Part IV.--ECONOMICS and TRADE.

Agriculture--Horticulture--Trade, Commerce, and Manufactures--Constitution and Laws--Manners and Customs--Principal Public Institutions--Hints to Tourists--Money, Weights, and Measures--Statistics.

BY DAVID THOMAS ANSTED, M.A., F.R.S., &c.,

AND

ROBERT GORDON LATHAM, M.A., M.D., F.R.S.

_The Illustrations drawn on Wood expressly for this Work, by_ PAUL J. NAFTEL, _Member of the London Society of Painters in Water Colours_.

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THE POLISH CAPTIVITY:

An ACCOUNT of the PRESENT POSITION and PROSPECTS of the POLES in the KINGDOM of POLAND,

AND IN THE POLISH PROVINCES OF AUSTRIA, PRUSSIA, AND RUSSIA.

BY SUTHERLAND EDWARDS.

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BY SUTHERLAND EDWARDS, ESQ.

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THE HISTORY OF THE OPERA,

From Monteverde to Donizetti.

BY SUTHERLAND EDWARDS, ESQ.

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THE HISTORY OF THE STATE AND PEOPLE OF ABDERA, IN THRACE.

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BY THE REV. H. CHRISTMAS.

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THE HISTORY OF CHESS,

From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India till the Period of its Establishment in Western and Central Europe.

BY DUNCAN FORBES, LL.D.

8vo, 15s.

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SIN: ITS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES.

AN ATTEMPT TO INVESTIGATE THE ORIGIN, NATURE, EXTENT, AND RESULTS OF MORAL EVIL.

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BY PROFESSOR D. T. ANSTED, M.A., F.R.S., &c.

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MEMORABLE EVENTS OF MODERN HISTORY.

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THE SCIENCE OF HOME LIFE:

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In One closely-printed Volume, 8vo, pp. 648, price 12s.

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ANOTHER BLOW FOR LIFE.

BY GEORGE GODWIN, ESQ., F.R.S.,

Author of "London Shadows, Town Swamps, and Social Bridges," Editor of "The Builder," &c., &c.

ASSISTED BY JOHN BROWN.

WITH FORTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS.

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BELL'S MESSENGER, _Jan._ 16, 1864.--"'Another Blow for Life' is a great and good book, and does honour to its author's head and heart."

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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, M.R.C.V.S.,

Author of "The Illustrated Horse Management."

In 8vo, price 18s. 6d., cloth.

_Mr. Mayhew's_ ILLUSTRATED HORSE DOCTOR, _and his companion volume_, THE ILLUSTRATED HORSE MANAGEMENT, _should be in the possession of all who keep horses_.

CONTENTS:

THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM.--Phrenitis; Abscess within the brain; Staggers; Sleepy Staggers and Mad Staggers; Megrims; Hydrophobia; Tetanus; Stringhalt; Partial Paralysis; Gutta Serena.

THE EYES.--Simple Ophthalmia; Specific Ophthalmia; Cataract; Fungoid Tumours within the substance of the Eye; Lacerated Eyelid; Impediment in the Lachrymal Duct.

THE MOUTH.--Excoriated Angles of the Mouth; Parrot Mouth; Lampas; Injuries to the Jaw; Aphtha; Lacerated Tongue; Teeth; Scald Mouth.

THE NOSTRILS.--Cold; Nasal Polypus; Nasal Gleet; Highblowing and Wheezing.

THE THROAT.--Sore Throat; Cough; Laryngitis; Roaring; Choking; Rupture and Stricture of the Œsophagus; Bronchocele.

THE CHEST AND ITS CONTENTS.--Congestion in the Field; Congestion in the Stable; Bronchitis, or Inflammation of the Air Passages; Pneumonia, or Inflammation of the Lungs; Pleurisy; Hydrothorax; Disease of the Heart.

