Haydn's dictionary of popular medicine and hygiene : comprising all possible self-aids in accidents and disease being a companion for the traveller, emigrant, and clergyman as well as for the heads of all families and institutions / edited by Edwin Lankester ; assisted by distinguished members of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons.

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1874
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    HAYDN'S DICTIONARY OF DATES. IsTIEW IKHDITIOIsr. Handsome oloth, 18s.; half-bound oalf, 26s.; full calf, £1 lis. 6d. The Times, October 1st, 1873. Haydn's Dictionary op Dates.—Messrs. Moxon, in announcing the 14th edition of this work, are perfectly justitied in boasting that every successive edition since the first, which appeared 32 years ago, has been both enlarged and improved. Its title is a very modest one, for instead of being a mere catalogue of dates it is rather a miniature encyclopedia in a most convenient form. To indicate how carefully the present edition has been noted by its editor, Mr. Benjamin Vincent, up to date, it is enough to mention that the reader will find in it the transfer of Mr. I,owe to the Home Office in last August; notices of the unfortunate Polaris Expedition; references to the troubles on the Gold Coast; the O'Keefe controversy, alas! not yet terminated; the trial of the Claimant, to which we might append the same lament, and which threatens to be still a lis pendens when the next edition of Haydn's Dates appears; together with a host of little facts and great facts, matters of mundane and matters of celestial interest, from the extent of gas pipes in London to the discovery of the Planets Antigone and Electra. The Daily Telegraph, September 29th, 1873. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates.—Thirty-two years have elapsed since the publication of the first edition of ' Haydn's Dates,' by which title the work is popularly known. The present issue, which is the f jurieenth, contains much more matter than any preceding it, whilst the arrangement of the pages, and the choice of type, have been considered with a view to increased fulness and easier reference. The utility of this dictionary is found in the large scope of subjects with which it deals, and the accuracy of tne dates, while the area of its researches comprises objects of general interest. The Glasgow Herald, September 30th, 1873. Haydn's Dictionary op Dates.—Fourteenth edition. Edited by Benjamin 'Vincent. Up to August, 1873. There is nothing new to be said about this invaluable compendium, which is familiar to every student. Thirty-two years have elapsed since the publication of the first edition of Haydn's Dates. Every successive edition has been enlarged and considerably improved. The present edition has several new features. It contains a chronological table of contemporary European sovereigns, and a dated index—30 pages, of three columns each—which must be singularly useful as a storehouse of memory. The page is larger and fuller; the type is clearer, and every part of the book has been carefully worked up. The compiler is entitled to call it ' A Dated Cyclopajiiia: a digested summary of every department of human history down to the eve of publication.' 'The Spanish War is brought down to August ■22nd, when Carthagena was besieged, and we have the last news of the Tichborne case. The Publishers' Circular, October 2nd, 1873. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates, bringing the History of the 'World down to August, 1873. Of all date dictionaries—and there have been many rivals—we are inclined to think, after a careful com- parison, that Haydn's is by far the best. 'This 14th edition is a handsome volume, very cheap, seeing that it consists of nearly 800 pp. of double columns, admirably printed, excellently arranged, alphabetically, but with cross references. The deserved popularity of the work is justified by the fact that it has reached its 14th edition, the last issue of 10,000 copies having been exhausted some months before a new edition could be prepared. The present issue contains about 9,000 distinct articles, and 6.5,000 dates and facts; and certainly we can endorse the assertion that it is a necessary desk companion to those engaged in literature, to all newspaper editors, and to sub-editors, and to every large merchant, ship-owner, &c. So carefully has every trial been noted, if of any consequence, that we find a record of Mr. Hepworth Dixon's action for libel against the Fall Mall, and its result of one farthing damages; the Tichborne trial is duly noted down to July; we have also a very full record of wrecks, an admirable population table, a list of contemporary sovereigns, a note of Mr. Gladstone's most recent changes, and even the inception of the Ashantee war. The fiasco of the Daib/ G?'ap/iic Balloon, which was, to cross the Atlantic, is not noted; but as the article merely refers to ascents, and that did not ascend, but ' bust up, we presume that the excellent editor, Mr. Benjamin Vincent, to whom many thanks are due, is quite right in omitting any notice of. The DaUy News, of October 3rd, 1873. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates.—Messrs. E. Moxon, Son & Co. have just published a new edition of this useful and popular work, bringing down its historical f immary to August in the present year. The dictionary has undergone successive enlargements under the able editorship of Mr. B. Vincent, the Librarian and Assistant Secretary of the Royal Institution, and now forms perhaps the most trustworthy book of reference of its kind extant. Mr. Vincent states that his object has been not to make 'a mere dictionary of dates, but a dated Cyclopaedia, a digested summary of every department of human history brought down to the eve of publication.' In this large effort he has succeeded; and the new infor- mation added seems to be full and complete. The volume is well printed, on good paper, and in a type which makes reference easy. The Bookseller, October 2nd, 1873, says :— Haydn's Dictionary of DATES.^Messrs. 'Ward and Lock have just issued the fourteenth edition of this remarkable book. It has been entirely reset in beautifully clear and distinct type, by Messrs. Bradbury, and the opportunity has been taken of including the large appendix published about a year ago, and of adding a number of new articles, bringing ihe information down to August last. To criticise the work now would be an abaurditv It is indispensable to all men of letters, and, in fact, to all men of any culture. E. MOXON, SON & CO., i, Amen Corner, Paternoster Row. i6
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