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The Eighth Edition Of J. J. Griffin's Chemical...

a sufficient proof of the popularity of this course of experi- mental chemistry, and presumptive evidence of their value. The present edition, however, is entirely rewritten,......

The Scenic Annual Is Made Up Of A Number Of

views in Switzer- land, America, and Scotland, by BARTLETT and ALLOM, selected from various publications of' Mr. VtitTeri ; who has been fortu- nate enough to secure the name of......

A Third Volume Of The Passages From The Diary Cf

a late Phy- sician, reprinted from Blackwoods Magazine, completes the series of these exciting stories. The extent of their popularity may be inferred from the fact of the two......

That Pretty Plaything, The Bijou, Comes To Us This Year

with a tiny magnifying-glass in the case that encloses the trinket- calendar : two years' use of it have, we suppose, tried the eyes of some purchasers, and the assistance of a......

The Second Volume Of Dr. Ronene D. Thomson's British Annual,

for 1838, appears to us a considerable improvement upon the first. The publication now forms an immense collection of useful or curious facts connected with science and......

Though The Improved Almanacks Give To The Public Much Of

the information heretofore found only in the Court Calendar, this official directory has still its indispensable peculiarities as a book of reference ; and the British Imperial......

Homonyma Lingua. Latina , Is A Collection Of About...

dred words in the Latin language, which bear a resemblance more or less close to each other in sound, though they differ in sense. The compiler, Mr. CARR, the author of the......

The Agee Of Female Beauty Is A Capital Idea For

a picture- book ; but, instead of showing us one example of feminine cha- racter under all the various aspects that age, education, and cir- cumstances would produce at each......

A Second Volume Of The Child's Fairy Library, Containing "

The White Cat," " Puss in Boots," " Babiola," and " Prince Cherry," is apropos to the holydays, and will be devoured by juve- nile readers as greedily as Christmas cater. The......

Outlines Of Naval Routine, By Lieutenant A. D. Foansgor,...

is a complete course of instructions for the guidance of offi cers young in command ; in which practical directions on all minting° of a naval commander's duty are given;......

Setma The Turkish Girl, And Woodroof The Swedish Boy, Are

two " true tales," written in a religious strain of sentiment, and translated from the German of the Reverend C. G. BARTH, The adventures themselves are interesting ; and the......

The Manual Of Laconies Is A Compilation, By John Taylor,

of extracts that, from the glance we have taken of its contents, appears to have been made rather with a view to avoid what has been quoted before, than to cull the choicest or......