among numerous recommendaiory notices, the publishers submit a few.

One of the most valuable books of the season, and certainly one of ihe most enter-
taining works ever published in this country. Mr. Kennedy is admirably qualified
for the preparation of such a work, and has evidently had access to a great variety of
useful material. The work is one which should be in the hands of every young man
in the country. Its intrinsic interest will secure it a very general popularity. — N. Y.
Courier and Enquirer.

'I'he fascinating letters of Mr. Wirt, one of the most brilliant and agreeable men of
the day, in themselves furnish a rich fund of instruction and enjoyment.— Rich}n'/i Inq.

This work has been looked for with much inierest by the public, and will not disap-
point the high expectations justly based upon the well-known talents of the author,
and the abundant materials let't by the distingui->hed orator and jurist, to which he has
had free access. — Baltimore American.

The style is at once vigorous and fascinating, and the interest of the most absorbing
charBCier.— Philadeliihia fnquinr

Mr. Kennedy is one of the very finest of American writers. He never touches a
subject thai he does not adorn— and it is fortunate for the memory of Mr. Wirt that the
history of his life has fallen into such hands. The publishers have performed iliejr
task m excellent style. 'I he paper and the type are good, and the whole getting up is
admirable. — Rich-)noHd Whi^.

Mr. Kennedy has indeed given us tw'o delightful and instructive volumes. No
part of what he has thus lirought together could have been omitted without detriment
to the perfect picture of the great man who held for twelve years the important office
ot Attorney-General of these United States. Inwoven with the biographical anec-
dotes, letters, and speeches, are elucidatory threads that guide the reader to a better
understanding of various matters of history, and give a general and permanent value
to the work. A fine portrait is i)refixed to the first volume, and a curious fac simile of
a letter from John Adams is given in the second. — N. Y. Cmnmercial Advertiser.

Mr. Kennedy has made a couple of very interesting voluines. He has not disap-
pointed the expeciat ons of those who know his powers, and had enjoyed the spirit,
grace, and humor of his previous writings. He has properly adopted the plan of
making Mr. Wirt speak for himself, wheneverthis was possible. We have accord-
ingly, a large body of his letters, showing him in every possible attitude, during almost
every period of his life, and always m a manner lo satisty us of the equal goodness of
his heart and the clear manliness of his intellect. The lawyer, in particular will be
apt lo peruse these pages with a sensible sympathy. They illustrate the progress of
thousands, through a long and painful struggle— from poven> , tn rough adversity, and
finally, into renown and excellence. They furnish many admirable examples, as
well as interesting history.— OharUston Mercury.



LEA & BLANCHARD'S NEW PUBLICATIONS.



JOHNSTON'S PHYSICAIi ATLAS.



THE PHYSICAL ATLAS

OF NATURAL PHENOMENA.

FOK THE USE OF COLLEGES, ACADEMIES, AND FAMILIES.

BY ALEXANDER KEITH JOHNSTON, F.R. G.S., F. G. S.

In one large volume, imperial quarto, handsomely bound,

With Twenty-six Plates, Engraved and Colored in the hest style.

Together with 112 pages of Descriptive Letter-press, and a very copious Index.

This splendid volume will fill a void long felt in this country, where no
work has been attainable presenting the results of the important science of
Physical Geography in a distinct and tangible form. The list of plates sub-
joined will show both the design of the work and the manner in which its
carrying out has been attempted. The reputation of the author, and the
universal approbation with which his Atlas has been received, are suflicient
guarantees that no care has been spared to render the book complete and
trustworthy. The engraving, printing, and coloring will all be found of the
best and most accurate description.

As but a small edition has been prepared, the publishers request all who
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sellers without delay.

LIST OF PLATES.



GKOLOGY.

1. Geological Siruelure of llie Globe.

2. Mouiiuin Chains of Europe and Asia.

3. .Mouiiiain Cluinis of America

4. Illustration of the Glacier System of

the Alps. (Moat Blanc.)

5. Phenomena ol Volcanic Action.
Palffioiuologieal anil Geological Map of

the British Islands. (Frontispiece.)

HYDROGRAPHY.
1. Physical Chart of the Atlantic Ocean,
a. Physical Chan of the Indian Ocean.

3 Physical Chart of the Pacific Ocean or

Great Sea.

4 Tidal Chan of the British Peas.

5 The River Systems of Europe and

Afia.

6. The River Systems of America.

Tidal Chart of the World.



AIETEOROLOGV.

1. Humboldt's System of I^olhermal Lines.

2. Geographical Distribution of the Cur-
rents of Air.

3. Hyetographic or Rain Map of the
World.

4. Hyetographic or Rain Map of Europe.
NATURAL HISTORY.

1. Geographical Disirihuiion of Plants.

2. Geographical Distribution of the Cuiti
vaied Plants used as Food.

.3. Geographical Distribution of Quadru-
mana, Edentata, Marsupialia, and
Pachyderinala.