THE STOMACH, LIVER, &C.--Spasm of the Diaphragm; Acute Gastritis; Chronic Gastritis; Bots; Chronic Hepatitis; Crib-biting.

THE ABDOMEN.--Enteritis; Acute Dysentery; Chronic Dysentery; Acites, or Dropsy of the Abdomen; Influenza; Abdominal Injuries; Worms; Spasmodic Colic, Fret, Gripes; Windy Colic.

THE URINARY ORGANS.--Nephritis, or Inflammation of the Kidneys; Cystitis, or Inflammation of the Bladder; Spasm of the Urethra; Calculi; Hæmaturia, or Bloody Urine; Diabetes Insipidus, or Profuse Staling; Albuminous Urine.

THE SKIN.--Mange; Prurigo; Ringworm; Surfeit; Hide-bound; Lice; Larva in the Skin; Warts; Tumours; Swollen Legs; Sitfast; Grease; Mallenders and Sallenders; Cracked Heels.

SPECIFIC DISEASES.--Broken Wind; Mellanosis; Water Farcy; Purpura Hæmorrhagica; Strangles; Glanders.

LIMBS.--Osseous Deposits; Spavin; Splint; Ringbone; Strain of the Flexor Tendon; Clap of the Back Sinews; Sprain of the Back Sinews; Breaking Down; Curb; Occult Spavin; Rheumatism; Windgalls; Bog Spavin; Thoroughpin; Capped Knee; Capped Hock; Capped Elbow; Luxation of the Patella; Blood Spavin.

THE FEET.--Lameness; Pumice Foot; Sandcrack; False Quarter; Seedy Toe; Tread and Over-reach; Corns; Quittor; Canker; Thrush; Ossified Cartilages; Acute Laminitis, or Fever in the Feet; Sub-Acute Laminitis; Navicular Disease.

INJURIES.--Poll Evil; Fistulous Withers; Fistulous Parotid Duct; Phlebitis, or Inflammation of the Vein; Broken Knees; Open Synovial Cavities; Open Synovial Joints; Wounds.

OPERATIONS.--Tracheotomy; Periosteotomy; Neurotomy; Division of the tendons; Quittor.

CRITICAL NOTICES.

FIELD, _July_ 28, 1863.--"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."

ATHENÆUM, _August_ 4, 1860.--"Mr. Mayhew has written several works on the diseases, with details of the anatomy, of animals. His accuracy is great. The chapters are well arranged. Each speaks of the diseases of one part of the equine frame. The illustrations to these are excellent. The operations are accurately described; not the slightest useful hint is forgotten; while to render this portion more intelligible, diagrams of the parts to be operated on, with views of the instruments, are generally given; and the prescriptions, as stated in the title-page, are made out in English. The causes, symptoms, and treatment of diseases are briefly recorded in a summary, forming an appendix. We conclude by commending Mr. Mayhew's book, especially to every possessor of the most useful of the 'servants of man.'"

ILLUSTRATED NEWS.--"The great mass of the illustrations are wonderfully faithful, and they are so varied and interesting that we would undertake to get rid of the most confirmed bore that ever pressed heavily on mankind for a good two hours by only handing him the book, and directing his attention to them. It is a well-known fact that grooms only remember the names of four or five diseases, and are sadly indiscriminate in their knowledge of symptoms. This book furnishes at once the bane and the antidote, as the drawings show the horse not only suffering from every kind of disease, but in the different stages of it, while the alphabetical summary at the end gives the cause, symptoms, and treatment of each."

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ERA.--"We advisedly say that 'The Illustrated Horse Doctor' is the very best book of the kind which we know; and what gives it an especial charm is, that the author so thoroughly sympathises with the noble animal which he describes. Without pretending to go into any analysis of this valuable work, we at once pronounce it as scientific, yet intelligible; informing, yet highly amusing; acceptable to the profound horse-doctor, yet the work of all others for the bookshelves in every gentleman's sanctum."

