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ASTLE ON WRITING. THE ORIGIN -AND PROGRESS 



OF WRITING, as well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, Illustrated by Engravings 

 taken from Marbles, Manuscripts, and Charters, Ancient and Modern ; also 

 Some Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing. By THOMAS ASTLE, 

 F.R.S., F.A.S., late Keeper of Records in the Tower of London. Royal 410, 

 half-Roxburghe, with 33 Plates (some Coloured), price T 155. A few Large 

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 BACON'S (Francis, Lord) WORKS, both English and Latin, with 



^ an Introductory Essay, Biographical and Critical, and copious Indexes. Two 

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BANKERS, A HANDBOOK OF LONDON ; with some Account of 

 their Predecessors, the Early Goldsmiths, together with Lists of Bankers, from the 

 Earliest London Directory printed in 1677, to the Official List of 1875. By 

 F. G. HILTON PRICE. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 7$. 6d. {In the press. 



BARDSLEY'S OUR ENGLISH SURNAMES : Their Sources 

 and Significations. By CHARLES WARELNG BARDSLEY, M.A. SECOND EDITION, 

 revised throughout, considerably Enlarged, and partially rewritten. Crown 8vo, 

 cloth extra, gs. 

 " Mr. Bardsley has faithfully consulted the original mediseval documents and works 



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BAUER AND HOOKER'S GENERA OF FERNS ; in which 

 the Characters of each Genus are displayed in a series of magnified dissections 

 and figures, highly finished in colours, after the drawings of FRANCIS BAUER, with 

 letterpress by Sir WILLIAM HOOKER. Imperial 8vo, with 120 beautifully Coloured 

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BEAUTIFUL PICTURES BY BRITISH ARTISTS : A Gather- 

 ing of Favourites from our Picture Galleries. In Two Series. The FIRST SERIES 

 including Examples by WILKIE, CONSTABLE, TURNER, MULREADY LANDSEER, 

 MACLISE, E. M. WARD, FRITH, Sir JOHN GILBERT, LESLIE, ANSDELL, 

 MARCUS STONE, Sir NOEL PATON, FAED, EYRE CROWE, GAVIN, O'NEIL, and 

 MADOX BROWN. The SECOND containing Pictures by ARMYTAGE, FAED, 

 GOODALL, HEMSLEY, HORSLEY, MARKS, NICHOLLS, Sir NOEL PATON, PICKERS- 

 GILL, G. SMITH, MARCUS STONE, SOLOMON, STRAIGHT, E. M. WARD, and 

 WARREN. All engraved on Steel in the highest style of Art. Edited, with Notices 

 of the Artists, by SYDNEY ARMYTAGE, M.A. Price of each Series, imperial 410, 

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BELL'S (Sir Charles) ANATpMY OF EXPRESSION, as 



connected with the Fine Arts. Fifth Edition, with an Appendix on the Nervous 

 System by ALEXANDER SHAW. Illustrated with 45 beautiful Engravings. Imp. 

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BINGHAM'S ANTIQUITIES of the CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 



A New Edition, revised, with copious Index. Two Vols., imperial 8vo, cloth 



extra, i 4*. 



"A writer who does equal honour to the English clergy and to the English nation, 

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BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF RE- 

 CENT AND LIVING PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS, both English and 

 Foreign. By HENRY OTTLEY. Being a Supplementary Volume to "Bryan's 

 Dictionary." Imperial 8vo, cloth extra, 125. 

 *** This is the only -work giving an account' of the principal living painters 



ef all countries. 



