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THE NATUEALIST IN NORWAY; or, Notes on the 
Wild Animals, Birds, Fishes, and Plants of that Country, with some 
account of the principal Salmon Rivers. By the Rev. J. Bowden, LL.D. 
Crown 8vo, 8 Coloured Plates. 10*. ed. 
CALIPHS AND SULTANS ; being Tales omitted in the 
ordinary English Version of 'The Arabian Nights Entertainments,' freely 
rewritten and rearranged. By S. Hanley, F.L.S. 65. 
LIVE COALS ; or, Faces from the Fire. By L. M. Budgen, 
"Acheta," Author of ' Episodes of Insect Life,' etc. Dedicated, by Special 
Permission, to H.H.H. Field-Marshal the Duke of Cambridge. Royal 
4to, 35 Original Sketches printed in colours, 42^. 
The ' Episodes of Insect Life,' published in three series some years since, won 
from the late Prince Consort a graceful acknowledgment in the presentation to 
the Author of a copy of a book, ' The Natural History of Deeside,' privately 
printed by command of Her Majesty the Queen. The above Work comprises a 
series of Thirty-five highly imaginative and humorous Sketches, suggested by 
burning Coals and Wood, accompanied by Essays, descriptive and discursive, 
on : — The Imagery of Accident — The Fire in a New Light — The Fire an Ex- 
hibitor—The Fire a Sculptor. 
SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS : their Influences through- 
out Creation. A Compendium of Popular Meteorology. By Andrew 
Steinmetz, Esq. Crown Svo, Wood Engravings, 7^. 6«?. 
This Work not only treats fully all the leading topics of Meteorology, but es- 
pecially of the use of the Hygrometer, for which systematic Rules are now for 
the first time drawn up. Among other interesting and useful subjects, are chap- 
ters on Rainfall in England and Europe in general — Wet and Dry Years — Tem- 
perature and Moisture with respect to the health of Plants and Animals — The 
Wonders of Evaporation — Soil Temperature — The Influence of Trees on Climate 
and Water Supply — The Prognostication of the Seasons and Harvest — The 
Characteristics and Meteorology of the Seasons — Rules of the Barometer — Rules 
of the Thermometer as a Weather Glass — Popular Weather-casts — Anemometry 
— and finally. What becomes of the Sunshine — and what becomes of the 
Showers. 
EVERYBODY'S WEATHER-GUIDE. The Use of Me- 
teorological Instruments clearly Explained, with Directions for Securing at 
any time a probable Prognostic of the Weather. By A. Steinmetz, Esq., 
Author of ' Sunshine and Showers,' etc. 1*. 
