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    Sept. i, 1881 The Publishers' Circular 6...

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    peop its author le , and just those noticed who have "will read be interested the biograp in hy this of

    Bpecimen of , his teaching , . From Messrs . C . Kegan Paul & Co . — ' Volcanoes :

    W What . Judd they , Are I \ R , . S and ., Professor What they of Teach Geology . ' By in John the Royal j # School vb of Mines i . ¦ A b iv worth 4 addition / b 4 to

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    author suggeste of d the to well him known by the treatise late Mr on . Poulett * The Geology Scrope , and Extinct Volcanoes of Central France'

    whose fortune ^^^ F ^ A ^^^* ^^ " ^^ chosen ^^ to be — numbered disci — ples , he — and ^^ says we — , he have ^^^^ ^^ had ^ » ^^^ ^^ therefore ^ fc the * , V among » V ^ fe good -V ^^» ^^^ ^ ^ b ^^ in effectnot only the result , of the personal re- ,

    searches , and studies of Mr . Juddbut the fruits of the laborious investigations of his , distinguished ^ master ^^ ^ v ^ w ^^ ^ - ~ ¦¦ - ^ . Correcting — * « the old — -fashioned ¦ - ' — ^^ - ™ - ^ theory ^^ ^^^ " ^^ - ^^ ^^ m that ^^ r ^ t ^» ^ i ^^ ^^

    * a volcano is a burning mountain , from the summit of which issue smoke and flames / Mr . ¦ Judd T ~ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ vb ¦ shows ^^ " ™ that — ~ " ~ the — ^~ " active " ~ - ^™ — » - ¦— cause ^^^ ^» — - " ¦ - —~ r ^^^^ of ^^ — " all ^ ^^^^^ the ^^ ^»^ ^ i ^ p m ^ heno ^^^^ ^ K ^ ^^ JB ^^^

    -mena witnessed , whether in the grand and terrible appearances of Vesuvius or the miniature out-¦ ¦ bursts of Stromboli , is found to be the escape ¦ h of

    steam — - - —— from the midst j of masses — — — of incandescent — —~ —^ m- ^^ - ^— ^ —^^ - - ^^ ^^ H liquefied rock . The violence , and therefore the grand ^ H ^ h ^™ " eur and _ .. _ destructive _ _ ^ _ , e ^__ ffects . ^^ . _ ^^_ , _ ^ of - ^ ^^ m an ^^ v ^^ r ^ p . ^^ eruption ^¦ ^^ r ^^ ^ Mfc ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^ b ^» , V

    sion depend volcano of , is he this a argues kind escap of , ing upon rea steam the t natura . abundance In other steam words and en ten ine , a - . gg

    When mountains do exist at the centres of volcanic activity they are simply the heaps of materials thrown out of holes in the earth ' s crust , and that

    condensing which popular steam fancy or watery regards vapour as ' sm , the ' supposed is really ¦ rag ft ing — ^^^ 1 * flam — es ^^ ' being ^^ ^^*^ nothing ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ r ^^ t ^ more ^^^*^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ than ^^ ^^^^ ^^ 1 ^ ^ P ^^ the ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ g HK lowing ^ f »^ W ^ ^ B ^ B ^ M ^ b

    the these light nature o vapour f a ma and clouds ss o products f molten . Having of mat volcanic er described ial reflected action at length fr our om

    author proceeds to treat of the distribution of , the structure materials of ejected volcani fro c m mountains volcanic vents the variou ; the internal s struc-;

    of tures operations built up around taking p volcanic lace at volcanic vents ; the centres succession ; the distribution of volcanoes the face of the

    globe ; volcanic action at d upon ifferent periods of the t eart he h econom ' s history y of ; the ture part the " played teaching by volcanoes of volcanoes in

    ; t concer he attempts ning the which nature have of the been earth made ' s interior to exp ; and in the causes — - - — — m * r - * mr w * r of sj ^ h . volcanic w ^* r jm . ^^^^ m * m , & *^ ^ action ^^ v ^ ^^ J * V ^ Jfc » . The ^ . A ~ A ** r book m ^ \^ * ^ f - — is jb k >^ A illus Jt >^» * -m •¦^

    -trated by a large number of engravings and diagrams admirably executed . Fro m . ' Mr B . William Joseph S Poole Fletcher . — ' Songs A little afte volume r Sun of

    poems of y considera . ble merit , . including , however , one— ' Endymion on Latmos '—which might have School proceeded ' so sensuou m the s p are en of some a wri of ter its of the lines ' Fleshl The y

    J * * 1 m , __ _ ___ . follow bo rea ing d wit tribute h pleasure , headed : 'At Cheyne Row , ' will That Master walk 1 — 1 the beside river its , older bank far than WU ] calmly these

    Unto — -U . MW its IIIIV destined UtOlU K l end l / O U — 1 » so U & , oven goes f ^ thou V > I > JlilJJ > on UU Eid Unto Unto ' st that that pass unknown unknown ft way in utter haven haven quietness where where th thev abide abide ey

    Live Who on die in , being the deep great thought , and yet they who leave , dying behind - not . geste Some d of by the natural prettiest objects of . the pooms are those

    sug-From Chapel tyteasra : Sermons . Smith on ., Eld the er Church So Go . of — ' Church land and and

