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CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY. 9 Demy 4to, cloth extra, gilt edges, -$s. 6d. Canova 's Works in Sculpture and Model- ling. 150 Plates, exquisitely engraved in Outline by MOSES, and printed on an India tint. With Descriptions by the Countess ALBRIZZI, a Biographical Memoir by CICOGNARA, and Por- trait by WORTHINGTON. " The fertility of this master's resources is amazing, and the manual labour expended on his works would have worn out many an ordinary workman. The outline engravings are finely executed. The descriptive notes are discriminating^ and in the main exact." SPECTATOR. NEW VOLUME OF HUNTING SKETCHES. Oblong 4to, half-bound boards, 2is. Canters in Crampshire. By G. BOWERS. I. Gallops from Gorseborough. II. Scrambles with Scratch Packs. III. Studies with Stag Hounds. " The fruit of the observation of an artist who has an eye for character, a sense of humour, and a firm and ready hand in delineating characteristic details A Itogether, this is a very pleasant volume for the tables of country gentlemen, or of those town gentlemen who, like Mr. Black' s hero and heroine, divide their time between " Green Pastures and Piccadilly." DAILY NEWS. "An amusing volume of sketches and adventures in the hunting-field, drawn with great spirit, a keen sense of humour and fun, and no lack of observation." SPECTATOK. Two Vols. imperial 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, the Plates beautifully printed in Colours, ^3 3.5-. Catlin's Illustrations of the Manners,. Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians : the re- sult of Eight Years of Travel and Adventure among the Wildest- and most Remarkable Tribes now existing. Containing 360 Coloured Engravings from the Author's original Paintings. Small 4to, cloth gilt, with Coloured Illustrations, los. 6d. Chaucer for Children ; A Golden Key. By Mrs. H. R. HAWEIS. With Eight Coloured - Pictures and numerous Woodcuts by the Author. " It must not only take a high place among the Christmas and New Year looks of this season, but is also of permanent vahie as an introdiiction to the st^tdy oj Chaucer, whose works, in' selections of some kind or other, are now text-books in every school that aspires to give sound instruction in English" ACADEMY. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, Two very thick Volumes, Js. 6d. each. Cruikshank's Comic Almanack. Complete in Two SERIES : The FIRST from 1835 to 1843; the SECOND from 1844 to 1853. A Gathering of the BEST HUMOUR of THACKERAY, HOOD, MAYHEW, ALBERT SMITH, A'BECK- ETT, ROBERT BROUGH, &c. With 2000 Woodcuts and Steel/ Engravings by CRUIKSHANK, HINE, LANDELLS, &c.