THE POETRY OF SCIENCE; 



OB, STUDIES OF THE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA OF NATURE 



BY ROBERT HUNT, 



AUTHOR OF "PANTHEA," " RESEARCHES ON LIGHT," ETC. 



NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 



" We know of no work upon science which is so well calculated to lift the mind from the 

 admiration of the wondrous works of creation to the belief in, and worship of, a First Great 

 (/ause, One of the most readable epitomes of the present state and progress of 



science we have perused." Mornin a Herald, London. 



"The design of Mr. Hunt's volume is striking and good. The subject is very well dealt 

 with, and the object very well attained; it displays a fund of knowledge, and is the work 

 of an eloquent and earnest man." The Examiner, London. 



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orbit of a star, or in the color of a flower the more awakened will be his wonder and his 

 veneration, and the more call will there be upon his highest powers of the intellect and the 

 imagination." Boston Post. 



" It was once supposed that poetry and science were natural antipodes ; and lo ! they now 

 are united in loving bonds. Mr. lUint has certainly demonstrated that the divinest poetry 

 lies hidden in the depths of science, and needs but a master spirit to evoke it in shapes of 

 beauty. ' ' Christian Chronicle. 



" It may be read with interest, by the lovers of nature and of science." N. T. Tribune. 

 "Itis written in a style not unworthy of the grandeur of the subject." N. Y. Eve. Post. 



" The author, while adhering to true science, has set forth its truths in an exceedingly 

 captivating style." Neic York Commercial Advertiser. 



ork re-nublished in America. It is a book 



" We arc hoar til v glad to see this interesting w 

 that is a book." Scientific American. 



" From the arcana of science especially, has the author gleaned what may be properly 

 termed her pnotn-. which will make the book one of the most interesting character to the 

 intelligent reader." Christian Herald. 



" It is re all v a scientific treatise, fitted to instruct and enlarge the mind of the reader, but 

 at the same time it invests the subjects it describes with the radiance of the imagination, 

 and with the channinu association of poetry. The book well deserves the title it bears, and 

 i<? a beautiful illustration of the'poetic interest that belongs to many of the discussions of 

 the science." PnrciJ.'; ce Journal. 



" It is one of the mot readable, interesting, and instructive works of the kind, that we 

 have ever seen/' Phiha'. Ij hia Christian Observer. 



" In this admirably production, Mr. ITur.t o(Ters a beautiful epitome of the physical phe- 

 nomena of Nature, in v.-hi--h. fro>i! their ultimate facts, he leads his reader by inductive 

 processes, to the contemplation of vast eternal truths. Though full of information, the 

 facts cited in hi- pa.es are not collected solelv because they are such, but with true philo- 

 sophical acumen, t<> build ur> the edifice : and if curious or rare, they are selected merely to 

 strengthen the position in which they are placed." Wasldngion Union. 



" We anticipate a wide circulation for it in this country." Albany State Register. 



" The scientific com;>ass of the volume is large, and its execution is exceedingly fine and 

 Interesting." Zion's Herald. 



" We noticed this eloquent work, while, it wa in the course of publication. It is now out 

 in beautiful stvle, and makes with the notes, which are full and as valuable as the text, a 

 volume of nearly four hundred r>a< v cs. The publishers could not have done the poets of the 

 land a better service, than by thus siinplvinar them with exhaustless materials, collected 

 from all branches of science, and admirably arranged for their more substantial structure." 

 Watchman and Reflector. 



"Here we have an illustration of the true and beautiful, and how that they are always 

 one. The mysterious laws of nature, and the phenomena by which they are manifested, 

 are brought before the reader in a way that enchants and improves. There is poetry in 

 science, as no one may deny, after he reads this book." Baltimore Patriot. 



GOULD AND LINCOLN, PUBLISHERS, BOSTON. 



