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BEETON'S DICTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL INFORMA- TION, relating to Geography, History, Biography, &c. With Maps In Two Vols., royal 8vo, cloth, with many Illustrations, 15s. ; half- Persian, 21s. : m One Vol., half-roan, without Illustrations, 18s. "A combination of accuracy, compactness, comprehensiveness and cheapness."— Glasgow Herald. STANDARD REFERENCE BOOKS. Price 10/6 6/- 7/6 7/6 7/6 7/6 7/6 10/6 12/- 12/- IMPORTANT WORK ON THE VIOLIN— Second Edition. Dedicated by Special Permission to H R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. VIOLIN-MAKING: As it Was and as it Is. A Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Treatise on the Art, for the Use of all Violin Makers and Players, Amateur and Professional. Preceded by an Essay on the Violin and its Position as a Musical Instrument. By Edward Heron-Allen. With Photographs, Folding Supplements and 200 Engravings. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, price 10s. 6d. "A bock which all who love to hear or play the instrument will receive with acclamation." — Yorkshire Post. EVERYBODY'S LAWYER (Beeton's Law Book). Eighth and Entirely Xew Edition, completely Re-written and Re-composed. A Practical Compendium of the General Principles of English Jurisprudence. With copious Index. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s. "The information is set forth in the clearest manner. . . . 'Everybody's Lawyer' may be trusted to prove most helpful." — The Daily Chronicle. " A volume which really contains a vast storehouse of useful legal lore." — The Liverpool Daily Post. " We know of no work of its kind which is at once so simple, so clear, and so complete." — The Yorkshire Post. BEETON'S DICTIONARY OF GEOGRAPHY: A Universal Gazetteer. Illustrated by Maps— Ancient, Modem, and Biblical, and several Hundred Engravings. Containing upwards of 12,000 distinct and complete Articles. Post 8vo, cloth gilt, 7s. 6d. ; half-calf, 10s. 6d. BEETON'S DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY. Containing upwards of 10,000 Articles, profusely Illustrated by Portraits. Post 8vo, cloth gilt, 7s. 6d. ; half-calf, 10s. 6d. BEETON'S DICTIONARY OF NATURAL HISTORY. Containing upwards of 2,000 Articles and 400 Engravings. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 7s. 6d. ; half-calf, 10s. Gd. BEETONS BOOK OF HOME PETS: How to Rear and Manage in Sickness and in Health. With many Coloured Plates, and upwards of 200 Woodcuts from designs principally by Harrison Weir. Post 8vo, half-bound, 7s. 6d. ; half-calf, 10s. 6d. A MILLION OF FACTS of Correct Data and Elementary Information concerning the entire Circle of the Sciences, and on all subjects of Speculation and Practice. By Sir Richard Phillips. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 7s. 6d. ; half-calf, 10s. 6d. THE SELF-AID CYCLOP/EDIA, for Self-Taught Students. Comprising General Drawing ; Architectural, Mechanical, and Engineering Drawing ; Ornamental Drawing and Design ; Mechanics and Mechanism ; the Steam Emgine. By Robert Scott Burn, F.S.A.E., &c. With upwards of 1,000 Engravings. Demy Svo, halfbound, price 10s. 6d. LAVATER'S ESSAYS ON PHYSIOGNOMY. With Memoir of the Author. Illustrated with 400 Profiles. Royal Svo, cloth, 128. BROOKES' (R.) GENERAL GAZETTEER; or, Geographical Dictionary. Medium Svo, cloth, price 12s. BROWN'S (Rev. J.) DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE. Medium Svo, cloth, price 7s, WARD & LOCK'S POPULAR DICTIONARIES. Price 2/6 5/-

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