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December 13,1856.] THE LEADER. 1199
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December 13,1856.] The Leader. 1199
December 13 , 1856 . ] THE LEADER . 1199
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In course of publication , price . " s . eacli , a Series of P HOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS of LIVING CELEBRITIES . By : MAULL and POLYBLANK . "With appvopriato Biographical Notices . T / m December dumber contains :- — PROCESSOR GRAHAM , M . A ., F . R . S . Already J uhlis 7 ie < l : — No . 1 . containing PROFESSOR OWEN , P . R . S ., & c . No . 2 . „ The Rijrht . Hon . T . B . M . ACAULAY . No . 8 . „ ROHliRT STEPUENSON , Esa-, M . P ., P . U . S ., & e . No . 4 , „ . T . A . UOKHUCK , Esq ., M . P . P . R . S ., & c . No . 5 . „ Sir It . O . BRODIE , Bart ., D . CL ., V . P . R . S ., Ac . No . G . „ E . H . UAHA" Rsa ., R . A . No . 7 . „ SAMUEL WARKEN , Esq ., Q . C .. M . P . London ; 1 \ Ia ui . t . and Pota * iu . an k , 55 , Graccchurch-street ; DA . YID Bogui ; , SU , Pleet-street , and all Book and l'rintsollora .
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ITALTAN AND PllEXCll LANGUAGES . M R . ARUI . VABENE , D . LL ,, from the Universityof l ' mlua , who Ikis been i ^ tablislicd in London wtlircoyears , ( , 'ivcniirivato lessons in Italian and French JC ma own houso , or tho liouses of his pupils . He also at-5 ° "as Sohool . s botli in town inul country . Mr . AR . IUVAJ > iaNB teaches on a plan thoroughly praoticul , and I ho S ^ ost ineiliocro mind cannot fail to thorougUly eoniproheiul ,- Apply by letter to Mr . AURIVABENE , No . 1 , St , Miclmcl ' s-pltvco . JJroniptoii .
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' ¦ . . " . ¦¦ ¦ . : ; ¦ - . NEW-EDITION . " : " ' : . ' ; ' : ' This day is published , in 8 vo , price 12 s ., the Second Edition of BOTH WE LL : A POEM . By WILLIAM EDMONDSTOLTNE AYTOUN , D . C . L ., Author of "Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers , " & c . ¦ Wihiam Bxackwood and Sons , Idinburgh and london . Next week will be published , iu small Svo , JESSIE CAMERON : ^ t ¦ : i 5 ig 3 jlantf gtorn . THE LADY-ItACHEl B"UTLER . Wir-LIAM Biackwood and Sons , Edinburgh and London .
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NEW EDITION OF CAPTAIN BURTON ' S NARRATIVE OP HIS PILGRIMAGE TO MEDINA AND MECCA . Nearly ready , in 2 rols ., ctowil 8 vo , with Plan , Woodcuts , and coloured Plates , PERSONAL NARRATIVE of a PILGRIMAGE to EL-MEDINAH andMECCAH . By BICHARD P . BURTON , Bombay Army- Second Edition , revised , complete in two volumes , with several additional Dlluatrationa from Drawings by the Author . By the same Author , 8 vo , with Maps and Coloured Plates , price 189 ., FIRST FOOTSTEPS in EAST AFRICA !; or , an Exploration of Harar . v London : Losgmaw , Bfiowir , Geeeh , LpwOMAas'S , and ROBEKXS .
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Post 8 vo , cloth , boards , price 7 a . 6 d ., T HE LIFE OP HENRY FIELDING ; with Notices of his Writings , his Times , and his Contemporaries . . By -FREDERICK LAWRENCE , of the Middle Temple , Barristcr-at-liwv . "Next to Torster ' s ' Goldsmith , ' this is one of tlio best biographies wo have read for many a long day . "—Atlas . " Air . Lawrence has produced a charming book ' , replete with anecdote , brimful of literary gossip illustrative of the age , and sparkling with vivacious illustration , and just criticism .. "—IHspatch . " A Biography more interesting in itself , or more captivating from tlio graceful ease of its stylo , has seldom issued from the press . "—Standard .. London : AimiUB , Hah , Yiktoe , and Co .
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Entirely new Illustrated Edition , crown 8 vo , cloth , 3 s . Cd ., THE MORMONS . By CHARLES MAOKAY , LL-D . An Authentic Account of tho Bis © , Progress , aud Present State of this mew Keligious Sect , containing various Olllcinl Documents and very important Revolutions . Illustrated with 40 Engravings , including portraits of tho leading Mormons , and views of their settlements , from original sources . London ; "Wakd and Lock , and tvll Booksellors-
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Recently published , in 8 vo , prico 7 s . Cd . cloth , AN ESSAY on INTUIT I YE MORALS . Part 1 . Theory of Morals . " Tho writer of tliis treatise ably combats tlio system whidi resolves tlio lawof ethics into interest or expediency . " — Literary Gazette . " It is a most noblo performance—tlio work of amnsciilino anil lofty mind . Tho sentiments aro always olovatcd and frequently sublime . "—Caledonian Mercury . London : Joiix Chapman , 8 , KinK William « trcot , Strand ;
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Just published , prico 2 s ., poat free 2 a . 6 d ., AN ESSAY ON SPERMATORRHOEA ; its Naturo and Treatment , with an exposition of tlio lVtuuIy that aro practised by persons who advorfcizo the speedy , safe , and uU ' uutual euro or Nervous DoraiiKomont . By A MEMBER OP THE ROYAL COLLEGE Ob ' PHYSICIANS , London . London : W . Keni and Co ., 51 and 52 , Patcrnostcr-row .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 13, 1856, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13121856/page/23/
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