OF Popular and Standard Books, Choicely Printed and Illustrated, and Elegantly SUITABLE FOR THE LIBRARY, PRESENTATION, AND PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM P. NIMMO, EDINBURGH. 'Mr. Nimmo's Books are well known as marvels of cheapness, elegance, and sterling worth.'-Observer. SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. 1872. In ordering by Number, please state date of Catalogue. JULY '72. HUGH MILLER'S WORKS. NEW CHEAP RE-ISSUE. IN announcing a NEW CHEAP EDITION of the WORKS OF HUGH MILLER, the Publisher does not consider it necessary to add anything by way of commendation. The fame of Hugh Miller is securely established throughout the world, and his works, by universal consent, take rank among the highest in English Literature. To the higher and more cultivated classes of society he appeals by the purity and elegance of his style, as well as by his remarkable powers of description, and his profound knowledge of the marvels of nature. To the humbler classes and the working man, the story of his life-himself originally a working man in the strictest sense of the word, pushing his way upward to the distinguished position which he attained-must possess a peculiar charm, and to them his writings cannot fail to prove of special value. At the present time, the works of Hugh Miller, one of the most gifted of our self-taught and self-made men, are peculiarly suited to exercise a most powerful influence in promoting the great cause of the progress of Education; and this new Edition, while elegant enough to command a place in the libraries of the rich, is cheap enough to be within the reach of the student and the working man. Although many of his books have already attained an immense sale notwithstanding their high price, the Publisher feels assured that they only require to be offered to the general public at a moderate rate to ensure for them a very widely increased circulation. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 'This effort to bring the works of so distinguished an author within the reach of all classes cannot fail to be universally appreciated.'Morning Star. 'Hugh Miller's writings have long passed the period of criticism, and taken rank among standard works. From the times of the British Essayists and Oliver Goldsmith, no literary man has shown a greater mastery of the English language than the author of "The Old Red Sandstone." The size of the page and the letterpress are suitable for the library, while the price is a third less than the original edition.'Daily Review. 'The moderate price at which the series is now offered, however, will enable thousands of readers to acquire for themselves those volumes which they have hitherto only found accessible by means of the circulating library. From the pure, manly, and instructive character of his writings whether social, moral, or scientific-and from the fascinating attractions of his style, we do not know any works better deserving of a vast circulation than those of Hugh Miller. The edition is clearly printed, and altogether well got up.'-Glasgow Herald. This cheap re-issue by Mr. Nimmo will enable tens of thousands who have yet only heard of Hugh Miller soon to learn to appreciate and admire him.'-Bell's Messenger. HUGH MILLER'S WORKS. CHEAP POPULAR EDITIONS, In crown 8vo, cloth extra, price 5s. each. Eighteenth Edition. 1. My Schools and Schoolmasters; or, The Story of my Education. 'A story which we have read with pleasure, and shall treasure up in memory for the sake of the manly career narrated, and the glances at oldworld manners and distant scenes afforded us by the way.'-Athenæum. Thirty-ninth Thousand. 2. The Testimony of the Rocks; or, Geology in its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed. Profusely Illustrated. 'The most remarkable work of perhaps the most remarkable man of the age. A magnificent epic, and the Principia of Geology.'— British and Foreign Evangelical Review. Ninth Edition. 3. The Cruise of the Betsey; or, A Summer Ramble among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist; or, Ten Thousand Miles over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland. Fourth Edition. 4. Sketch-Book of Popular Geology. Eleventh Edition. 5. First Impressions of England and its People. This is precisely the kind of book we should have looked for from the author of the "Old Red Sandstone." Straightforward and earnest in style, rich and varied in matter, these "First Impressions" will add another laurel to the wreath which Mr. Miller has already won for himself.'-Westminster Review. [Continued on next page. |