NEW WORKS 



PRINTED FOR HENRY COLBURN AM) ( 



CONDUIT-STREET, LONDON, 



I. 



THE HISTORY of FRUITS known in GREAT BRITAIN 



By HENRY PHILLIPS. In 1 vol. 8vo. 10s. (id. boards. 



" We know of no class of readers which is not macfa obliged to Mr. PhQIipt f,, r 

 this very useful and very entertaining publication. It is one of those popular 

 works, which, combining in a happy degree the pleasing with the instructive, lem h 

 us science as an amusement, and promote information and improvement bj 

 anecdote and curious story. From the most learned horticulturist, to the 

 anxious epicure that bites an apple, this volume deserves ;i friendly r- . 

 and we are sure that it only needs to be known to become ;i favourite. 1 

 tent of information, utility, and most of the other good qualities, which can In- 

 desired in a production of its kind, it is really deserving of the warmest eul 

 Literary Gazette. 



II. 



THE FLORIST'S MANUAL; or Hints for tin Constractkq of 



a Gay Flower Garden ; with Observations on the best Method of preventing the 

 Depredations of Insects, &c. ; to which is added, a Catalogue of Plants, with th.ir 

 colours, as they appear in each Season. By the Authoress of " Botanical D 



logues," and " Sketches of the Physiology of Vegetable LilV." A new ami im- 

 proved edition, with plans ; 1 vol. small 8vo. 



III. 



PRACTICAL ECONOMY; or the Application of Modem Dis- 

 coveries to the Purposes of Domestic Life. Second edition, with s copious Index. 

 12mo. 7s. 6d. 



"This Work will be found equally useful to those who arc wise enough to enter 

 into the practice of the rules which it lays down, and entertaining t<> others who 

 may merely wish to amuse themselves with its theories. It contains a rariet] "i 

 new and useful information, calculated at once to increase OUT comforts, and 

 diminish our expenses." — Neiv Monthly Magazine. 



IV. 



THE ART of EMPLOYING TIME to the greatest Advanta 



the true Source of Happiness ; 1 vol. post 8vo. 



" Time is the only property of which we should be avaricious. The irt of em 



ploying it is but the art of being happy." 



V. 



THE PHILOSOPHY of LIFE. By Sir Charlie M mjan, M.D. 

 and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London ; 1 VOL Uvo, 1 la. 



" Sir C. Morgan has here presented us with a book containing ■ grral deal o( 

 useful and entertaining information. He has undertaken to consider m 

 organized being ; to explain his structure, and how it ifl affected by various m 

 of treatment. To shew the influence of climate, diet, &C. upon the human tram.-. 

 and to connect this influence with the moral and intellectual character ol the nun. 

 In conducting this investigation he has had an opportunity of calling to nil laidhi 

 only the knowledge of his own peculiar profession, but the discover* 

 Chemistry, interesting facts in natural historv, and illustrations no... pencr 

 and the history of nations. The work contains many plain and sensible lea* 

 the best methods of keeping both mind and body in a healthy itats, 



VI. 

 AMUSEMENTS in RETIREMENT; or, the Influenc* ol I 



rature, Science, and the Liberal Arts, on the Mann.. sand Har-pim-^ -i i 

 Life. By the Author of the "Philosophy of Nature." Second edition, fO. 1M 



