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Clodd.— THE CHILDHOOD OF THE WORLD : a Simple 



Account of Man in Early Times. By Edward Clodd, F.R.A.S. 



Third Edition. Globe 8vo. 2> s - Special Edition for Schools. 



iSmo. is. 



" Likely, we think, to prove acceptable to a large and growing class oj 

 readers."— -Pall Mall Gazette. 



Professor Max Muller, in a letter to the author, says : "I read 

 your book with great pleasure. I have no doubt it will do good, 

 and I hope you will continue your work. Nothing spoils our tempo 

 so much as having to unlearn in youth, manhood, and even ola 

 age, so many things which roe were taught as children. A book 

 like yours will prepare a far better soil in the child's mind, and 1 

 was delighted to have it to read to my children." 



Cooke (Josiah P., Jun.)— FIRST PRINCIPLES OF 

 CHEMICAL PHILOSOPHY. By Josiah P. Cooke, Jun., 

 Ervine Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy in Harvard College. 

 Third Edition, revised and corrected. Crown 8vo. 12s. 

 The object of the author in this book is to present the philosophy of 

 Chemistry in such a form that it can be made with profit the subject 

 of College recitations, and furnish the teacher with the means of 

 testing the student 's faithfulness and ability. With this view the 

 subject has been developed in a logical order, and tlie principles of 

 the science are taught independently of the experimented evidence on 

 which they rest. 



Cooke (M. C.)— HANDBOOK OF BRITISH FUNGI, 

 with full descriptions of all the Species, and Illustrations of the 

 Genera. By M. C. Cooke, M.A. Two vols, crown 8vo. 24J. 

 ' ' No effort has been spared to make the work worthy of confidence, 

 and, by the publication of an occasional supplement, it is hoped to 

 maintain it for many years as the " Handbook " for every student 

 of British Fungi. Appended is a complete alphabetical Index of 

 all the divisions and subdivisions of the Fungi noticed in the 

 text. The book contains 400 figures. " Will maintain its place 

 as the standard English book, on the subject of which it treats, for 

 many years to come." — Standard. 



DawkinS,— CAVE-HUNTING : Researches on the Evidence of 

 Caves respecting the Early Inhabitants of Europe. By W. BOYD 

 Dawkins, F.R.S. Illustrated. Svo. 



Dawson (J. W.)— ACADIAN GEOLOGY. The Geologic 

 Structure, Organic Remains, and Mineral Resources of Nova 

 Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. By John 

 WILLIAM Dawson, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. , F.G.S., Principal and 

 Vice-Chancellor of M'Gill College and University, Montreal, &c. 

 Second Edition, revised and enlarged. With a Geological Map 

 and numerous Illustrations. Svo. i8j. 



' ' 'The book will doubtless find a place in the library, not only of 

 the scientific geologist, but also of all who are desirous of the in- 



