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Just when you thought Modern Cookery was finally over, the publisher hits us with a thirty-six-page advertising supplement. The very first item is Webster's Encyclopædia, which lives on as one of the principal donors to the informational parts of Beeton's Book of Household Management ("Mrs. Beeton"). There's no telling how many of the other listed titles—notably the assorted encyclopedias and general reference works—were also on the Beetons' bookshelves.
Many books are described as "Post 8vo." But what does "Post" mean? William Savage's Dictionary of the Art of Printing, published by Longman's just a few years before the present book, offers at least three possibilities. There's Small Post, 6¾ × 4⅛ octavo, or about the size of a modern-day mass-market paperback; Thick and Thin Post, 7⅝ × 4⅞; and finally Extra Large Post, 8¼ × 5¼, approaching the size of a smallish hardcover or trade paperback. Take your pick. The same useful source allows us to look up other named sizes: Atlas, Columbier, Foolscap ("fcap.").
Throughout the catalogue, prices vary at random between forms with or without pounds: here a 3l. 3s., there a 63s.. A fair number of them work out to guineas (multiples of 21s., including the popular 31s. 6d.), indicating books aimed at the upper-class purchaser. But the actual word "guinea" is never used.
Formalities: The name "Gottingen" is always given without umlaut, although accents and umlauts are used appropriately everywhere else. "Van Dieman's Land" is consistently spelled that way; it is properly Van Diemen's. (Some ten years later the island was renamed Tasmania, which has enough a's to please any editor.)
In the advertising section only, missing periods (full . stop) in prices or at the end of a paragraph have been silently supplied.
AN ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY; Comprising such subjects as are most immediately connected with Housekeeping; as, The Construction of Domestic Edifices, with the modes of Warming, Ventilating, and Lighting them—A description of the various articles of Furniture, with the nature of their Materials—Duties of Servants—A general account of the Animal and Vegetable Substances used as Food, and the methods of preserving and preparing them by Cooking—Making Bread—The Chemical Nature and the Preparation of all kinds of Fermented Liquors used as Beverage—Materials employed in Dress and the Toilet—Business of the Laundry—Description of the various Wheel Carriages—Preservation of Health—Domestic Medicine, &c., &c. By Thomas Webster, F.G.S., &c.; assisted by the late Mrs. Parkes, author of "Domestic Duties." 8vo. illustrated with nearly 1000 Woodcuts. 50s.
A TREATISE ON DOMESTIC ECONOMY. By M. Donovan, Esq., M.R.I.A., Professor of Chemistry to the Company of Apothecaries in Ireland. 2 vols. foolscap 8vo. with Vignette Titles. 12s.
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON BREWING. Based on Chemical and Economical Principles: with Formulæ for Public Brewers, and Instructions for Private Families. By William Black. Third Edition, revised and corrected, with considerable Additions. The Additions revised by Professor Graham, of the London University. 8vo. 10s. 6d.
A TREATISE ON FOOD AND DIET: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen suited for Disordered State of the Digestive Organs; and an Account of the Dietaries of some of the principal Metropolitan and other Establishments for Paupers, Lunatics, Criminals, Children, the Sick, &c. By Jon. Pereira, M.D., F.R.S., author of "Elements of Materia Medica." 8vo. 16s.[2]
DOMESTIC DUTIES; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs. W. Parkes. 5th Edition. Foolscap 8vo. 9s.
THE VEGETABLE CULTIVATOR; containing a plain and accurate Description of all the different Species of Culinary Vegetables, with the most approved Method of Cultivating them by Natural and Artificial Means, and the best Modes of Cooking them; alphabetically arranged. Together with a Description of the Physical Herbs in General Use. Also, some Recollections of the Life of Philip Miller, F.A.S., Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries at Chelsea. By John Rogers, Author of "The Fruit Cultivator." Second Edition. Foolscap, 8vo. 7s.
THE DOMESTIC MANAGEMENT OF THE SICK ROOM, necessary, in Aid of Medical Treatment, for the Cure of Diseases. By Anthony Todd Thomson, M.D., F.L.S., etc. Post 8vo. 10s. 6d.
HINT TO MOTHERS, for the Management of Health during the Period of Pregnancy and in the Lying-in-Room; with an Exposure of Popular Errors in connexion with those subjects. By Thomas Bull, M.D., Physician Accoucheur to the Finsbury Midwifery Institution, &c. &c. Fourth Edition, revised and considerably enlarged. Foolscap 8vo. 7s.
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF VENTILATION: with Remarks on Warming, Exclusive Lighting, and the Communication of Sound. By D. B. Reid, M.D., F.R.S.E., etc. 8vo. with Diagrams, and 320 Engravings on Wood. 16s.
