The Quarterly Review Volume 106 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: ... who relied upon the good tail of Mr. Reeve,"and the well-known care with which he issues the splendid illustrated works for which hU house is celebrated. It contains representations of buildings rnnftrkable for beauty and historical interest, the rarest objects contained in our repositories f science and art, and some of our most romantic bits of scenery. They are in the highest ttrle of photographic art, being executed by Fenton, Taylor, Brownrigg, and other eminent photographers. Each plaU is described in full, and some of the most eminent men of the dny tare contributed to make the work complete. Thus in the number before us we find a ascription of the Megatherium by Professor Owen, and that of the vegetable wonder, the laafbtida plant, by Professor Balfour.'--Liverpool Courier. On the 1st of November will be published, Na. 17 (commencing Vol. Z/.), price 2s. 6d., containing I-Bu Fossil Gallery of the British Museum, with the Gigantic Irish Deer in the foreground. Photographed by R. Feston. The description by Prof. Owen, F.R.S.: Hie Great Geyser Boiling Spring of Iceland, taken immediately after an eruption while the basin is yet steaming. Photographed by Captain Henry. L The Gallery of Colossal Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum. Photographed by R. Festos. - No. X VIII., to be published on Ibo 1st of December, will contain a beautiful Series of Stereographs illustrative of the Elgin Marbles. LOVELL REEVE, 5, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. LANE'S TRANSLATION OF THE AEABIAN NIGHTS. Now ready, with 600 Illustrations, 3 vols. 8vo., 42j., . The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. TRANSLATED FKOM THE ARABIC, WITH COPIOUS NOTES. BY E. W. LANE, AUTHOR OF THE 'MODERN EGYPTIANS.' A SEW EDITION, WITH ALL THE TRANSLATOR'S ORIGINAL XOTSS RESTORED. Ed...