24 CATALOGUE OF NEW WORKS 



PARKES. DOMESTIC DUTIES; / 



Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households and the 

 Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs. 

 W. Parkes. 5th Edition. Foolscap 8vo. 9*. cloth. 



PARNELL. A TREATISE ON ROADS; 



Wherein the Principles on which Roads should be made are explained and illustrated by the 

 Plans, Specifications, and Contracts made use of by Thomas Telford, Esq. on the Holyhead 

 Road. By the Right Hon. Sir Henry Parnell, Bart., Hon. Memb. lust. Civ. Eng. London. 

 Second Edition, greatly enlarged. 8v'o. with 9 large Plates, II. Is. cloth. 



PEARSON. AN INTRODUCTION TO PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY : 



By the Rev. W. Pearson, LL.D. F.R.S. etc. Rector of South Kilworth. Leicestershire, and 

 Treasurer to the Astronomical Society of London. 2 vols. 4to . with Plates, "]l. Is. boards. 



Vol.] contains Tables, recently computed, for facilitating the Reduction of Celestial Obser- 

 vations ; and a popular Explanation of their Construction and Use. 



Vol.2 contains Descriptions of the various Instruments that have been usefully employed in 

 determining the Places of the Heavenly Bodies, with an Account of the Methods of Adjusting 

 and Using them. 



PERC1VALL. -THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSE: 



Embracing the Structure of the Foot. By W. Percivall, M.R.C.S. 8vo. 17. cloth. 



PERCIVALL. HIPPOPATHOLOCY: 



A Systematic Treatise on the Disorders and Lameness of the Horse ; with their Modern and 

 most approved Methods of Cure ; embracing the Doctrines of the English and French Veteri- 

 nary Schools. By W. Percivall, M.R.C.S., Veterinary Surgeon in the First Life Guards. 

 Vols. 1 and 2, 8vo.; Vol. 1, 10*. 6rf. ; vol. 2, 14*. boards. 



PEREIRA. A TREATISE ON FOOD AND DIET: 



With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen suited for Disordered States of the Digestive 

 Organs; and an Account of the Dietaries of some of the principal Metropolitan and other 

 Establishments for Paupers, Lunatics, Criminals, Children, the Sick, etc. By Jon. Pereira, 

 M.D. F.R.S., author of "Elements of Materia Medica." 8vo. 16*. cloth. 



"Dr. Pereira's booh contains such an exposition of the entire subject of alimentary sub- 

 stances and diet as must be alike acceptable to the professional student and improving to the 

 general reader. The chapter on Dietariesa most important subject ably treated has a 

 present and vital interest." Tail's Magazine. 



PESCHEL (C. F.) ELEMENTS OF PHYSICS, 



Part I. Ponderable Bodies. By C. F. Peschel, Principal of the Royal Military College, 

 Dresden, etc. etc. Translated from the German, with Notes, by E. West. In 1 vol. fcap. 

 8vo. with Diagrams and Woodcuts. At the end of January. 



PHILLIPS.-AN ELEMENTARY INTRODUCTION TO MINERALOGY: 



Comprising a Notice of the Characters and Elements of Minerals ; with Accounts of the Places 

 and Circumstances in which they are found. By William Phillips, F.L.S. M.G.S. etc, 4th 

 Edition, considerably augmented by R. Allan, F.R.S.E. 8vo. numerous Cuts, 12*. cloth. 



PHILLIPS.-FICURES & DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PAL/EOZOIC FOSSILS OF 



CORNWALL, DEVON, and WEST SOMERSET; observed in the course of the Ordnance 

 Geological Survey of that District. By John Phillips, F.R.S. F.G.S. etc. Published by 

 Order of the Lords Commissioners of H. M. Treasury. 8vo. with 60 Plates, comprisiug 

 very numerous Figures, 9*. cloth. 



PHILLIPS. A GUIDE TO GEOLOGY. 



By John Phillips, F.R.S. G.S. etc. Foolscap 8vo. with Plates, 5s. cloth. 



PHILLIPS A TREATISE ON GEOLOGY. 



By John Phillips, F.R.S. G.S. etc. 2 vols. foolscap 8vo. with Vignette Titles and Woodcuts. 

 12*. cloth. 



PORTER. A TREATISE ON THE MANUFACTURE OF SILK. 



By G. R. Porter, Esq. F.R.S., author of "The Progress of the Nation," etc. Fcap. 8vo. with 

 Vignette Title, and 39 Engravings on Wood, 6*. cloth. 



PORTER. A TREATISE ON THE MANUFACTURES OF PORCELAIN AND 



GLASS. By G. R. Porter, Esq. F.R.S. Foolscap 8vo. with Vignette Title and 50 Wood- 

 cuts, 6*. cloth. 



PORTLOCK. - REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY OF 



LONDONDERRY, and of Parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh, examined and described under 

 the Authority of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance. By J. E. Portlock, F.R.S. etc. 

 8vo. with 48 Plates, 24*. cloth. 



POSTAN'S (CAPTAIN). PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS ON SINDH, 



The Manners and Customs of its Inhabitants, and its Productive Capabilities: with a Narra- 

 tive of the Recent Events. By Captain Postans, Bombay Army, late Assistant to the Political 

 Agent, Sindh. 8vo. with Map, col'd Frontispiece, and Illustrations on Wood. 18*. cloth. 

 " For the interesting details of the manners and customs of the Sindhians of all classes, 

 and the various particulars which make up the description of the country, we refer the 

 reader to Capt. Postan's valuable work, which cannot fail to afford him equal informat' 

 and amusement." Asiatic Journal. 



