24 ME. MUREAY'S LIST OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



In the helief tJiat the recent adv dices of Scienc; render it desirable to collect and 

 incorporate modern discoveries, and to present in a systematic form the existing 

 state of our hnowledge of the Organic World, Mr. Murray is preparing to 

 puilish a series of Scientific Works on 



BIOLOGY; 



OR, THE 



NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 



Each Work is intended to be complete in itself ; and while so plain and simple as to 

 address itself to any reader of ordinarj' ednoation, yet to embody the latest discoveries, 

 the scientific literatnre of its subject being, in all cases, fully referred to. Each Work 

 is also to copiously illustrated witli careful and exact Woodcuts in the text. 



THE FIUST WCiEK WILL COXTAIN 



A Natural Histx)ry of Mammals, including Man. 



By ST. GEOEGE MIVAET, F.E.S. 



2YoIs. 8vo. 



The object of this first Work is to present to ordinai-y readers and to medical and 

 other students who. have no special acquaintance with Zoology, a general view of the 

 structure, physiology, habits, geogi-aphical and geological distribution, aflBnities and 

 classification of the groups (of the rank of families and sub-famihes) which compose the 

 highest class of animals, Jlan included. 



It is also intended to serve as an introduction to Zoology and to Biology generally, 

 and will therefore explain in simple language the various ways in which organisms may 

 be considered, giving the elementary facts and principles of Histology, Physiology, and 

 the other sciences subordinate to Biolog}-, while sufficient detail will be given to entitle 

 the Work to serve as a guide to Teachers and Students who may desire to follow up the 

 subject practically with the Scalpel and the Microscope. 



The First Volltme will comprise Man and the higher Animals furnished with nails, 

 hoofs, or claws, thai is to say, the Apes, Bats, Beasts of Prey, and Gnawing Quadrupeds. 



The Secoxd VoiA'JIE will contain descriptions of the Hoofed and other Animals not 

 jireviously described, such as Horses, Cattle, Swine, Elephants, Whales, Porpoises, 

 Sloths, Ant-Eaters, Armadillos, and pouched Beasts. It will also treat of the Classi- 

 fication and Distribution of Mammals, and will review the facts of their structure in 

 Anatomical instead of in Zoological order. 



MURRATS EUROPEAN HANBBOOK. 



BEING A CONDENSED GUIDE FOE TRAVELLERS TO THE CHIEF ROUTES 



AND MOST IMPORTANT PLACES ON THE CONTINENT, 



With Map. One Volume. Post 8vo. 



BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., PBINTEBS, WHITEPEIARS. 



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