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PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION.

IN presenting the "INTERVIEW" under a new title, it is necessary to explain the reasons which have induced the alteration. It may be thought by many, that after five editions of a book have been exhausted it would be hardly expedient to make an alteration in the title by which it had become popular. The publishers, however, resolved not only to enlarge the work, but by developing more fully one of its subjects, to give a definite character to the volume, and a title more suggestive of the contents of the work as a whole. Accordingly it was decided to substitute “ A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY ALL ROUND OUR HOUSE; OR, THE INTERVIEW for the original title; thus foreshadowing some of the contents, and identifying the book to older readers by its now supplementary name.

The object so ably carried out by the original editor of this work was to make it in every respect a worthy companion volume to that highly popular favourite, "Enquire Within upon Everything." That the result has been appreciated by the public is gratifyingly proved by the approbation of upwards of Three Hundred Thousand purchasers of “ENQUIRE WITHIN," and by the increasing demand for the companion work, now to be called " A Journey of Discovery."

Among the most attractive features of the present edition may be enumerated the theme of our title, "A Journey of Discovery all Round our House," which extends to a series of eight papers, conveying an amount of varied information, embodied in a novel, instructive, and interesting manner.

Such additions have also been made to this Work as the spread of knowledge and scientific intelligence rendered imperative. Many subjects entirely new to the general reader, have, on account of their relative influence in the economy of life, or on the social and moral welfare of the people, been introduced as both important and instructive.

Telegraphy-so far as it relates to that great social and scientific question, now so successfully solved by the laying of the Atlantic

Telegraph-has been duly considered. All the facts connected with the first attempts to link Europe and America by the Electric Wire, from the commencement down to the final consummation of the longdelayed scheme, will be found in the articles specially devoted to this subject.

Petroleum-in its natural condition, such as in wells, lakes, or artesian fountains; the springs of Western Canada, and the oil wells of the United States, with their products, paraffine, naphtha, fixed oil, aniline, and its beautiful dyes, form another series of what we trust will be found valuable Articles.

Gardening also, both as respects the Kitchen and the Flower Garden, for every month in the year, has engaged attention; and the first practical horticulturists and botanists of the day have been consulted, so as to render this department of the work instructive and reliable.

These, with Mineralogy, Meteorology, the Census, and Returns from the Registrar-General, form a few of the large catalogue of contents. In fact, every page of this volume contains something new, instructive, or curious, in Art, Science, Philosophy, Domestic Management, or social comfort.

The publishers have at great expense revised, enlarged, and materially improved the present Work, and by the addition of Games, Pastimes, and national Sports, striven to make it still more worthy of the patronage it has already received. They look with confidence to the public to reward their efforts to perfect in every way this new issue of an old favourite, and make "A Journey of Discovery all Round our House" a source of information to many, and of interest to all.

Twenty-four Volumes are now published as cheap companions of the "Journey of Discovery," which are enumerated as under. The entire Series contains upwards of SEVEN THOUSAND pages of closely printed matter. They are entirely original in Plan, executed with the most conscientious care,-and embrace the very essence of demonstrative Truth and inductive Reasoning. The Indices have been prepared with great labour, and alone occupy above 500 pages. A vast Fund of valuable Information, embracing every Subject of Interest or Utility, is thus attainable, and at a merely nominal Cost.

These Works are in such general demand, that the Sale has already reached

UPWARDS OF ONE MILLION VOLUMES.

1—3. “DAILY WANTS, THE DICTIONARY OF," a Cyclopædia embracing nearly 1,200 pages of sound Information upon all matters of Practical and Domestic Utility. The sale of nearly 100,000 copies of this Work affords the best evidence of its intrinsic value.

4-7. "USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, THE DICTIONARY OF," a Book of Reference upon History, Geography, Science, Statistics, &c. A Companion Work to the "Dictionary of Daily Wants."

8 & 9. "MEDICAL AND SURGICAL KNOWLEDGE, THE DICTIONARY OF," a complete Practical Guide on Health and Disease, for Families, Emigrants, and Colonists.

This Work is deeply

10. "ENQUIRE WITHIN UPON EVERYTHING." indebted for past favours. The sale of nearly Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand Copies affords ample proof of this.

11. "THE PRACTICAL HOUSEWIFE AND FAMILY MEDICAL GUIDE," a Series of Instructive Papers on Cookery, Food, Treatment of the Sick, &c., &c.

12. "THE CORNER CUPBOARD," containing Domestic Information, numerous Needlework Designs, and Instructions for the Aquarium, Skeleton Plants, &c.

13. "THE FAMILY SAVE-ALL," a System of Secondary Cookery, with Invaluable Hints for Economy in the use of every Article of Household Consumption.

14. "NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS," a Work full of curious Matters of Fact; a collection of important Information on all Subjects, from real Answers to Correspondents of various Magazines and Newspapers.

15 & 16. "LIFE DOUBLED BY THE ECONOMY OF TIME," and "How A PENNY BECAME A THOUSAND POUNDS." The first of these Works teaches the Value of Moments, and shows how Life may be abridged and fall short of its true aim and happiness, by a careless indifference to trifles of Time. The second Work pursues a similar argument with reference to Money, which is the representative of all things of material Value.

17. "THE REASON WHY, HOUSEWIFE'S DOMESTIC SCIENCE," affording