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Page 95 - The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary. A new and complete dictionary of the terms used in Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Chemistry, and kindred branches; with over 100 new and elaborate tables and many handsome illustrations. By WA NEWMAN BORLAND, MD, Editor of "The American Pocket Medical Dictionary.
Page 188 - The best books ; a reader's guide to the choice of the best available books (about 100,000) in every department of science, art and literature, with the dates of the first and last editions, and the price, size and publisher's name (both English and American) of each book ; a contribution towards systematic bibliography, by William Swan Sonnenschein.
Page 42 - THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES. Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and assist in Literary Composition. By PETER MARK ROGET, MD, FRS Recomposed throughout, enlarged and improved, partly from the Author's Notes, and with a full Index, by the Author's Son, JOHN LEWIS ROGET. Crown 8vo, 9s. net. Willich.— POPULAR TABLES for giving information for ascertaining the value of Lifehold, Leasehold, and Church Property, the Public Funds, etc.
Page 156 - Royal Atlas of Modern Geography. Exhibiting, in a series of entirely original and authentic maps, the present condition of geographical discovery and research in the several countries, empires, and states of the world.
Page 156 - Wales, a series of 84 plates of maps and plans, with descriptive text, illustrating the topography, physiography, geology, climate, and the political and commercial features of the country. Designed by and prepared under the direction of JG BARTHOLOMEW.
Page 110 - The Century cyclopedia of names. A pronouncing and etymological dictionary of names in geography, biography, mythology, history, ethnology, art, archaeology, fiction, etc., etc., etc.
Page 96 - THE NATIONAL DISPENSATORY: Containing the Natural History, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Actions and Uses of Medicines...
Page 121 - Vedic Concordance : being an alphabetic index to every line of every stanza of the published Vedic literature and to the liturgical formulas thereof, that is, an index to the Vedic mantras, together with an account of their variations in the different Vedic books.
Page 41 - It was proposed that materials should be collected for a Dictionary which, by the completeness of its vocabulary, and by the application of the historical method to the life and use of words, might be worthy of the English language and of English scholarship.
Page 104 - Music dictionary; containing the definition and pronunciation of such terms and signs as are used in modern music; together with a list of foreign composers and artists . . . and a short English-Italian vocabulary of musical words and expressions.