchings, by George Cruickshank, price 16s.
bound in cloth, _ _

TA AND AND SEA TALES.
By the OLD SAILOR.
" We have read them, we could not help it. * *
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nature !"—Court Journal.

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—News.

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again ; he seems to be quite at home, and is one of the Smollett
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sketches he has given in, his former works have rendered him ex-
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the volumes are neatly got up, and illustrated by our friend George
Cruikshank."—Naval and Military Gazette.
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George Cruikshank, price 10s. 6d. bound in cloth,
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A Series of Naval Tales and Sketches.

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