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    MANUAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE. A Manual...

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    Comic History Of Home. The Comic History...

    wBsmwm ^^ » yV Chrikianity in the ^*«^ $ W M themselves most at home , whether the excuse would be accepted that theS purposTwas serious , and as to styte-ridentem dicer * veritm ymd leZ ? 1 1 inignt have the profoundest sympathy with the intense fafth and heroic enfurance of the martyrs but if he W pen and V ^ f before us the early Christian Gent , no disclaimer in the preface could pre , vent a . revulsion of feeling . . . ,, The objection to comic histories is , that they tend to vulgarize m the viueinii ? ^ ^^ t ^^^ v ~~~—

    -vounff mmd . certain suDjecis wmun » w « x « . , _ tions There is enough of actual absurdity in the world to laugh at without turning what is serious into fun ; a passingjest at a Koman character might raise no remonstrance , but to make all Eoman history the vehicle for ludicrous writ ' ng and illustration does serious injury . Having said so much in answer t > a Becket ' s defence , let us add , in all candour , that his work has serious merits of a kind to make us regret that he did not sinrnlv write a popular history of Rome without the " comic element . k of but

    It is a well compiled , weU considered narrative , wearing a mas - foonery , setting several points in a much clearer light than the dignity of history" has yet achieved in this way ; and as to Join Leech s illustrations , they are terribly amusing ! But the way for these two Arcadians to test their work , is to ask them whether they would place it in the hands of their children from nine to nineteen years of age ; and it not , why not ? They may say , indeed , our work is not meant for the young ; but the only reason why the young should not see it is , lest they should form false and unworthy conceptions .

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    Manual Of Geographical Science. A Manual...

    MANUAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE . A Manual of Geographical Science , Mathematical , Physical , Historical , and Descriptive . . John W . Parker ana Son . An Atlas of Physical and Historical Geography , to accompany the Manual of Geographical Science . Engraved by J . W . Lowry , tinder the direction of D . T . Ansted andthe Rev . G . C . Nicolay . John W . Parker and Son . To students and to instructors these works are of substantial value , and we shall be somewhat format in stating the nature of their contents , to guide the reader in the purchase , for-they are not works to borrow and run t hrough , they are works to buy , or to leave alone . ... ¦ , - , , „ . bethe

    TJnattractive _ as the title , Manual of Geographical Science , may , contents are such , as to fix the attention of all who have a tincture of scientific knowledge . It consists of four treatises—1 st , Mathematical Geography in which Professor O'Brien sets forth a general statement of the celestial motions—the celestial sphere and its circles—an explanation of astronomical terms and measurement of time , together with various illustrations of the method of solving astronomical problems by construction on paper , and an outline of the optical principles requisite in astronomy , with description of optical instruments . This treatise , of 140 closely printed pages , abundantly illustrated , will put the student in possession of the leading principles and most interesting details of such astronomical and optical knowledge as are requisite for the scientific understanding of geography . Without losing sight of its purpose as a book to be used by students , Professor O ' Brien has contrived to make his treatise readable and interesting by the clearness of his exposition .

    This is succeeded by a treatise on Chartography , by Colonel Jackson , which wo have not read , but for which his reputation is sufficient guarantee . Then follows an ample treatise , in three parts , on Physical Geoqraphy , by Professor Ansted , of 228 pages , devoted to an explanation of the earth ' s surface—the structure of the earth—and organic life . In other words , it is a survey of geology , mineralogy , meteorology , hydrology , and ethnology , with reference to geographical science . AH the great loading facts are clearly expounded , and in spite of the immense quantity obscur have

    crammed into this treatise , there is no confusion , no ity . We several differences of opinion with Professor Ansted , but the general laying out of his subject commands our unhesitating praise . Professor Nicoiay ' s treatise—The Theory of Description and Geographical Terminology—closes the volume very appropriately . But there is no index . An index should bo added to all books that are intended for use ; yet how soldom publishers consult the convenience of purchasers in tins respect . Curiously enough , Mr . Bohn , the cheap publishor par excellence , is the only one who always gives an index to works that

    need it . Tho Atlas which accompanies this Manual will bo found extrcmoly valuable . There are six largo maps : —I . Reference Map—the World on Horuator's Projection . —II . Meteorological Map of the World ( very curious ) . —III . Roliof Map of tho World , showing tho Elevations of the Surfuoo . —IV . Phytographical Map , showing tho distribution of Plants in various parts of tho world . —V . Zoological Map : those two oxtromely interesting , tho latter comprising also an Ethnographical Map . —VI . Comparativo Chart of Ancient and Modorn Geography . This curious chart flhows tho world according to Eratosthenes and Strabo , —according to Herodotus , —and according to Ptolemy .

