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"The great characteristic of this work is its general usefulness. In covering such diverse subjects, the very best and most recent research seems to have been sought for, and the work is remarkable for intelligent industry. This very complete work can, then, be highly recommended as fulfilling to the letter what it purports to be— a cyclopaedia of practical receipts."— JVew York Times. "It is a well-edited special work, compiled with excellent judgment for special purposes, which are kept constantly in mind. If it is more comprehensive than its title suggests, that is only because it is impossible to define the limits of its purpose with exactitude, or to describe its contents upon a title-page. Illustrations of the text are freely used, and the mechanical execution of the work is excellent." — New York Evening Post. The Chemistry of Common Life. By the late Professor James F. W. Johnston. A new edition, revised and enlarged, and brought down to the Present Time, by Arthur Herbert Church, M. A., Oxon., author of " Food : its Sources, Constituents, and Uses." Illustrated with Maps and numerous Engravings on Wood. In one vol., 12mo, 592 pages. Cloth. Price, $2.00. Summary of Contents.— The Air we Breathe; the Water we Drink; the Soil we Cultivate ; the Plant we Rear ; the Bread we Eat ; the Beef we Cook ; the Beverages we Infuse ; the Sweets we Extract ; the Liquors we Ferment; the Narcotics we Indulge in ; the Poisons we Select ; the Odors we Enjoy ; the Smells we Dislike ; the Colors we Admire ; What we Breathe and Breathe for; What, How, and Why we Digest ; the Body we Cherish ; the Circulation of Matter. InIn the number and variety of striking illustrations, in the simplicity of its style, and in the closeness and cogency of its arguments, Professor Johnston's "Chemistry of Common Life" has as yet found no equal among the many books of a similar character which its success originated, and it steadily maintains its preeminence in the popular scientific literature of the day. In preparing this edition for the press, the editor had the opportunity of consulting Professor Johnston's private and corrected copy of "The Chemistry of Common Life," which had, before his death, been gleaned very many fresh details, so that he was able not only to incorporate with his revision some really valuable matter, but to keep the kind of addition which the author contemplated.. D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers, 1, 3, & 5 Bond St., New York The Music Series. The Great German Composers. By George T. Ferris, Paper, 30 cents j clothy 60 cents. BACH. HANDEL. GLUCK. HAYDN. MOZART. BEETHOVEN. SCHUBERT. SCHUMANN, AND FRANZ. CHOPIN. WEBER. MENDELSSOHN. WAGNER. The "By the same author. Great Italian" and French Composers. Paper, 30 cents ; cloth j 60 cents. CHERUBINI AND HIS PREDECESSORS. MEHUL, SPONTINI, AND HALÉVY. BOIELDIEU AND AUBER MEYERBEER. GOUNOD. Paper, 30 cents ; doth, 60 PALESTRINA. PICCINI, PAISIELLO, AND CIMAROSA. ROSSI NL DONIZETTI AND BEL- LINL VERDI. Great Singers. First Series, cents. FAUSTINA BORDONL FARINELLI. CATARINA GABRIELLL SOPHIE ARNOULD. ANGELICA CATALANL Great Singers. Second Series. 60 cents, MARIA FELICIA MALI- BRAN. WILHELMINA SCHRO- DER-DEVRIENT. GIULIA GRISL PAULINE VIARDOT. GIUDITTA PASTA. HENRIETTA SONTAG. ELIZABETH BILLING- TON AND HER CON- TEMPORARIES. Paper, 30 cents ; cloth, FANNY PERSIANI. MARIETTA ALBONL JENNY LIND, SOPHIE CRUVELLL THERESA TITIENS. Great Violinists and cloth, 60 cents. CORELLI. TARTINL VIOTTI. DE BÉRIOT. PAGANINI. OLE BULL. CLEMENTI. Pianists. Paper, 40 cents; MOSCHELES. THE SCHUMANNS AND CHOPIN. THALBERG. G0TT8CHALK. LISZT.

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