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Works of practical Information.

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GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON CORAL REEFS, VOLCANIC ISLANDS, and ON SOUTH AMERICA. By Charles Darwin, M.A. &c. In 1 vol. 8vo, with Maps, Plates, and Woodcuts, 10s. 6d. cloth.

THE BRITISH OFFICER; his Position, Duties, Emoluments, and Privileges. By J. H. Stocqueler. 8vo, 15s. cloth extra.

"In writing this book Mr. Stocqueler has performed an acceptable service to the military profession. The style is clear, vigorous, and precise; and the arrangement perspicuous and systematic. The book has also a value to non-professional readers."—Athenæum.

THE SAILOR'S HORN-BOOK OF STORMS. By Henry Piddington, Esq. Second Edition, 8vo, 10s. 6d., with Charts and Storm-Cards.

"A valuable practical work."—Nautical Magazine.

CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HURRICANES, FOR THE USE OF PLAIN SAILORS. By Henry Piddington. 8vo, 7s. With Diagrams and Storm-Cards.

CRAWFURD'S GRAMMAR AND DICTIONARY OF THE MALAY LANGUAGE.

2 vols. 8vo, 36s. cloth.

"These volumes are inestimable to the philologist as well as the Eastern traveller and trader; and the first is interesting to all educated readers, because in that are included the preliminary dissertation and the grammar. It is a book of standard and enduring value, and at once establishes its claim to take rank as the best authority now extant on the subject of which it treats."—Examiner.

DR. ROYLE ON THE CULTURE AND COMMERCE OF COTTON IN INDIA.

8vo, 18s. cloth.