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13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET,

October 1, 1851.

COLBURN & CO.'S LIST

OF

Interesting New Works,

OF THE PRESENT SEASON.

TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS.

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COLBURN AND CO.'S NEW PUBLICATIONS.

CAPTAIN SPENCER'S NEW WORK.

Just ready, in 2 vols. 8vo, with an Original Map and Illustrations.

TRAVELS IN EUROPEAN TURKEY

IN 1850:

THROUGH BOSNIA, SERVIA, BULGARIA, MACEDONIA,
ROUMELIA, ALBANIA, AND EPIRUS;

WITH A VISIT TO GREECE, AND THE IONIAN ISLES; AND A HOMEWARD TOUR
THROUGH HUNGARY AND THE SCLAVONIAN PROVINCES OF AUSTRIA
ON THE LOWER DANUBE.

By EDMUND SPENCER, ESQ.

Author of "Travels in Circassia," &c.

JUDGE HALIBURTON'S NEW WORK.

Now ready in 2 vols. post 8vo, 21s. bound.

RULE AND MISRULE OF

THE ENGLISH

IN AMERICA.

By the Author of " Sam Slick," "The Old Judge," &c.

"A most attractive work."-Standard.

"Invaluable for its accuracy and impartiality."-Herald.

"The cleverest volumes Judge Haliburton has ever produced — Messenger. "It is needless for us to say of any work from the pen of this eminent writer that the style is lively and entertaining, and that these volumes are amongst the most deserving works which the literature of the present year has brought forth."-Morning Post.

"We conceive this work to be by far the most valuable and important Judge Haliburton has ever written. The exhaustless fund of humour-quiet, yet rich and racy, and at the same time overflowing with the milk of human kindness -which his writings display on one hand, and the wonderful knowledge of man's character, in all its countless varieties, which they exhibit on the other, have insured for them a high, and honourable, and enduring station in English literature. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to arise from the perusal of any of Mr. Haliburton's performances without having become both wiser and better. His English in America' is, however, a production of a yet more exalted order. While teeming with interest, moral and historical, to the general reader, it may be regarded as equally constituting a philosophical study for the politician and the statesman. It will be found to dissipate many popular errors. and to let in a flood of light upon the actual origin, formation, and progress of the republic of the United States."-Naval and Military Gazette.

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COLBURN AND CO.'S NEW PUBLICATIONS.

NEW TRAVELS IN THE HOLY LAND.

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Now ready, in 2 vols. with Illustrations, 21s. bound.

EIGHT YEARS

IN PALESTINE, SYRIA, AND ASIA MINOR,

FROM 1842 TO 1850.

By F. A. NEALE, Esq., Late attached to the Consular Service in Syria.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

"One of the best accounts of the country and people that has been published of late years."- Spectator.

"A highly entertaining book, presenting a lively picture of Levantine life in all its varied aspects."-John Bull.

"A very agreeable book. Mr. Neale is evidently quite familiar with the East, and writes in a lively, shrewd, and good-humoured manner. A great deal of information is to be found in his pages."—Athenæum.

"Deeply interesting volumes. We have rarely met with a work from which we have derived so much pleasure and profit."-Messenger.

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"Mr. Neale's book will claim the highest rank among works of this class. His long wanderings of eight years in the regions he describes have made him thoroughly familar with localities, and with the domestic life of the population. Nothing can be more graphic than his picturesque descriptions; nothing more amusing than his sketches of native society; more piquant or more diverting than his stories, anecdotes, and adventures. He takes us out of the beaten track of tourists into the nooks and corners, as well as into the cities and towns. He tells us everything of such places as Jerusalem, Antioch, Aleppo, Beyrout; but we now go for the first time to Beilan, Nargheslik, Alexandretta, Daphne's Cataracts, &c., &c. As might be expected in the narrative of one so familiar with what he treats of, the book is replete with new and valuable information." - United Service Magazine.

COLBURN AND CO.'S NEW PUBLICATIONS.

SPAIN AS IT IS.

By G. A. HOSKINS, ESQ.

Author of "Travels in Ethiopia," "A Visit to the Great Oasis," &c. 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound.

KHARTOUM,

AND THE BLUE AND WHITE NILES.

By GEORGE MELLY, ESQ.

2 vols., with Maps and Illustrations, 21s. bound.

NARRATIVE OF

FIVE YEARS' RESIDENCE AT NEPAUL.

By THOMAS SMITH, ESQ.

Late Captain Bengal Native Infantry; Assistant Political Resident at Nepaul 1 vol., with Portrait, Map, &c. (just ready).

SCENES FROM SCRIPTURE.

By the REV. G. CROLY, LL.D.

Author of "Salathiel," &c., 1 vol., 10s. 6d. bound.

PRINCIPAL CONTENTS:

The Last Day of Jerusalem-Esther-The Third Temptation-The Vision of God-The Sixth Seal-The Power of Prayer-Belshazzar-MalachiBalak and Balaam - Ezekiel - John the Baptist - The Prophecy of Jerusalem-Elisha in Dothan-The Woe upon Israel-The Judgment Day, &c.

"Eminent in every mode of literature, Dr. Croly stands, in our judgment, - first among the living poets of Great Britain-the only man of our day entitled by his power to venture within the sacred circle of religious poets."-Standard

"The appearance of a volume of poems from a writer of such high repute as the author of 'Salathiel,' is an event in the history of modern literature. With a vigour of language in harmony with the subjects he has chosen, Dr. Croly has presented to us, in a poetic form, some of the most striking and instructive incidents in the sacred volume."-Messenger.

"This volume will be extensively read and admired. It is one of great interest, variety, and merit."-Post.

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This work deserves to be placed in the highest ranks of sacred poetry."— Atlas.

"An admirable addition to the library of religious families."-John Bull.

COLBURN AND CO.'S NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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New Works of Fiction, by Distinguished Writers.

MRS. MATHEWS; OR, FAMILY MYSTERIES.

By MRS. TROLLOPE.

Author of "Father Eustace," "The Barnabys," &c.

3 vols.

CÉCILE, THE PERVERT.

By the Author of “Rockingham.”. 1 vol.

FALKENBERG.

By the Author of "Mildred Vernon." 3 vols. (Just ready.)

ALBAN: A TALE.
By the Author of "Lady Alice." 3 vols.

THE LIVINGSTONS.

A STORY OF REAL LIFE. 3 vols.

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A NEW STORY OF SCOTTISH LIFE. By the Author of "Margaret Maitland," "Merkland," and "Caleb Field."

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