ARMY AND NAVY GAZETTE.--"Mr. Mayhew's volume will, we imagine, meet with a hearty welcome. It is just such a good practical work on the Veterinary Art as most of us horse-using (and not unfrequently, we fear, abusing) Englishmen have long felt the need of.--We must not conclude our remarks without commenting on the numerous wood-cuts with which the volume is embellished. It is truly, as it professes to be, an '_Illustrated Horse Doctor_.'"

ILLUSTRATED TIMES.--"Many years ago the writer of these lines was incidentally 'read up' in horse literature, and a good deal in the way of sporting people. His reading and observation in that way have been very pleasantly recalled by this _model_ book. We need not waste words about this admirable volume--manual, we were going to say, but it is more of an armful than a handful. It is quite beyond praise of ours in its completeness and general excellence, concerned as it is our lot to be with the study instead of the steed. But we showed it to a friend of ours (living at Horsely-down), who spends his mornings at Tattersall's and his afternoons at the Alhambra, and his evenings at Astley's, and his criticism was conveyed in these emphatic words. 'Sir,' said he (his name is Ryder), 'it is the Buchan's Domestic Medicine of the stable; the mantle of Bucephalus has fallen upon Mr. Mayhew.' Every way the work is interesting, and it is beautifully got up; the paper and print being the best we have seen for some time."

TEA CULTIVATION,

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Embellished with more than 400 Engravings from Original Designs made expressly for this Work.

BY EDWARD MAYHEW, M.R.C.V.S.,

Author of "The Illustrated Horse Doctor," and other works.

In One Volume 8vo, pp. 612.

CONTENTS:

THE BODY of the horse anatomically considered.

PHYSIC.--The mode of administering it, and minor operations.

SHOEING.--Its origin, its uses, and its varieties.

THE TEETH.--Their natural growth, and the abuses to which they are liable.

FOOD.--The fittest time for feeding, and the kind of food which the horse naturally consumes.

THE EVILS which are occasioned by modern stables.

THE FAULTS inseparable from most present erections which are used as stables.

THE SO-CALLED "INCAPACITATING VICES," which are the results of injury or of disease.

STABLES as they should be.

GROOMS.--Their prejudices, their injuries, and their duties.

HORSE DEALERS.--Who they are; their mode of dealing; their profits; their morality, and their secrets.

POINTS.--Their relative importance, and where to look for their development.

BREEDING.--Its inconsistencies and its disappointments.

BREAKING AND TRAINING.--Their errors and their results.

CARRIAGES.--Their cost; their make; their excellences and their management.

SADDLERY, HARNESS, AND STABLE SUNDRIES.--Of what these consist; their application and their preservation.

_Mr. Mayhew's_ ILLUSTRATED HORSE DOCTOR, _and his companion volume_, THE ILLUSTRATED HORSE MANAGEMENT, _should be in the possession of all who keep horses_.

CRITICAL NOTICES.

ATHENÆUM, _Feb._ 20, 1864.--"Mr. Mayhew thoroughly comprehends the matter, and all masters of studs--we may say, every owner of a single pony or ass--will derive much profit and an equal amount of pleasure by perusing this volume; for the book is not only distinguished by common sense, but by its power of amusing. We never met with a volume which more honestly and efficiently carried out the promise made on its title-page. A large amount of English life, ways, manners, morals, dodges and doings is described by Mr. Mayhew, as well as more serious matter connected with the question which he so ably handles."

STANDARD, _Jan._ 27, 1864.--"It is, perhaps, the most perfect work yet published upon the management of horses. Everywhere Mr. Mayhew writes ably and readably, and with neither fear nor favour; his observations always commend themselves to one's understanding, and he hits fairly many blots in our present system of management. The engravings are exceedingly well executed, and they illustrate the text actually as well as nominally."

