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WEBSTER— AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY; 
Compi isinif such subjects as are most immediately connected with Housekeeping : as, The 
Construction of Domestic Edilices, with the modes of Warming, Ventilating, and Lighting 
them— A description of the various articles of Furniture, with the nature of their Materials— 
Duties of Servants— A general account of the Animal and Vegetable Substances used as Food, 
and the methods of preserving and preparing them by Cooking— Making Bread— The Chemical 
Nature and the Preparation of all kinds of Fermented Liquors used as Beverage— The various 
Clothing Arts, and Materials employed in Dress and the Toilette— Business of the Laundry 
Description of the various Wheel Carriages— Preservation of Health— Domestic Medicine, 
&c. &c. &c. By Thomas Wkbstek, F.G.S. &c. ; assisted by the late Mrs. Parkes, Author of 
“ Domestic Duties.” 1 thick vol. 8vo. illustrated with nearly 1000 Woodcuts. [/« the Press. 
WESTWOOD.-INTRODIJCTION TO THE MODERN CLASSI- 
FICATION OF INSECTS; comprising an Account of the Habits and Transformations of the 
different Families ; a Synopsis of all the British, and a Notice of the more remarkable Foreign 
Genera. By J. O. Westwood, Sec. Ent. Soc. London, F.L.S., &c. 2 vols. illustrated with 
above 150 Woodcuts, comprising about 2500 distinct Figures, £2. 7s. cloth. 
WHITE’S COMPENDIUM OF THE VETERINARY ART; 
Containing Plain and Concise Observations on the Construction and Management of the 
Stable ; a brief and popular Outline of the Structure and Economy of the Horse ; the Nature, 
Symptoms, and Treatment of the Diseases and Accidents to which the Horse is liable ; the 
best method of performing various Important Operations ; with Advice to the Purchasers of 
Horses; and a copious Materia IMedica and Pharmacopoeia. 17th Edition, entirely recon- 
structed, with considerable Additions and Alterations, bringing the work up to the present state 
of Veterinary Science. By W. C. Spooner, Veterinary Surgeon, &c. &c. 8vo. pp. 588, with 
coloured Plate, 16s. cloth. London, 1842. 
WHITE’S COMPENDIUM OF CATTLE MEDICINE; 
Or, Practical Observations on the Disorders of Cattle and other Domestic Animals, except 
the Horse. 6ih Edition, re-arranged, with copious Additions and Notes, by W. C. Spooner, 
Vet. Surgeon, Author of a “Treatise on the Influenza,” and a “Treatise on the Foot and 
Leg of the Horse,” &c. 8vo. 9s. cloth. 
WHITLEY.-THE APPLICATION OF GEOLOGY TO AGRI- 
CULTURE, and to the Improvement and Valuation of Land : with the Nature and Properties 
of Soils, and the Principles of Cultivation. By Nicholas Whitley, Land-Surveyor. 8vo. 
7s. 6d. clotu. 
“ The pu! '■''ation of this essay is very opportune. General attention is directed to the improvement of agriculture, 
and to the .acticability of bringing into cultivation the extensive waste lands of the United Kingdom. Chemical 
analysis .anu artificial manures are daily more and more being called into play, .\gricultural chemistry is becoming 
a profession, nd doubtless great benefits have been supplied, and will accrue to the landholder and farmer from the 
employment l the labourers in that valuable science. Guano and Potter’s composition, nitrates of potash and so<la, 
phosphates of i.me and carbonates of ammonia, &c. pure and mixed, in solution and friable, are questions well 
w-orthy consideration. Also how far the importation to a farm of foreign manures, whether guano from Peru, chemi- 
cals from the shop, bones from the shambles, fish from the strand, &c. may or may not be profitable. But tlie self- 
supporting, wherever practicable, is the best system of farming, and to this end a knowledge of geology will greatly 
assist. The agriculturist must, in most cases, apply to the chemist for instruction in regard to the constituence of 
the particular soil, and to the character of its deficiency ; but every farmer carr be his own geologist ; he may, at little 
trouble or expense, acquire sufficient acquaintance with geology to enable him to determine tire formation of his 
locality, and to know whether the wants of the soil can be supplied from the subsoil, the subjacent, or the neighbouring 
rock. The study of the work before us would itself place him in high position in agricultural geology. It treats 
concisely and clearly of the derivation and formation of soil ; the nature of geological fonnations, and of the soils 
resting on them ; of the structure and elements of plants, and of the food they require ; of tlie use of the soil andtlie 
subsoil ; of the structure and texture of soils, their mineral comjiosition and chemical analysis, <!tc. &c. 
“ Geology, practically employed, is of equal value to the farmer and to the miner ; and when understood in rela- 
tion to agriculture, of great advantage in estimating land to the land-holder, and to the land-surveyor.” — L it. G az. 
WILKINSON. -THE ENGINES OF WAR, &c. 
Being; a History of Ancient and Modern Projectile Instruments and En«:ines of Warfare and 
Sporting; including the Manufacture of Fire-Arms, the History and Manufacture of Gun- 
powder, of Swords, and of the cause of the Damascus Figure in Sword Blades, with some 
Observations of Bronze: to which are added. Remarks on some Peculiarities of Iron, and on 
the Extraordinary Effect produced by the Action of Sea- water on Cast-Iron ; with Details of 
various Miscellaneous Experiments. By H. Wilkinson, M.R.A.S. 1 vol. 8vo. 9s. cloth. 
WILLOUGHBY (LADY). -SOME PASSAGES FROM THE 
DIARY of the LADY WILLOUGHBY, (1635-47). Small 4to. printed in the style of the period, 
18s. bds ; or 24s. bound in vellum, with gilt edges, in an appropriate manner, by Hayday. 
[Just ready. 
WOOD.-A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RAILROADS, AND 
INTERIOR COMMUNICATION in GENERAL; containing numerous Experiments on 
the Towers of the Improved Locomotive Engines, and Tables of the comparative Cost of Con- 
veyance on Canals, Railways, and Turnpike Roads. By Nicholas Wood, Colliery Viewer, 
Memb. Inst. Civ. Eng. &c. Third edition, very greatly enlarged, with 13 large Plates, and 
several new Woodcuts. 11s. 6d. cloth. 
YOUNG LADIES’ BOOK (THE) : 
A Manual of Elegant Recreations, Exercises, and Pursuits. 4th Edition, with numerous 
beautifully executed Engravings on Wood. Is. elegantly bound in crimson silk, lined with 
imitation of Mechlin lace. , Q 
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