WOMAN IN HER SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC CHARACTER. By Mrs. John Sandford. Sixth Edition. Foolscap 8vo. 6s.
THE MOTHER'S PRIMER: a Little Child's First Steps in many Ways. By Mrs. Felix Summerley. Foolscap 8vo. printed in Colours, with a Frontispiece drawn on zinc by William Mulready, R.A. 1s.[3]
FEMALE IMPROVEMENT. By Mrs. John Sandford. Second Edition. Foolscap 8vo. 7s. 6d.
A DIAMOND LATIN ENGLISH DICTIONARY, for the Waistcoat-pocket. A Guide to the Meaning, Quality, and Right Accentuation of Latin Classical Words. By the Rev. J. E. Riddle, M.A. Royal 32mo. 4s.
THE HAND-BOOK OF TASTE; or, How to Observe Works of Art, especially Cartoons, Pictures, and Statues. 2d Edition. By Fabius Pictor. Fcap. 8vo., 3s.
HINTS ON ETIQUETTE AND THE USAGES OF SOCIETY; With a Glance at Bad Habits. By Αγωγός. "Manners make the Man." 25th Edition, revised (with additions) by a Lady of Rank. Fcap. 8vo., 2s. 6d.
HINTS ON LIFE; or How to Rise in Society. By C. B. C. Amicus. Fcap. 8vo. with Frontispiece by John Leech, 5s.
THE PARENT'S HAND-BOOK; or, Guide to the Choice of Professions, Employments, and Situations; containing useful and Practical Information on the subject of placing out Young Men, and of obtaining their Education with a view to particular occupations. By J. C. Hudson, Esq., author of "Plain Directions for Making Wills." Fcap. 8vo. 5s.
PLAIN DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING WILLS in Conformity with the Law, and particularly with reference to the Act 7 Wm. IV., and 1 Vict. c. 26. To which is added, a clear Exposition of the Law relating to the Distribution of Personal Estate in the case of Intestacy; with two Forms of Wills, and much useful information, &c. By J. C. Hudson, Esq. 13th Edition, corrected, with Notes of Cases judicially decided since the above Act came into operation. Fcap. 8vo., 2s. 6d.
THE EXECUTOR'S GUIDE. By J. C. Hudson, Esq., of the Legacy Duty Office, London: author of "Plain Directions for Making Wills," and "The Parent's Hand-Book." 4th Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 5s.
⁂ The above two works may be had in One Volume, price 7s.[4]
A DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART; comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in general use. Edited by W. T. Brande, F.R.S.L. and E.; assisted by Joseph Cauvin, Esq. The various departments are by Gentlemen of eminence in each. 8vo., illustrated by Wood-engravings, 3l.
THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE AND LIBRARY OF REFERENCE: containing a new and enlarged Dictionary of the English Language, preceded by a Compendious Grammar, Verbal Distinctions, &c., a new Universal Gazetteer; a Compendious Classical Dictionary; a Chronological Analysis of General History; a Dictionary of Law Terms, &c. &c. By Samuel Maunder. 14th Edition. Fcap. 8vo., with two engraved Frontispieces. 8s. 6d.; bound in roan, 10s. 6d.
THE SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY TREASURY: A New and Popular Encyclopædia of Science and the Belles Lettres; including all Branches of Science, and every Subject connected with Literature and Art. The whole written in a familiar style, adapted to the comprehension of all persons desirous of acquiring information on the subjects comprised in the work, and adapted also for a Manual of convenient Reference to the more instructed. By Samuel Maunder. 3rd Edition. Fcap. 8vo. with an engraved Frontispiece. 10s.; bound in roan, 12s.
THE BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY: Consisting of Memoirs, Sketches, and brief Notices of above 12,000 Eminent Persons of all Ages and Nations, from the Earliest Period of History; forming a new and complete Dictionary of Universal Biography. 4th Edition, with a "Supplement," from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the Present time. Fcap. 8vo. with an engraved Frontispiece, 8s. 6d.; bound in roan, 10s. 6d.
THE TREASURY OF HISTORY; Comprising a General Introductory Outline of Universal History, Ancient and Modern, and a Series of separate Histories of every principal Nation that exists; developing their Rise, Progress, and Present Condition, the Moral and Social Character of their respective Inhabitants, their Religion, Manners, and Customs, &c. &c. By Samuel Maunder. Fcap. 8vo. 10s.; bound in roan, 12s.
January, 1845.
