We commend them as giving in popular form the general out- 

 line and many local details of the glacial theory which Agassiz 

 elaborated to cosmic proportions from Charpentier's more limited 

 groundwork, and for which he labored and battled against potent 

 adversaries during many years, until from a hypothesis he reduced 

 it to a demonstration. New York World. 



The simple grace of style, the pure and idiomatic English, itself 

 a model for the student, the clearness of illustration, the certainty 

 of the author's grasp of his subject, give them a wonderful charm, 

 even to those who neither know nor care for their subject. Some 

 men can make any subject interesting to any one. Among these 

 Professor Agassiz was prominent. Portland Press. 



A JOURNEY IN BRAZIL 



By Professor and Mrs. Louis AGASSIZ. With eight 

 full-page Illustrations and many smaller ones, from 

 photographs and sketches. 8vo, $5.00. 



CONTENTS 



I. Voyage from New York to Rio de Janeiro. 

 II. Rio de Janeiro and its Environs Juiz de Fora. 



III. Life in Rio Fazenda Life. 



IV. Voyage up the Coast to Para. 

 V. From Para to Manaos. 



VI. Life at Manaos Voyage from Manaos to Tabatinga. 

 VII. Life in Tefee. 



VIII. Return to Manaos Amazonian Picnic. 

 IX. Manaos and its Neighborhood. 



X. Excursion to Mauhes and its Neighborhood. 

 XI. Return to Manaos Excursion on the Rio Negro. 

 XII. Down the River to Para Excursions on the Coast. 



XIII. Physical History of the Amazons. 



XIV. Ceara. 



XV. Public Institutions of Rio Organ Mountains. 

 XVI. General Impressions of Brazil. 

 Appendix. 



The volume possesses a high degree of interest in the richness 

 of its details concerning the manners and customs, social life, and 

 natural scenery, of Brazil, its animated and often picturesque nar- 

 rative, and the graceful freedom and simplicity of its style. New 

 York Tribune. 



The narrative is interwoven with some of the more general re- 

 sults of Prof. Agassiz's scientific observations, especially his in- 



