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LACONICS; or, THE BEST WORDS OF THE 
BEST AUTHORS, seventh edition, 3 vols. 
18mo. with elegant frontispieces, contuiuing 
30 portraits, extra red Turkey cloth, full gilt, 
(pub. at 15s) reduced to 7s (id Tilt, 1840 
This pleasant collection of pithy and sententious 
readings, from the best English authors of all ages, 
has long enjoyed great and deserved poimlarity. It 
is compiled by Mr. Timbs, the talented editor of the 
Illustrated News, and for many years of the Mirror. 
It is printed uniformly with tlie Percy Anecdotes. 
LAIRD OF LOGAN, or Anecdotes and Tales 
illustrative of the Wit and Humour of Scot- 
land, one very thick volume, fcap. 8vo. inime- 
rous wood- cuts, Jijth edition, gilt clotlt, (pub. at 
6s) reduced to 4s . 1845 
" The witticisms are not the sweepings of the old 
collections of Joe Miller, but are, for the most part, 
original." — T!ie ScotS77ian. 
LAMB'S (CHARLES) PROSE AND POETI- 
CAL WORKS, including his Essay of Elia, 
both Series, Rosamund Gray, Tales from Shak- 
speare. Poems, Sonnets, John Woodvil, a 
Tragedy, &c. &c. 5 vols, post 8vo. cloth, (pub. 
at £2. 5s) reduced to £1. Is 1838 
This is the only edition printed uniformly with 
the small editions of Scott, Byron, Moore, Southey, 
&c. 
" Lamb's writings will go down to the latest pos- 
terity by the side of Addison, Steele, Johnson, and 
even greater names." — Quarterly Reviem. 
■ the same, with his Specimens of English 
Dramatic Poets : together 7 vols, post Bvo. 
extra cloth, (pub. at £2. 19s) reduced to 
£1. 10s 
TALES FROM SHAKSPEARE, designed 
principally for the Use of Young Persons, 
(written by Miss Lamb, with the assistance 
and Contributions of Charles Lamb,) seventh 
edition, embellished with 20 large and beautiful 
wood-cut engravings, from Designs by Harvey, 
and portrait, fcap. 8vo. extra cloth, full gilt 
back, (pub. at 7s 6d) reduced to 5s. 1843 
" One of the most useful and agreeable companions 
to the understanding of Shakspeare which have ever 
been produced. The youthful reader who is about to 
taste the charms of our great Bard, is strongly re- 
commended to prepare himself by first reading these 
elegant tales, which in a short compass, and adopting 
as much as possible the language of the great ori- 
ginal, give each plot and story in a most hnpressive 
manner. Even those who are familiar with every line 
of the original, will be delighted with the pleasing and 
compendious way in which the story of each play is 
here presented to them." — Quarterly Revieio. 
, ESSAYS OF ELIA, 2 vols. fcap. Bvo. 
beautiful portrait by Finden ; extra cloth, (pub. 
at 10s) reduced to 7s Moion, 1843 
LAMBARDE'S PERAMBULATIONS OF 
KENT, containing the Description, Ilystorie, 
and Customes of that Shire, Written in the 
Yeere 1570, (printed verbatim from the last 
edition by ihe Author), 8vo. portrait and map, 
in the original bds. (pub. at 12s) reduced to 6s 
Chatham, 1826 
This work, originally published in 1576, was the 
first history of any county ; it was not only highly 
approved by the literary men of the age, but has bfen 
considered a model of topographical writing. Camden, 
in his Britannia, says, " This county of Kent has 
been so exactly described in a work expressly on the 
subject by William Lambarde, a person of great learn- 
ing and character, and so happy in his researches, 
tnat he lias left very little for others, &c." 
LANE'S RIanners and Customs of the Mo- 
DEiiN Egyptians, a new and enlarged edition, 
with great Improvements, 2 vols. 8vo. nume- 
rouswood-ciits, printed to match Wilkinson's An- 
cient Egyptians, cloth, richly gilt backs, (pub. at 
£1. 8s) reduced to 18s 1842 
" So long as Egypt remains a country, so long will 
Mr. Lane's volumes be consulted as a curious and 
faitliful picture of its past history, and existing form at 
the beginning of the nineteenth century." — 
Literary Gazette. 
" Nothing can be more accurate than Mr. Lane's 
descriptions ; the English inhabitants say that reading 
them ui)on the spot, they cannot detect a single error. 
The designs are equally faithful; and those who study 
the work carefully may acquire the most correct no- 
tion.5 of Cairo and its inhabitants.'' — Roberts. 
LATROBE'S SOLACE OF SONG : Short Poems 
suggested by Scenes visited on a Continental 
Tour, chiefly in Italy, post 8vo. highly embel- 
lished with exquisitely beautiful uood-engravingt 
of Views in Italy, printed on India paper ; cloth^ 
elegantly gilt, (pub. at 14s) reduced to 8s 
Seeley, 1837 
LATROBE'S RAMBLER IN MEXICO, in tha 
Year 1834, crown 8vo. folding map, extra 
cloth boards, (pub. at 9s) reduced to 4s 1836 
" The reader will have no reason to complain of 
want of amusement." — Westminster Review. 
"Extremely entertaining." — Eclectic Review. 
RAMBLER IN NORTH AMERICA, in 
the year 1832-1833, in company with Washing- 
ton Irving, second edition, 2 vols, crown 3vo. 
with map, extra cloth bds. (pub. at 16s) reduced 
to 8s 1836 
"The work of an able observer and vigorous writer. 
It is, as far as America is concerned, iinqiieslionably 
the best book of its kind." — Lockliart m Quarterly 
Review. 
LEAKE'S (COL.) TRAVELS IN THE MOREA, 
3 vols. Bvo. with a very large map of the Morca, 
and upwards of 30 various maps, plans, plates of 
ancient Greek Inscriptions, 8)C. extra cloth bds. 
(pub. at £2. 5s) reduced to £1. 8s 1830 
This extremely valuable book has long been consi- 
dered out of print and very scarce, and in consequence 
has of late sold for more than the full price. A few 
copies having by accident been reserved in the pub- 
lisher's warehouse, and purchased by the advertiser, 
they are now submitted at a reduced instead of an ad- 
vanced price, and attention is respectfully called to the 
present opportunity as the stock cannot last long. 
RESEARCHES IN GREECE, with a com- 
parative View of its Ancient and Modern Geo- 
graphy, Observations on Ancient Monuments 
of Art, and on the Languages and Dialects of 
Greece, including Vocabularies of the Albanian, 
Modern Greek, Wallachian, Bulgarian, and Al- 
banian Grammar, &c. royal 4to. bound in cloth, 
lettered, (pub. at £3. 3s) reduced to £1. 7s 
" Like all Col. Leake's woiks, this is full of research 
and novel inforniHlion. Tlie preliminary observations 
on the history and geography of Alb.inia, are valuable, 
and throw considerable liglit upon acountry very little 
known." — Quarterly Review. 
LEDYARD'S (JOHN) LIFE AND ADVEN- 
TURES, comprising his Voyage with Captain 
Cook ; Journey on Foot to Petersburg; lleei- 
dence in Siberia ; and IMission to Africa. By 
Jared Sparks, 8vo. extra cloth, (pub. at 10s 6d) 
reduced to 4s 6d 1828 
''This is a book which will be perused with delight 
by all who have any relisli for the original and the ad- 
venturous. The Journal of our Traveller is exceed- 
ingly full and circumstantial with respect to the death 
of Captain Cook," — JAterary Chronicle. 
