Egypt -- History -- Mohammed Ali, 1805-1849; Syria -- History; Turkey -- History -- 1829-1878
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With many Engravings, 3_s._ 6_d._, bound and gilt.
DOMESTICATED ANIMALS
Considered with reference to Civilization and the Arts.
By MARY ROBERTS.
By the same Author, 3_s._ 6_d._ each, bound and gilt.
WILD ANIMALS;
Their Nature, Habits, and Instincts; with Incidental Notices of the
Regions they inhabit.
Also,
THE ANIMALS AND VEGETABLES OF AMERICA.
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ROADS AND RAILROADS,
And the Vehicles and Modes of Travelling in all parts of the World,
popularly described.
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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS MENTIONED IN
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Illustrated by Extracts from the Works of Travellers.
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=Recreations in the Sciences=,
A SERIES OF POPULAR WORKS.
The tendency of which is to show how much of _recreation_, combined with
sound knowledge, may be found in natural objects.
The traveller and the historian, the artist and the artisan, offer their
various works and productions for the study or recreation of young and
old, but they invite attention, for the most part, to the imperfect
works of man; and their productions, though valuable in themselves,
possess not that attractive interest and unwearying amusement, which is
to be found in the contemplation of the perfect works of Nature. But can
it be doubted that, in the beautiful and endless variety of Nature’s
works, there exists a store of unfailing amusement and instruction, the
pursuit of which is sure to form a profitable occupation for the general
reader during many a leisure hour, and is also admirably calculated to
supersede many of the recreations of the young, which are productive of
no useful results?
Of this Series there are already published,—
I.
RECREATIONS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY;
Or, THE EARTH AS IT IS.
By MISS R.M. ZORNLIN. Foolscap Octavo, with numerous
Illustrations, Maps, &c. 6_s._
II.
RECREATIONS IN GEOLOGY;
With a Glossary of Terms, and various Illustrations.
By MISS R.M. ZORNLIN. New Edition, 4_s._ 6_d._
III.
RECREATIONS IN ASTRONOMY;
With a Glossary, and fifty Illustrations.
By the Rev. LEWIS TOMLINSON, M.A. New Edition, 4_s._ 6_d._
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