W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, October 1858W. Kent and Co.
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W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, October 1858
W. Kent and Co.
Publishers' catalogs -- England -- London; W. Kent and Co. -- Catalogs
=The History of Ireland.= In 3 vols., 7d. each, or the 3 neatly
bound in 1, 2s. 3d. From the Earliest Period to the Year 1852;
with a Review of the Struggles against English Supremacy, from the
Revolution to the Union.
This is pronounced, by competent judges, to be the most impartial
History of the Sister Kingdom ever published.
=The History of France=, from the Earliest Period to the Present
time; with numerous Portraits. In 3 vols., 7d. each, or neatly
bound in 1, 2s. 3d.
=The Natural History of Man=; or, Popular Chapters on Ethnography.
By JOHN KENNEDY, A.M. In 2 vols., 7d. each, or neatly bound in 1,
1s. 6d.
=The People's Biographical Dictionary.= By J. R. BEARD, D.D. 4
vols., 7d. each, or 2 double vols., in cloth, 3s.
This Work forms a Picture Gallery of Great Men of all Ages and
Countries, especially of such as have lived within the last
Century, and by their own efforts raised themselves and benefited
their species.
=The History and Sources of the Greatness of the British Empire.=
By BENJAMIN PARSONS. In 2 vols., 7d. each, or neatly bound in 1,
1s. 6d.
The Country and Climate, the Mixture of the People, our Insular
Position, National Feuds, Exigencies of our Monarchs, Religious
and Political Parties and Institutions, Language, &c. &c., are
all made to pass in review in this volume, together with a
comparison of the mental and moral condition of the people with
those of other countries.
=The Wonders of the Heavens.= By FREDERICK S. WILLIAMS. With
Diagrams. In 1 vol., 7d.
This volume contains a Sketch of the History of Astronomical
Discovery, from the Earliest Times down to the Observations of
Lord Rosse; describes the Planetary System, the Cometary World,
and the Stellar Universe; discusses the Nebular Hypothesis,
the Question of the Inhabitation of the Stars, &c. &c.; and
points out the connection between the Teachings of Nature and of
Scripture.
=The History of the Steam Engine=, from the Second Century before
the Christian Era to the time of the Great Exhibition; with many
Engravings. By Professor WALLACE. 1 vol., 7d. The last Two Works
bound together, 1s. 6d.
=Sailings Over the Globe=; or, The Progress of Maritime Discovery.
2 vols., 7d. each, or the 2 in 1, 1s. 6d. Including the Early
Discoveries of the Portuguese; Voyages of Vasco de Gama, Mendez
Pinto, and Magellan; Eastern Enterprises of the English, and First
Circumnavigation of the Globe; the Four Voyages of Columbus;
Cortez, and the Conquest of Mexico; Pizarro, and the Discovery of
Peru, &c. &c. &c.
=Footprints of Travellers in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.=
2 vols., 7d. each; or the 2 neatly bound in 1, 1s. 6d. CAPEL DE
BROOKE'S Travels in Norway, Sweden, and Lapland; LYALL'S Travels
in the Crimea, the Caucasus, and Georgia; INGLIS'S Travels in the
Tyrol; Travels among the Tartars, by the Ambassador of the Pope,
and also by ZIVICK and SCHILL; HEBER'S Travels in India; BURNES'S
Travels in Bokhara, &c. &c. &c.
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