    I K A & M 4 & K A - »~ Engb T } Dissent y » th Introduction * uww / Edited ^ « cuuu ^_ by buy y the _ Arthur Aituur Rev . R . xrvuruyu Penrh H . . . Hadden . . . . yn . Stanley owwu , B , A ey ., ,,

    • D « D ., Dean of Westminster . A volume of aer-» aon by the Kevs . Brooke Lambert , B . H . Had-^

    den , A . J . Boss , S . A . Barnott l-O , and Dean Stanley , , preached in Ill Bishopsgate Parish MIOLL Church Vytl and

    ^ FjLU . iUAlOVi . JL » lOUU | J ?^ ilJL UltU , , UUU which now published is in effect with an essay a prefac on e the by general the late subj Dean ect , I

    of tho relative position of the Church of England and the various Nonconformist bodies . The Dean does not regard the absorption of the

    dissenting sects into the Church as of itself the most r desirable esultseve or i the f it most were certainl ossible y but fruitful he advocates of great p

    the hearti , est and most conciliatory , attitude on the part of the Church , and especially of the clergy , towards Nonconformists —and as an illustration

    of what may be done to , promote co-operation between ' tho Church and its Nonconforming children' he _____ cites the ___ . _ Burials _ . Act and the work __ of . — , __

    Biblical Revision . The sermons , which deal separately with the Baptists , Independents , the Presb 3 T terians ~ 7 the Q __ uakers ,- the Methodists - and

    t h o C y * m hurch I /— I of , E ¥ ~ 1 ngland 1 _ 11 , breathe , _ _ . t much the » same , _ spirit as that which , characterises the Dean ' s introduction .

    From Messrs . W . Swan Sonnensch . eir _& Allen . — ' A Manual of Injurious Insects , with Methods of Prevention and Remedy tor their Attacks to

    Food Crops , Forest Trees , and Fruifc , and with short nor A introduction . Ormerod , F to . _ tf I _ . S ntomoiog ., & c . y The . ' B ordinary y

    Eleareader , and perhaps even man } T entomologists , will be surprised to find how numerous is the army of destructive insects which attacks the

    various forms of vegetation . The author has carefully classified the insects under the headings of the food crops , forest trees , and fruits which

    tion they are injure suggested , and m . eans In each of r case emed a y p and icture preven of the - insect is given , with its scientific and popular

    muc name h , as an it d the is not work onl has a thus scientific a double handbook value , inas to - ¦ t »* m his **^ v —^ branch ph' ^ m * t r n ^ tm ^^ j » of ^^ ^^ entomo ^^ ^^^» ^^ ^^ ™ ^^^ ^^ y "l ~ ogy ^^ ^^^ ^ , w but — it — is also — a — valua ^ — — ^—^

    -A ble lossar guide for and the a carefull agriculturist -iled or horticulturi index add st to . the g comple y teness and usefulness ycomp of the work .

    From Messrs . Ward & Lock . —* Health in Schools and Workshops / A volume The of Messrs Ward of the &

    Lock various 's ' Acts Long of Life Parliament Series . ' passed pressure in the interest I of - ^^ ^ the ^ 4 jl * ^^ emp v ^ r m v [^ loyes v ^ \ m w ^^ m in ^^ ^ factor ^» - ^ ^«^ ^^ ^^ *» i — es ^^ " ^ a - —— nd other — — —— — - p j— laces — — — - of — — J

    b means usiness of , has ventilation compelled and maste more rs suitable to provide accommo better - dation Department , and t have he requiremen led tho ts managers of the Education of public

    rendering acco elementar mmodation y their schools of buildings large to adop numbers h t ealth similar y of children measures fit for , but t for he ;

    outside owermuch these still circles remains , where to the be done Stat . e has In the no p H Hvfriene present ygiene , vohi and and rn Industrial Industrial e , under the Hygiene Hviriene two heads , , we we have na of ve a a School care

    care-ful and exhaustive treatment of the whole subject ; and or wor not ks onl h y t but hose the who head are s p ropr fam ietor ilies s of sch learn ools ops , , may

    dre much muah n ' s ca fro fro pacities m m its its pages races for stud as as y to to the the wor extent extent k , and t of ot he chil cinl con -- - ditions Hi Hnns tinrlpr under w whioh hich it ifc may be be most most tavourably favourablv

    may carried mental forward or physical without powers any . needless In regard waste to of t the _* e management of school buildings there ¦ ¦ w » is much

    _ - __¦ « -J _ -ft 4 Jek _ A \ • & V » lh / V «>«^ WA - »^» _ fc « - _• -- — -m- — — — . dra practic second Hficnnd * inage | ' _^ al - ' division Hivisinn , " . informatio ventilation ^ of of the thft r ,, ns heating book book " to , the the t , h e & various various c . ; oic and e o dangers dangers f in sites the ,

    deal to be t gu with arded . Among against the in workshops notes , on Industrial are carefull H > y - 1 criene w _ find a brief description of what is \

    termed ' Writers Cramp , ' in reference to which |

    Sept. I, 1881 The Publishers' Circular 6...

    Sept . i , 1881 The Publishers' Circular 695

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1881, page 695, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091881/page/7/