The first application of the art to purposes of usefulness unconnected with the fine arts, was made by the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War, for the purpose of rapidly multiplying copies of general orders, instructions, etc., and accompanying them with sketches of positions. It has since been introduced into the public offices of almost every state in Europe; and its uses in every department of commercial, social, and artistic activity are innumerable. THE END. MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH, PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CATALOGUE OF POPULAR AND STANDARD BOOKS PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM P. NIMMO, EDINBURGH, _AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS_. [Illustration] Second and Cheaper Edition. The 'Edina' Burns. Crown 4to, beautifully printed on the finest toned paper, and elegantly bound in cloth extra, gilt edges, price Twelve Shillings and Sixpence; or in morocco extra, Twenty-five Shillings. _A HANDSOME DRAWING-ROOM EDITION OF_ THE POEMS AND SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS. _WITH ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCOTTISH ARTISTS._ [Illustration] 'Of all the handsome reprints of the works of "nature's own" bard, this "Edina" edition of the Poems and Songs of Burns is perhaps the handsomest yet produced. Beautifully printed, and profusely illustrated by some of the most distinguished of the Scotch academicians, it forms a shrine worthy of the genius of the "poet of the land of the mountain and the flood." It is, as might be expected, Scottish in every respect,--printer, publisher, and illustrators; and as also we think it should; for with whom could it be so much a labour of love to produce a first-rate edition as with one of Burns's own countrymen? and who should be better able to illustrate the "brown heath and shaggy wood" of Scotia's scenery than her own sons?'--_The Examiner._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NIMMO'S _LARGE PRINT UNABRIDGED_ LIBRARY EDITION OF THE BRITISH POETS. _FROM CHAUCER TO COWPER._ In Forty-eight Vols. Demy 8vo, Pica Type, Superfine Paper, Elegant Binding, price 4s. each Volume. The Text edited by CHARLES COWDEN CLARKE. With Authentic Portraits engraved on Steel. ---------------------