[Footnote 4: Standon, Herts, where he alighted.]
_Aërostation, Works on_ (Vol. ii., pp. 317. 380.).--If your correspondent
who inquires respecting works on aërostation will look into the _Revue des
Deux Mondes_ for October 15, he will find an article on that subject,
detailing the various attempts made from the time of Montgolfier down to a
very recent period.
A still later communication has been made to the world in the French
newspaper, _La Presse_, of yesterday's date (Nov. 7th), relating, in terms
of exultation, a successful experiment made in Paris by Messrs. Julien and
Arnault to steer a machine _against the wind_, in which hitherto
impracticable attempt they are said to have completely succeeded at
repeated times, and the mechanical {470} means by which they attained their
object are detailed.