OBSERVER, _Jan._ 10, 1864.--"Mr. Mayhew is already favourably known to a large number of persons interested in the management of horses by a former work, with the title of the 'Illustrated Horse Doctor,' and the volume under notice will certainly add considerably to his reputation for extensive knowledge and thorough acquaintance with the subject with which he professes to deal. Mr. Mayhew also has some very useful remarks on the situation, nature and value of the various points to be looked for by the purchaser of a horse, and this useful information is supplemented by some very excellent and truthful remarks upon grooms, dealers, breeders, breakers and trainers, the whole forming a most valuable work for guidance and reference, and displaying in every page an earnest desire to improve the condition and treatment of one of the noblest and most serviceable animals provided for the use of man."

SPECTATOR, _Feb._ 6, 1864.--"No horseman who can afford to buy it will regret the purchase of Mr. Mayhew's 'Illustrated Horse Management.'"

BELL'S MESSENGER.--"There can be no question that Mr. Mayhew is the most competent man of the day for the task which he has undertaken, and we must add most satisfactorily accomplished. 'The Illustrated Horse Management' may be fitly termed an encyclopædia of all that relates to the horse, and the several uses to which it can be applied. We, therefore, earnestly recommend this handsome volume to our readers, with the conviction that every one who cares for his horse can profitably and pleasurably consult its well-stored pages."

SUN, _Jan._ 19, 1864.--"We have read Mr. Mayhew's book with all the attention which it so eminently merits, and we have no hesitation in asserting that it is the most comprehensive and instructive work on the subject of horse management which we have ever had the luck to meet with. The 'Illustrated Horse Management' is a work which should find a place in the library of every country gentleman, for the most experienced may derive benefit from its perusal."

NONCONFORMIST, _March_ 9, 1864.--"Grooms hate their masters to be too knowing, but whoever shall quietly study this book, and make it his guide for a few weeks in the observation and control of his own stable, will not afterwards feel himself to be dependent on his servants. Mr. Mayhew writes clearly, forcibly, and delightfully, and we earnestly recommend his book to every one who is the owner of even a pony for his children's use, while those who have extensive stables should read and read again every paragraph of its closely packed contents."

GLOBE, _Feb._ 22, 1864.--"Mr. Mayhew writes on a subject of which he is master; and his new book is a work of care, experience and general enlightenment, as concerns the management of horses."

ECONOMIST, _March_ 5, 1864.--"The 'Illustrated Horse Management,' by Edward Mayhew, is really a very useful book to all who are concerned with horses, either for pleasure or profit. To English farmers, who may be induced to breed horses, the various points of management which are insisted on by Mr. Mayhew in ample detail have a money value."

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THE HORSES OF THE SAHARA,

And the Manners of the Desert.

BY E. DAUMAS,

General of the Division Commanding at Bordeaux, Senator, &c., &c.

WITH COMMENTARIES BY THE EMIR ABD-EL-KADER (Authorized Edition).

In 8vo, cloth, price 10s. 6d., by post 11s. 2d.

CONTENTS:

=Part I.=

SOURCES OF INFORMATION.

Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader.--Treatise on the Horse.

ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ARAB HORSE.--Four great epochs; Creation of the horse; Change of coat; Moral qualities of the thorough-bred.

THE BARB.--Oneness of the race; Letter from M. Lesseps on the Alexandria races; Weight carried by African horses.

Traditional love of the horse; Arab proverbs.

Superiority of the horses of the Sahara.

BREEDS.--Incontestable purity of the Saharene Barb; Endurance of the Arab; Two varieties of the horse.

THE SIRE AND THE DAM.--Mare and foal; Influence of the sire; Purity of race.

REARING AND BREAKING IN.--Early training; Elementary Exercises; Names.

DIET.--Camel's and ewe's milk; Dates; Green food; Repose and fat injurious to a horse.

GROOMING, HYGIENE, PROPORTIONS.--Selection of food and water; How to foretell the size and character of a horse; Ingenious measurements.