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WRIGHT (THOS.)—THE HISTORY OF SOCIETY IN ENGLAND DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. By Thomas Wright, Esq. M.A. F.S.A., Corresponding Member of the Institute of France. 2 vols. 8vo. In the press.
1. The Peasant, or Serf.
2. The Feudal Landholder.
3. The Ribald, or Parasite Class.
4. The Burgher.
5. The King.
6. The Clergy.
London: Printed by Manning and Mason, Ivy-lane, St. Paul's.
It's not me, it's the typesetter. After no. V (Domestic Duties), shillings and pence in the remaining three pages of the big-print ads were printed without italics.
[pg 2] COMMERCE AND MERCANTILE AFFAIRS . . . Thomson's Tables of Interest 30
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HISTORY AND CRITICISM . . . Adair's (Sir R.), Memoir of a Mission to Vienna
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. . . Grant (Mrs.) Memoir and Corespondence
[The previous page, under Biography, has the expected spelling "Correspondence". Just how many times was Mrs. Grant named as a Co-respondent, and what did Mr. Grant have to say about it all?]
JUVENILE BOOKS . . . Pycroft's (the Rev. J.), English Reading
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[pg 3] MISCELLANEOUS.
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[pg. 8] POPULAR CONCHOLOGY . . . It will furnish the young entomologist with an elementary manual
[In 1845, was conchology considered a subspecialty of entomology? The imagination boggles.]
THE COLLEGIAN'S GUIDE . . . By * * * * * * * * * *
[A second edition of the Collegian's Guide came out in 1858, with the author identified as "The Rev. James Pycroft, B.A., Trinity College, Oxford". The first edition has "The Rev. * * * * * * * * * *, M.A." Did Oxford revoke his degree?]
. . . "A volume of this kind has long been wanted.
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[pg. 9] A DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL MEDICINE . . . To be completed in one more Volume
[In the meantime, try not to come down with any illness or condition falling in the final 33% of the alphabet.]
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION . . . M. Dahlmann is a very earnest as well as intelligent writer
[Or, if you prefer, Herr Dahlmann. The custom of addressing Europeans by their own language's honorifics, as if Herr and Monsieur were hereditary titles with no English equivalent, is said to be a uniquely English one. Further along on the same page, the Marquis de Custine is referred to as "Monsieur"—the exact equivalent of calling a British peer "Mr."]
[pg. 10] . . . NEW SOUTH WALES AND VAN DIEMAN'S LAND . . . their Ex. Ex. the Governors
[They couldn't just say "Exx."? The "Ex. Ex." comes at the end of a line, so it may have been a typesetting blunder.]
[pg. 12] NEW GENERAL LARGE LIBRARY ATLAS . . . on Columbier Paper
[At 23½ x 34½, Columbier was half an inch longer—and several inches narrower—than Atlas.]
LIFE AND TIMES OF RICHARD THE THIRD . . . with the Statements of the Cotemporary Authorities
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. . . We consider Miss Halstead's work
[Few things inspire confidence like a book review that misspells the author's name. If the said name seems familiar, you may be thinking of Caroline Hampton Halsted, the scrub nurse who pioneered the use of surgical gloves.]
HAND-BOOK OF TASTE . . . and afterwards stitched up with our catalogue
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[pg. 13] LECTURES ON PAINTING AND DESIGN . . . the Royal Institution, Albermarle
text unchanged: expected Albemarle
[From the American edition of this book I learn that if you are walking with a friend, and happen to meet an acquaintance, you must not introduce them. In a few places the American editor points out that we do some things differently over here; but evidently, introducing people without their prior express consent is not one of them.]
[pg. 15] THE ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES . . . Vatican, Escurial, Ambrosian, and other great Libraries
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ILLUMINATED CALENDAR . . . A work that will find its way into the boudoir of every lady of taste
[Where a "lady of taste" is defined as any woman who can afford to spend two guineas (42s.) on a calendar.]
[pg. 16] AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY . . . Motions, Noises, Hybernation, Instinct, etc.
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GRAMINA BRITANNICA . . . cannot use the technical descriptions or analytical figures
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[pg. 17] CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF NORWAY . . . Snorro Sturleson
[The spelling is Laing's, not the publisher's. It's properly Snorre or Snorri, depending on your linguistic orientation.]
CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA . . . One Hundred and Thirty-three Volumes, 39l. 18s. . . . The Works separate, 6s. per volume.
[You'd think there would be some discount for buying the whole set, but the price is exactly the same either way.]
[pg. 18] INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY . . . Prof. J. Lindley, Ph.D. F.R.S.L.S.
