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18 LIST OF BOOKS Archseoloarical Essays. , , . „ . x T^ By tlie late Sir James Simpson, Bart. Edited by the late John Stuart, LL.U. 2 vols. 4to, 21s. 6. Leprosy and Lejier Hospitals. 7. Greek Medical Vases. 8. Was the Roman Army provided with Medical Officers ? 9. Roman Medicine Stamps, etc. etc. 1. Archa'dlogy. 2. Inchcolm. 3. The Cat Stane. 4. Magical Charm-Stones. o. Pyramid of Gizeh. The Art of Golf. ^^,. , ^ By Sir W. G. Simpson, Bart., Captain of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. With Twenty Plates from instantaneous photograplis of Professional Players, cliiefly Viy A. F. Macfie, Esq. Demy Svo, Morocco back, price 15s. Celtic Scotland : A History of Ancient Alban. By William F. Skene, D.C.L., Historiographer-Royal for Scotland. In 3 vols. Demy Svo, 45s. Illustrated with Maps. I.— Hlstory and Ethnology. II.— Church and Culture. III.— Land and People. "Forty years ago Mr. Skene published a small historical work on the Scottish Highlands which lias ever since been appealed to as an authority, but which has loiK' been out of print. The promise of this youthful eftbrt is amply fulfilled in the°three weighty volumes of his maturer years. As a work of historical research it ought in our opinion to take a very high rank."- Turns. The Four Ancient Books of Wales, . , , Contaiuiii" the Cymric P.ieins attributed to the Bards of the sixth century. By William F. Skene, D.C.L. With Maps and Facsimiles. 2 vols. Svo, 36s. The G-ospel History for the Young: : . ^ .,. ,„ ^ Bein" lessons on the Life of Christ, Adapted for use m Families and Sunday Schools. By William P. Skene, D.C.L. Small crown Svo, 3 vols., with Maps, ■'s 6d each vol., or in cloth box, 7s (id. net. " In a spirit altogether unsectarian provides for the yoting a simple, interesting, and thoroughlv cliarmiiig history of our Lord."— Literari/ IForW. ,, ^ , , "This 'Gospel History for the Young 'is one of the most valuable books of the kind." — The Churchman. Tommie Brown and the Queen of the Fairies ; a new Child's Book, by William F. Skene, D.C.L.,in fcap.Svo. With Illustrations, 4s. 6d. Let pain he pleasure, and pleasure be pain. Letter from the late Dr. John Brown. "De^r Mr. Skene,— I have to thank you for making me a child, and a happy child for an hour and fortv minutes to-night. That is a delightful story, at once strange and yet sort of believable, and I was, like the other cliildren, at the end, and ifke Oliver Twist, ' asking for more." It is something to have written ' Little Tommie' and another book just published. With much regard and envy, yours sincerely "J- Brown. " There is no wonder that children liked the story. It is told neatly and well, and is full of great cleverness, wliile it has that peculiar character the absence of which from many like stories deprives them of any real interest for children."— Scotsnum. Fishin' Jimmy. A Sketch by A. Trumbull Slosson. Fcap. Svo., 6d. Shelley : a Critical Biography. By George Barnett Smith. Ex. leap. Svo, Os. The Sermon on the Mount. By the Rev, Vf alter C. Smith, D.D. Crown Svo, 6s. Life and Work at the Great Pyramid. i, „ .o r With a Discussion of the Facts ascertained. By C. Piazzi Smyth, F.R.SS.L. and E., Astronomer-Royal for Scotland. 3 vols. Demy Svo, 56s. Beki^^f'paper on the above suiaject read before the Royal Society, Edinburgh, on the fst of Alay 1SS2. By C. Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer-Royal for Scotland. Small 4to, Os.