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W. & R. CHAMBERS'S MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS.

THE EMIGRANT'S MANUAL.

A complete MANUAL for EMIGRANTS, embracing the latest and most trustworthy information, is now in the course of publication. It will be issued in Parts, each referring to a distinct FIELD OF EMIGRATION:

AUSTRALIA. 18.-NEW ZEALAND, CAPE of GOOD HOPE, &c. 18.BRITISH AMERICA, and UNITED STATES of AMERICA. 18.

CHAMBERS'S

INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING LIBRARY.

A series of Original and Selected Works in different departments of Literature, suitable for popular Entertainment and Instruction. These BooKS FOR THE PEOPLE are published in Volumes every second month, sewed and in boards. The following are already issued :

Practice; and its Moral Influence on the Progress of Civilisation. 1 vol., sewed 2s., boards 2s. 6d.

History of the French Revolutions, from | Sanitary Economy: its Principles and 1789 to 1849. By T. W. Redhead. 3 vols., sewed 6s., boards 7s. 6d. Guizot's History of Civilisation in Europe, with his Treatise on Death Punishments, and Memoir of his Life. 1 vol., sewed 2s., boards 2s. 6d.

Political and Social Economy: its Prac-
tical Applications. By J. H. Burton.
1 vol., sewed 2s., boards 2s. 6d.
Memoirs of Francis Horner, with Selec-
tions from his Correspondence. 1 vol.,
sewed 2s., boards 2s. 6d.

Paley's Natural Theology, with Additions
and Notes. 1 vol., sewed 2s., boards
2s. 6d.

German Literature, Historical and Critical. By Joseph Gostick. 1 vol., sewed 28., boards 2s. 6d.

Stories of the Irish Peasantry. By Mrs S. C. Hall. 1 vol., sewed 2s., boards 2s. 6d.

Lamartine's Travels in the East, includ-
ing a Journey in the Holy Land, with a
Memoir of the Author. 2 vols., sewed
4s., boards 5s.

Butler's Analogy of Religion, and Select
Sermons. With a Memoir of the
Author. 1 vol., sewed 2s., boards
2s. 6d.

The British Museum; Historical and
Descriptive. Illustrated by numerous
wood-engravings. 1 vol., sewed 4s.,
boards 4s. 6d.

Life and Works of Burns. Vol. I. and II. Edited by Robert Chambers. To be completed in Four Volumes. Sewed 2s. 6d. each, boards 3s. each.

CHAMBERS'S PAPERS FOR THE PEOPLE.

This series is mainly addressed to that numerous class whose minds have been educated by the improved schooling, and the popular lectures and publications, of the last twenty years, and who may now be presumed to crave a higher kind of Literature than can be obtained through the existing cheap periodicals. The Papers embrace History, Archæology, Biography, Science, the Industrial and Fine Arts, the leading topics in Social Economy, together with Criticism, Fiction, Personal Narrative, and other branches of Elegant Literature-each number containing a distinct subject.

Publishing in Weekly Numbers at 1d.; in Monthly Parts at 7d.; and in Volumes, every Two Months, in fancy-coloured boards, at 1s. 6d. Eight Volumes published.

CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL.

NEW SERIES.

Publishing in Weekly Numbers at 14d.; in Monthly Parts at 7d.; and in
Half-yearly Volumes, cloth boards, at 4s. 6d.

Fourteen Volumes completed.

*** A few complete sets of the Old Series, in twelve volumes, for £4, 10s.

CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE. A New and Improved Edition, now complete in Two Volumes, price 16s. cloth boards; in 24 Parts at 7d.; or in 100 Numbers at 1d. each.

LIFE AND WORKS

OF

ROBERT BURN S.

THE

LIFE AND WORKS

OF

ROBERT BURNS.

EDITED BY ROBERT CHAMBERS.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

EDINBURGH:

WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS.

1851.

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