THE NATURAL HISTORY 



THE BRITISH ISLES. 



This Series of WorJcs is Illustrated hy many Hundred Engravings ; every Species 

 Jias heen Dratvn and Engraved under the immediaie inspection of the Authors ; 

 the host Artists have been emj)loyed, and no care or expense has been spared. 

 A feui copies have been printed on larger Paper. 



QUADRUPEDS, by Professor Bell. A New Edition preparing. 



BIRDS, by Mr. Yarrell. Second Edit., 3 vols. 4/. 14s. 6d. 



COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE EGGS OF BIRDS, by Mr. 

 Hewitson. a New Edition, 6 Parts published, at 2s. 6d. each. 



REPTILES, by Professor Bell. Second Edition, 12s. 



FISHES, by Mr. Yarrell. Second Edition, 2 vols. 3^.* 



CRUSTACEA, by Professor Bell. 



STAR-FISHES, by Professor Edward Forbes. 15s. 



ZOOPHYTES, by Dr. Johnston. Second Edition, 2 vols. 21. 2s. 



MOLLUSCOUS ANIMALS AND THEIR SHELLS, by Professor Ed. 

 Forbes and Mr. Hanlev. 4 vols. 6/. lOs. ; or Large Paper, with tlie Plates 

 Coloured, 13/. 



FOREST TREES, by Mr. Selby. 28s. 



FERNS, by Mr. Newman. Third Edition. Now in the Press. 



FOSSIL MAMMALS AND BIRDS, by Professor Owen. U. Us. Gd. 



A GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, by Professor 

 T. Rymer Jones. 8vo. A New Edition preparing. 



* " This I)Ook ought to be largely circulated, not only on account of its scientific merits 

 — thouiih these, as we have in part shown, arc great and signal — but because it is popularly 

 written throughout, and therefore likely to excite general attention to a svibject which 

 ought to be held as one of primary importance. Every one is interested about fishes — the 

 political economist, the epicure, the merchant, the man of science, the angler, the poor, 

 the rich. We hail the appearance of this hook as the dawn of a new era in the Natural 

 History of Ettg\and."—Quarter!t/ Review, No. Il6. 



JOHN VAN VOORST, 1, PATERNOSTER ROW. 