4. Geographical Distribution of Carnivora.

5. Geographical Distribution of Rodenlia
and Ruminantia.

6. Geographical Distribution of Birds.
7 Geographical Diplribution of Reptiles

8. Kihnographic Map o( the World.

9. Ethnographic Map of Great Britain
and Ireland.

The intention of this work is to exhibit, in a popular and attractive form,
the results of the researches of naturalists and philosophers in all the more
important branches of Natural Science. Its study requires no previous train-
ing ; for while facts and deductions are stated according to the strictest rules
of scientific inquiry, they are by an ingenious application of colors, signs,
and diagrams, communicated in a manner so simple and striking as to render
them at once intelligible and easily retained.

For the first time, in this country, the principles of graphic representation
are here applied to the delineation of the most itnportant facts of external
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JOHNSTON'S PHYSICAL ATLAS— (Continued.)

to an extent, and with an effect, hitherto never contemplated. The contents
of the many volumes, formerly the sole depositories of information regarding
the different kingdoms of nature, have been condensed and reproduced with
a conciseness, precision, completeness, and promptitude of application alto-
gether unattainable by any other agency.

The elegant substitute of linear delineation registers the most complicated
results in the most perspicuous form, affords inexhaustible facilities for record-
ing the continued advance of science, and " renders its progress visible."

The Physical Atlas is the result of many years' labor, and in its construc-
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the age, in the different departments of science, have contributed directly to
its pages. The letter-press gives a condensed description of each subject
treated of, with constant reference to the elucidation of the maps, and the
colors and signs employed are uniformly explained by notes on the plates.
But while endeavoring to make available to every one the rich stores of
knowledge otherwise nearly inaccessible, it has ever been borne in mind that,
in such a work, accuracy and truth are the first requisites, in order that it
may be a guide to the naturalist in investigating the more philosophical de-
partments of science, and to the inquirer in showing what has already been
done, and what remains to be accomplished, in perhaps the most universally
interesting and attractive branch of human knowledge.

From among a vast number of recommendatory notices, the publishers sub-
mit the following : —

We have thus rapidly run through the contents of the Atlas to show its compre-
hensiveness and philosophic arrangement. Ot' its execution, no praise would be in
excess. The maps are from the original plates, and these are beautifully finished,
and the coloring has been laid on wVih the utmost nicety and care. The size is an
imperial quarto, and the accompanying text embraces a vast amount of details that
the imagination is called on to fasten and associate with the maps. The enterprise
and fine taste of the American publishers will, we hope, be rewarded by an extensive
sale of this most admirable work. No school-room and no family should be without
the Physical Atlas.

In the hands of a judicious teacher, or head of a family, information of the most
varied nature in all deparlmeiils of science and natural history can be introduced and
commented on, in reference to its geographical bearing, while the materials of the
text and the Atlas may be commented on to any desired extent. Such works give
attractiveness to knowledge, and stimulate to energy the mind of the young; while in
the beauty, harmony, and intermediate reactions of nature thus exhibited, the facili-
ties of imagination and judgment find room for equal exercise and renewed delight.
It is the lively picture and representation of our planet. — New York Literary World,
March 9,1850.

The book before us is, in short, a graphic encyclopasdia of the sciences— an atlas
of human knowledge done into maps. It exemplifies the truth which it expresses —
that he who runs may read. The Thermal Laws of Leslie it enunciates by a bent line
running across a map of Europe; the abstract researches of Gauss it embodies in a
k\v parallel curves winding over a section of the globe; a formula of Laplace it
melts down to a little path of mezzotint shadow ; a problem of the transcendental ana-
lysis, which covers pages with definite integrals, it makes plain to the eye by a little
stippling and hatching on a given degree "of longitude! All possible relations of
time and space, heal and cold, wet and dry. frost and snow, volcano and storm, cur-
rent and tide, plant and beast, race and religion, attraction and repulsion, glacier and
avalanche, fossil and mammoth, river and mountain, mine and forest, air and cloud,
and sea and shy — all in the earth, and under the earth, and on the earth, and above
the earth, that the heart of man has conceived or his head understood — are brought to-
gether by a marvellous microcosm, and planted on these little sheets of paper— thus
making themselves clear to every eye. In short, we have a summary of all the cross-
questions of Nature (or twenty centuries — and all the answers of Nature herself set

down and speaking to us voluminous system rfans u« wioi Mr. Johnston

is well known as a geographer of great accuracy and research; and it is certain that
this work will add to his reputation; for it is beautifully engraved, and accompanied
with explanatory and tabular letterpress of great value. — London Athenaum.



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SOMERVILLE'S PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.

New Edition, much improved. Now Ready.

PHYSICAL "GEOGEAPHY.

BY MARY SOMERVILLE,

AUTHOR OF "the CONNECTION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES," ETC. ETC.

SECOND AMERICAN EDITION,

Prom the Second and Revised Iiondon Edition.

WITH AMERICAN NOTES, GLOSSARY, &C.

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the work in its passage through the press a second time in London, notes liave been
introduced to adapt it more fully to the physical geography of this country ; and a
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dissertations which are felt to interrupt or delay. She strings her beads distinct and
close together. With quiet perspicacity she seizes at once whatever is most interest-
ing and most captivating in her subject. Therefore it is we are for the book ; and we
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