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THE 



ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, 



SEVENTH EDITION, 



EDITED BY PROFESSOR NAPIER. 



THE republication of this great National Work, in Monthly Half- Volumes, 

 has now reached the Eighth Volume. This accelerated rate of publication 

 enables present purchasers to complete the book simultaneously with the ori- 

 ginal Subscribers. 



The high reputation which the ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA has maintained 

 throughout the Six Extensive Editions which have already been disposed of, 

 and more especially the peculiar favour with which the present Edition, re- 

 modelled in all its departments, has been received, render alike unnecessary 

 any detailed explanation of its plan, or commendation of the manner in which 

 it has been executed. A provision of twelve thousand pages of stereotype 

 plates, and of four hundred engravings on steel, affords ample security that the 

 publication will proceed with the most rigid punctuality to its completion. 



A very large proportion of the matter is entirely new. Wherever any of 

 the text of the former Edition or Supplement has been retained, it has been 

 amended in style, improved in arrangement, and in every respect accommo- 

 dated to the actual state of knowledge and the general design of the Work. 

 In paper, typography, and beauty of embellishment, as well as in the literary 

 value of its contents, the present Edition will be found very far superior to 

 any which have preceded it. In every department, indeed, no expense has 

 been spared to render the work worthy of the improved taste of the age and 

 of the national name. The Proprietors, therefore, have the most confident 

 expectation that the SEVENTH EDITION of the ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA will 

 form a most important addition to the well-selected Library, and will prove an 

 invaluable substitute to such as are denied access to a general collection of 

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Part CVIII. which is just published, contains RAILWAYS, by LIEUTENANT 

 LECOUNT of the London and Birmingham Railway RELIGIOUS MISSIONS, by 

 JAMES DOUGLAS, Esq. of Cavers-^ Biographies of RABELAIS, RACINE, Mrs. ANN 

 RADCLIFFE, ERASMUS RASK, RENNIE the Engineer, and many others ; with the 

 Articles REFORMATION, REGISTRATION and the commencement of REPTILIA. 



