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sent Volume Mr. Gait has brought the incidents of the 

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" Mr. Gait's volume should invariably accompany the 

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N°. II. and VI. 



THE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE. By the 

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N°. III. 



THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY. By 

 Thomas Thomson, Esq. M.D. F.R.S E. Pro- 

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 price 6s. 



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 is never dry or abstruse ; but, on the contrary, so 

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N°. IV. 



THE HISTORY OF CHIVALRY. By G. 

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N°.V. 



Containing FESTIVALS, GAMES, and 

 AMUSEMENTS, ANCIENT and MODERN. 

 By Horace Smith, Esq. author of " Brambletye 

 House," &c. with Plates, is just ready. 



Nos. VII. VIII. and IX. 



Containing BOURRIENNE'S LIFE of BO- 

 NAPARTE. To which are now first added 

 Notes and Illustrations from the dictations of 

 Napoleon at St. Helena, from Notes by Joseph 

 Bonaparte, the Memoirs of tlie Duke of Rovigo, 

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 other authentic sources. With seventeen beau- 

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 price 18s. 



The plates consist of — The Redoubt at 

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 St. Jean d' Acre— The Revolt at Cairo— The 

 Battle of Aboukir — Napoleon at the Council of 

 Five Hundred, on the 18th Brumaire — The 

 Battle of Marengo -The Camp at Boulogne — 

 The Evening before Austerlitz — The Battle of 

 Austerlitz— The Battle of Jena— The Death of 

 Marshal Lannes and the Departure from Fon- 

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 Fac-simile of the Act of Abdication. 



* % * This Edition contains the only complete 

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 Volume may be purchased separately. 



No. X. containing the Conclusion of Dr. 

 THOMSON'S HISTORY of CHEMISTRY, 

 will be published on the lst«of July. 