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    BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . Half-Hours with the Best Authors . Illustrated Edition . With Biographical nnd ' CriticalNotices . * By Charles Knight . Parti . 0 . Knight . Id 1 memory porvo uh , thoi'o huvo already boon four editionfl of tho Jlnlf Horn'stcitJt Best Authors—an mnplo testimony to tho hviccohs of tho work , and tho dctsiro rcudorn huvo to place it on thoir hIjoIvch . Mr . Knight now ro-WHues it in his Companion Library . Wo can hco no objection thereto , If another edition bo wanted , lot another boiwHUcd ; but to call thin an " UhiHtruted edition" on tho Htrcngth of tho few wretched cuts which dusflguro it , is a great demand on our bonhomie .

    A Picture for Noah ' s Arfawtth Descriptions ' of Two Hundred Animals . . , t ( ; , Chapman and Hall . Reai ^ y a delightM ^ chU f l's lx > ok ! Each page contains :. a brief , clear descri ption of the animal , whose pc ^^ a poor oneheads the page ; , thup there are two hundred pictures and , descriptions of beasts andbirtk The childT ; tluit ; is n ^^ ThenestiSio ' ry Tetters ; / a 'CdUectivn of Poplar ^ Fictions cf All Nations . ' Edited by The Best Story Tetters . a vouecnon oj . srupnvar iw ««« o uj jiiv xiucwns . . Baited by ' i '

    - Charles Khiglit : ' Part I . ' ' ^ ' '~ [' . [>¦'¦ . ' \ . \ ' , ' " . ;^ ' ^ , " . ' / 'C : Knight . Tiers is the first part of a new series in Charles Knight ' s Companion Idbrary , $ will , we suspect , prove brie of the most attractive / . of his publications . From all sources he has selected Ills materials , A ballad precedes an' entertaining abstract of the Niebeltmgen Lied , —a story ' from tlie Arabian Nights ^ followed by one from Chaucer;—Froissart , Leyden , ' Griniii , arid Dedkair , th . 6 brave old ^ eciar , furnish their quota * and thus ' poetry n ^ mg ies its faseina ^ oris with prose ; ancient lore agreeably varies the delights i ^ ' ^ aj ^ aeve . fic ^ icmV ^ ^ yCT ' . tance ' . the book has been in our louse , we liaye had the greatest difficulty Tn kcepirig ; it from uncritical but riioriopolizirig hands !

    The Girlhood of Shakespeare ' s Heroines . Tales XIV . and XV . By Mary Cowdea Clarke . ' " ?* ' Sniith and s ° n . These two tales— Viola arid Jwo ^ n- —conclude the third volume \ bf Mrs . Cowden Clarke ' s bold enterprise—an enterprise which , we are glad to say , has contradicted our anticipation , and has met with a success we believed iinprobable . The name of Shakespeare has a charm , and Mrs . Clarke ' s own talent has done the rest . Chambers ' s Pocket Miscellany . Vol . II . W . S . Orr and Co . A moee varied or agreeable sixpenny worth of reading it would riot be easy to select . If we have any objection to make , it is tp the sacrifice of comfort for quantity : a third less matt « r , printed in larger type , would make the book a

    delightful pocket companion . Biblical Antiquities ; with some Collateral Subjects , illustrating the language , Geography , and early History of Palestine . By F . A . Cox , D . D . With Maps and numerous Engravings . ' ^ s J . J . Griffin & Co . The present volume of the re-issue of the Encydoptedia Metropolitand is one of solid learning and agreeable information , compiled with accuracy and skill , written with a vivacity and clearness which render a subject entertaining that otherwise would be-instructively dull . The life of the Hebrews Is * Here set before ns in a vivid and minute way , such as we never realize when reading-the Bible , because in reading that book we cannot divest ourselves of theological associations . The sections on the Manners and Customs of the Jews are thus peculiarly interesting , while that on the Sabbath shows a knotty subject learnedly handled- The illustrations are numerous and of great Service . A good index is added .

