BY JOHN TIMBS, F.S.A.

Schooldays of Eminent Men. With Sketches of the Progress of Education from the Reign of King Alfred to that of Queen Victoria, and Memoirs of the School and College Days of the most Eminent Men in British History. With Illustrations, 5s.

Curiosities of Science; Past and Present. Contents—Physical Phenomena—Sound and Light—Astronomy—Geology and Paleontology—Meteorological Phenomena—Physical Geography of the Sea—Phenomena of Heat—Magnetism and Electricity—The Electric Telegraph. With Frontispiece and Vignette. Price 3s. 6d.

Popular Errors Explained and Illustrated. An entirely New Edition. With Frontispiece and Vignette. Price 3s. 6d.

Curiosities of History; with New Lights. With Frontispiece and Vignette. Price 3s. 6d.

"A cabinet volume, well stored, well arranged, pleasant to read, useful to consult; containing a multitude of historical elucidations, neatly stated, and judiciously grouped."—Leader.

Things Not Generally Known Familiarly Explained. With Frontispiece and Vignette. Price 3s. 6d.

"Any one who reads and remembers Mr. Timbs's encyclopÆdic varieties should ever after be a good tea-table talker, an excellent companion for children, a well read person, and a proficient lecturer; for Mr. Timbs has stored up in this little volume more knowledge than is to be found in 100 books that might be named."—AthenÆum.

? A Second Volume of "Things Not Generally Known" is nearly ready.

Curiosities of London; exhibiting the most Rare and Remarkable Objects of Interest in the Metropolis, Past and Present, with nearly Fifty Years' Personal Recollections. In a volume of 800 pages, price 14s., with a Portrait of the Author from a Painting by T. J. Gullick.

"A wonderful little Dictionary of London is this volume by Mr. Timbs. There is so much out-of-the way reading in it, such apt introduction of personal experience, and such a quantity of agreeable illustration, drawn both from books and men. We heartily commend this volume."—Examiner.

Painting Popularly Explained, with Historic Notices of the Progress of the Art. By Thomas John Gullick, Painter, and John Timbs, F.S.A. In small 8vo, 6s.