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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. 1865 Excerpt:...and Doings. 1st, 2nd and 3rd series. 1824-5-8. Percy Mallory. 3 vols. 8vo. 1824. Memoirs of Michael Kelly, the Composer. 2 vols. 1826. Maxwell. 3 vols. 8vo. 1830. Memoirs of Sir David Baird. 2 vols. 1832. Love and Pride. 3 vols. 8vo. 1833. The Parson's Daughter. 3 vols. 8vo. 1835. Gilbert Gurney. 3 vols. 8vo. 1835. Jack Brag. 3 vols. 8vo. 1837. Pascal Bruno. I vol. 8vo. 1837. Gurney Married. 3 vols. 8vo. 1839. Births, Deaths, and Marriages. 3 vols. 8vo. 1839. Precept and Practice. 3 vols. 1840. Cousin Geoffrey. 3 vols. 1840. Fathers and Sons. 3 vols. 1840. Peregrine Bunce. 3 vols. 1842. Widow and Marquis. 3 vols. 13 Dramatic Pieces. Edited the John Bull Newspaper from 1820 till 1841. Edited the New Monthly Magazine from 1836 till 1841. HOOKER (sir William J., D.C.L.) Woods and Forests, Born in the year 1785. Appointed Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew in 1841. Exotic Flora. 3 vols. imp. 8vo. 1823-27. Icones Filicum, Figures of Ferns. 2 vols. folio. 1829-31 The British Flora. 1830. Icones Plantarum, New and Rare Plants. 10 vols. I837-54-Baner's Genera of Ferns. Imp. 8vo. 1840. Journal of Botany. 9 vols. 8vo. 1842-49. Figures of Exotic Ferns. Royal 4to. 1859. Various valuable Works on Botany, the above being the most important. HOOLE (john). East India Company. Born in the year 1727. Appointed to a Clerkship in the Accountant's Department, East India Company in 1741; retired in 1783. Died August 2, 1803. Translation of Tasso. 1763. „ of Ariosto. „ of Metastasio. Cyrus: a tragedy. 8vo. 1768. Tymanthes: a tragedy. 8vo. 1770. Cleonice: a tragedy. 8vo. 1775. HORNER (leonard, F.R.S.) Factory Inspector's Office. Born in the year 1785. Educated in Edinburgh. Appointed Warden to the London University in 1827, and Inspector of Factories in 1833. Died Ma...