    The Battles of the-British ) Navy . , By Joseph Aliens Vol . 1 . ( Bohn ' s Illustrated Library . > . ¦ ' ' •;•> : ¦¦ . •; -i ) H ;^ -i . ' >¦< - ¦ ¦ ,- .: ' , ¦• - H . G . Bohn . Allen ' s spirited history of the most famous Battles of theBr * Ush \ Navy is selecteiJ by Mr . Bohn for his Illustrated Library , with the extra advantage of a complete revision , and the rectification of former errora , and several additions . It is to be complete in two volumes . Portraits ' of twenty admivalsj ftom i Drttkoto' Jfervi « > and several useful diagrams , illustrate this volume , which contains upwards of five hundred and twenty pages of print ! . The Works of Sir Thomas Browne . Edited by Simon Wilkin . Vol . II . ( Bohn's Antiquarian Library . ) H- G-

    Bohn-This , the second volume of a work winch students will hardly kriow how to price , contains the remaining books of Vulgar Errors ; the noble treatisoi Religio Medici ; and the quaint Garden of Cyrus . To how many hungry minds , that hitherto have looked wistfully at these works of Sir Thomas Browne , and sighed to think of tho barrier of Price which kept them from possession , will this re-issue be glad , tidings ! If Mr . Bohn were a literary patron , spending a large fortune m munificent publications , he would not do the state more service than he does as tin enterprising tradesman speculating on the demand for good books . The Literary Works of ' Sir Joshua Reynolds . To which is prefixed , a Memoir of tie Author , by W . II . Bccchey . In % vols .: new and improved edition . ( Standard Library . ) ¦ H . O . Bohn . The first volume of a new edition of the works of Reynolds is issued in a new and very elegant typo . It contains Ucechoy ' s Memoir , and the first eight of b « r Joshua ' s beautiful Discourses on Painting—a work that no student will forget .

    The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Sir Edtoard Bulwcr Lytton , Bart . Vol . I . Narrative Poems . Chapman and Hall . The Poems and Ballads of Schiller . Translated by Sir Edwnrd liulwcr Lytton , Bart . Second Edition . , BJ nckwootl . Messws . Chapman and Hall having undertaken tho issue of an elegant edition of Bulwer's Poe . m * and Dramas , Messrs . JJhickwood havo very considerately row ' their edition of tho Schiller uniform witli it . At present we confine ouraolvcu to an announcement of the publication , l'cserving till ft futuro number such remarks as wo may havo to make on Uulwer ' H poetical claims--a subject worthy ot donberato treatinont , and in itBolf not without attraction . History of the Eighteenth Century , and of the Nineteenth till the Overthrow of the I'Vench Empire , with particular reference to Mental Cultivation and Progress .

    By 1 <\ C . Schlosscr . Translated by D . Davison , M . A . Vol . VIII . Chapman and H « H . We have , in threo artidcN already expressed our opinions on this unequal l >« k valuable work . It in now complotod by tho publication of tho eighth volume-, embracing tho period from the Peace of Tilsit to tho doparturo of Nnpqloon for be . Holona . ' Two indoxea are added ; ono for tho political , and ono for tho literary

    portion . The Jew of Denmark . A Tale . By M . GoMaohmidt . Translated from tho origin " Danish by Mrs . Bushby . ( Railway Library . ) G - Koutlcdgo . A VJJltY interesting Htory , as a story , but still moro interesting w ft p icture o JawiHh lifo in Denmark at tho proHont day . It will Aurprino most BngliHh rca « M »» to learn how bitter and oppreHsivo is tho perecontion to which that strange """" PJ ^ race ia fitill mibjootcd ; and somothing more than nmuscmont will bo wroug ht i > y these rovolatioiiH .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 21, 1852, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21021852/page/18/