[That "Ph.D." prompted me to look him up, since English universities notoriously didn't give academic doctorates—as opposed to professonial degrees such as LL.D.—until the 20th century. Botanist-horticulturist John Lindley (1799–1865) is known as, among other things, "the father of orchidology". He was elected a F.R.S. in 1828 at an impressively early age. The Ph.D. was an honorary one, conferred by the University of Munich in 1832; in real life he was never able to go to university at all.]
GUIDE TO THE ORCHARD AND KITCHEN GARDEN . . . with Kalendars of the Work required
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[The editor, "Professor Lindley", was the author's son John.]
[pg. 19] THE SUBURBAN GARDENER . . . from one perch to fifty acres
[The perch—another name for the rod—is more often a unit of linear measure, 16½ ft or just over 5m. But here it's a square perch, which works out to 1/160 acre. I do hope he's talking about garden plots; an entire property of 25m2 would be just about enough for a playhouse.]
THE BREEDS OF THE DOMESTICATED ANIMALS . . . In 2 vols. atlas quarto
[Atlas paper was 26¼ × 34 inches—unless the publisher here means Double Atlas, which is a whopping 55 × 31½. (For comparison purposes, an ordinary newspaper is 23½ × 29½.) In quarto, the book would then be exactly half this size—whichever it is—each way.]
. . . Or in four separate portions, as follow:
[If you buy the book in four parts, you will pay a total of 18l. 9s., as opposed to 16l. 16s. for the two-volume edition.]
[pg. 20] MACAULAY . . . the Right Hon. Thomas Babington Macaulay, M.P.
[In 1857 Macaulay was honored—or kicked upstairs, if you prefer—with a peerage. Later sources always refer to him as "1st Baron Macaulay"; since he had no heirs, he was also the last Baron Macaulay. He died in 1859, making it one of England's shorter-lived titles all around.]
A DICTIONARY . . . OF COMMERCE, AND COMMERCIAL NAVIGATION . . . Abridged from The Spectator of March 16, 1844.
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[pg. 21] CONVERSATIONS ON CHEMISTRY
[This title was the flagship of Jane Marcet's "Conversations on . . ." franchise. As you can tell by the edition number, it was enormously popular through the first half of the 19th century.]
CONVERSATIONS ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . . . In which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained
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THE SETTLERS IN CANADA . . . By Captain Marryat,
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[pg. 22] BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY . . . brought down to December 1844.
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[pg. 23] INTRODUCTION TO A SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM OF MYTHOLOGY . . . C. O. Müller
[That's Carl (or Karl) Otfried Müller, no relation to Max.]
[pg. 25] THE HISTORY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . . . Baden Powell, M.A., Savilian Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford
[Baden Powell (1796–1860) was married three times, leaving a total of fourteen children, the last of them born only weeks before he died. After his death, his widow changed the family name; his twelfth child is consequently known to history as Robert Baden-Powell.]
PYCROFT . . . the Rev. James Pycroft, B.A., Trinity College, Oxford
[Otherwise known as "The Rev. * * * * * * * * * *, M.A., —— College, Oxford". Perhaps the Master's degree was simply part of the disguise.]
A DIAMOND LATIN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . . . Royal 32mo.
[Around 3 × 5 inches, according to Savage. Waistcoat-pocket indeed.]
ECCLESIASTICAL CHRONOLOGY . . . To which are added, Lists of Councils and Popes, Patriarchs, and Archbishops of Canterbury
["Oi! What about me?" —Archbishop of York.]
[pg. 26] THE ROSE AMATEUR'S GUIDE . . . Mr. Rivers is the best authority on the subject of the cultivation of the rose; his book is unexceptionable and comprehensive, and supplies, indeed, all the information regarding the various varieties that can be desired
[Look up the full text of the Gentleman's Magazine review, and you will find that it goes on to say "but it's just . . . so . . . borrring".]
[pg. 29] A TREATISE ON MALACOLOGY . . . By W. Swainson, Esq.
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[The Rev. Tayler might have saved his breath. In 1845, approximately five minutes after this advertising supplement was printed, Tractarian leader John Henry Newman converted to Catholicism. It was pretty much the last nail in the coffin for Tractarianism, otherwise known as the Oxford Movement.]
[pg. 30] THOMSON'S SEASONS.
[Watch This Space.]
. . . H. J. Townsend.
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[Spelling unchanged; everywhere else it is "Linnæan".]
[pg. 32] THE ENGINES OF WAR, ETC. . . . with Details the Diary various miscellaneous Experiments
[Text unchanged. Perhaps the typesetter was getting as tired as I am.]
The original of this text is in the public domain—at least in the U.S.
My notes are copyright, as are all under-the-hood elements.
If in doubt, ask.