COATS.--Variety of colours; White spots; Tufts; Favourite coats; Objectionable coats.

ON CHOOSING AND PURCHASING HORSES.

SHOEING.--Farriers; their privileges and tools; Cold shoeing.

THE HARNESS.--The Arab saddle; Advantages of the Arab system.

MAXIMS OF THE ARAB CAVALIER.--Endurance; Making the horse a study.

Horse-racing among the Arabs.

ABD-EL-KADER ON THE ARAB HORSE.--Examples of endurance; Reasons for early training; High price of mares; Identity of the Arab and the Barb; General instructions; Draught horses.

THE WAR HORSE.--His form and qualities.

=Part II.--The Manners of the Desert.=

The Arab horse derives his character from his Arab master.

THE SAHARA, BY ABD-EL-KADER.

THE RAZZIA.--Three kinds of razzia: the Tehha, the Khrotefa, the Terbigue; Episodes; Popular chaunt; The combat; Circumstantial details.

THE KHRIANIA, OR THEFT.--Horse, camel, and sheep stealing; Superstitions.

WAR BETWEEN DESERT TRIBES.--Motives; Proclamation of war; Summoning allies; Departure; Amorous intrigues; Thefts; Scouts; Preliminaries of peace; Saharene diplomacy; Conclusion of peace; Hostilities; The eve of battle; Challenges; War cries; The Battle; Defeat; Victory; Anecdotes.

Lamentations of an Arab warrior.

USAGES OF WAR.--Distribution of the plunder; The chief; Loan of a horse; Female spectators of the battle.

The horse of noble race.

OSTRICH HUNTING.--On horseback; Details of the excursion; From an ambush; Habits of the ostrich.

GAZELLE HUNTING.--THE GREYHOUND.

HAWKING.

THE CHACE, BY ABD-EL-KADER.--The gazelle; The hyæna; The panther; The lion; modes of hunting.

THE CAMEL.--Management, Diet, &c.

THE SHEEP.--Immense flocks; Their usefulness in the Sahara.

LIFE IN THE DESERT.--The villager; The master of the tent; Sobriety; Runners; Inventory of a wealthy Arab's fortune; His occupations; Armourers; Legislation; Women's employment; Hospitality; Mendicants; Sorcerers; Magic; Religion.

THE ARAB ARISTOCRACY.--The thorny shrub and the date-tree; The Sherifs; The marabouts and the _djouad_; A great tent; The _vendetta_; Examples; Blood money; _Lex talionis_; Birth, education, and marriage; Polygamy; An Arab interior; Amusements; Death; Funeral rites.

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OBSERVER, _May_ 3, 1863.--"There is not a page in this book from which we may not gather useful hints or valuable information respecting the nature, habits and management of horses."

EDINBURGH COURANT.--"We have rarely read a work giving a more picturesque and, at the same time, practical account of the manners and customs of a people, than this book on the Arabs and their horses."

+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber Notes: | | | | P. 109. 'prfoessional men.', changed 'prfoessional' to | | 'professional'. | | Changed all instances of 'negociation' to 'negotiation'. | | P. 313. Changed 'verry' to 'very', in 'I congratulate you very'. | | P. 318. Changed 'shokking' and 'childern' to 'shocking' and | | 'children', in 'a shocking bloodshed between children'. | | P. 320. Changed 'scilence' to 'silence', in 'so long a silence'. | | P. 324. Added 'a' to 'wishes you a great deal of good'. | | P. 325. Changed 'monts' to 'months', in 'two or three months'. | | P. 329. Index: Arnim, Her, changed 'Her' to 'Herr'. | | P. 334. Index: Schack, added 'from' to 'and expelled from the | | court'. | | Index: Struensee, his important reforms--added page number '39'. | | Add 18: 'Breakinig and training', changed 'Breakinig' to | | 'Breaking'. | | Corrected various punctuation. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+