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GRAHAME'S COLONIAL HISTORY.
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works, and that is sufficient recommendation. Our extracts will convey
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CHEMISTRY OF THE FOUR SEASONS,
SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, AND WINTER.
AN ESSAY, PRINCIPALLY CONCERNING NATURAL PHENOMENA, ADMITTING
OF INTERPRETATION BY CHEMICAL SCIENCE, AND ILLUSTRATING
PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE.
BY THOMAS GRIFFITHS,
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written with taste and elegance, the essay of Mr. Griffiths cannot
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on step by step, until they realize a new intellectual being. Such
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PHILOSOPHY IN SPORT, MADE SCIENCE IN EARNEST;
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NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, BY THE AID OF THE POPULAR TOYS AND SPORTS
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SOMERVILLE'S PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
BY MARY SOMERVILLE.
AUTHOR OF "CONNECTION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES," ETC.
_In one neat royal 12mo. volume, extra cloth._
CONTENTS.--Geology--Form of the Great Continent--Highlands
of the Great Continent--Mountain Systems of the Great
Continent--Africa--American Continent--Low Lands of South
America--Central America--North America--Greenland--Australia--The
Ocean--Springs--European Rivers--African Rivers--Asiatic
Rivers--River Systems of North America--Rivers of South
America--Lakes--The Atmosphere--Vegetation--Vegetation
of the Great Continent--Flora of Tropical Asia--African
Flora--Australian Flora--American Vegetation--Distribution
of Insects--Distribution of Fishes--Distribution of
Reptiles--Distribution of Birds--Distribution of
Mammalia--Distribution, Conditions and Future Prospects
of the Human Race.
While reading this work we could not help thinking how interesting, as
well as useful, geography as a branch of education might be made in
our schools. In many of them, however, this is not accomplished. It is
to be hoped that this defect will be remedied; and that in all our
educational institutions Geography will soon be taught in the proper
way. Mrs. Somerville's work may, in this respect, be pointed to as a
model.--_Tait's Edinburgh Magazine_, September, 1848.
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READINGS FOR THE YOUNG.
FROM THE WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.
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done up in crimson extra cloth._
Messrs. Lea & Blanchard deserve the thanks of all the little people in
the land for these delightful volumes, which are as agreeable to read as
they are attractive in appearance.--_N. Y. Literary World._
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TALES AND STORIES FROM HISTORY.
BY AGNES STRICKLAND,
AUTHOR OF "LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND," ETC.