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Pàgina 22 - Illustrated Horse Doctor. Being an Accurate and Detailed Account, accompanied by more than 400 Pictorial Representations, characteristic of the various Diseases to which the Equine Race are subjected ; together with the latest Mode of Treatment, and all the requisite Prescriptions written in Plain English By EDWARD MAYHEW, MRCVS 8vo.
Pàgina 13 - III. — WATER. — The Ocean. — Rivers. — Lakes and Waterfalls. — The Phenomena of Ice. — Springs. PART IV. — AIR. — The Atmosphere. Winds and Storms. — Dew, Clouds, and Rain. — Climate and Weather. PART V. — FIRE. — Volcanoes and Volcanic Phenomena. — Earthquakes. PART VI. — LIFE. — The Distribution of Plants in the different Countries of the Earth. — The Distribution of Animals on the Earth. — The Distribution of Plants and Animals in Time. — Effects of Human Agency...
Pàgina 22 - The book contains nearly 600 pages of valuable matter, which reflects great credit on its author, and, owing to its practical details, the result of deep scientific research, deserves a place in the library of medical, veterinary, and non-professional readers.
Pàgina 23 - Illustrated Horse Management. Containing descriptive remarks upon Anatomy, Medicine, Shoeing, Teeth, Food, Vices, Stables ; likewise a plain account of the situation, nature, and value of the various points ; together with comments on grooms, dealers, breeders, breakers, and trainers ; Embellished with more than 400 engravings from original designs made expressly for this work. By E.
Pàgina 7 - The First Age of Christianity and the Church. By John Ignatius Dollinger, DD, Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Munich, &c., &c. Translated from the German bv Henrv Nutcombe Oxenham, MA, late Scholar of Baliol College, "Oxford.
Pàgina 15 - Hospital, Medical, and Surgical College. Crown 8vo. 5s. 6d. Blanchard (S.) Yesterday and To-day in India. By SIDNEY LAMAN BLANCHARD. Post 8vo. 6s. CONTENTS. — Outward Bound. — The Old Times and the New. — Domestic Life. — Houses and Bungalows. — Indian Servants. — The Great Shoe Question. — The Garrison Hack. — The Long Bow in India. — Mrs. Dulcimer's Shipwreck. — A Traveller's Tale, told in a Dark Bungalow. — Punch in India. — AngloIndian Literature. — Christmas in India....
Pàgina 12 - This is a really valuable work. A book which will long remain the standard authority on the subject. No one who has been to the Channel Islands, or who purposes going there will be insensible of its value." — Saturday Review. "It is the produce of many hands and every hand a good one.
Pàgina 3 - ALLEN & Co. Tree and Serpent Worship; Or, Illustrations of Mythology and Art in India in the First and Fourth Centuries after Christ, from the Sculptures of the Buddhist Topes at Sanchi and Amravati. Prepared at the India Museum, under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Second edition, Revised, Corrected, and in great part Re-written.