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Lecture* on Comparative Physical Geography, in iti Relation to tfo Hiitonj of Mankind 



13 y AIO-OLD GUVOT, Prof. Phy. Geo. &. Kist., Neuchatel. 

 Translated from the French, \>y PKOF. C. C. FULTON. /fi'M Illustrations. 



PRICE $1.25. 



" Those who have been accustomed to regard Googr.iphy a? a merely descriptive 

 hrancli of learning, drier thtin the remainder biscuit after a voy.-igo, will be delighted 

 to find this hitherto unattractive pursuit converted into a science, the principles of 

 which are definite and the results conclusive ; a science that embraces the investiga- 

 tion of natural laws and interprets their mode of operation ; which piofesses to dis- 

 cover in the rudest forms and apparently confused arrangement of the materials com- 

 posing the [linnets' crust, a new manifestation of the wisdom which has filled the 

 earth with its riches. * * * To the reader we shall owe no apology, if we have 

 paid enough to excite hi* curiosity and to persuade him to look to the book itself for 

 further instruction." \\irtli American Review. 



" The grand idea of the work is happily expressed by the author, where he calls it 

 ihe geographical marrh of history. * * * The man of science will hail it as a beauti- 

 ful generalization from the facts of observation. The Chri.-tian, who trusts in a mer- 

 ciful Providence, will iirnw coinage from it, and hope yet more earnestly for the 

 r di-mption of the most degraded portions of mankind. Faith, science, learning, 

 po 'try, ta.-te, in a word, genius, have liberally contributed to the production of the 

 \vurk under review, ^oiui-'timcs we feel as if we were studying a treatise on the 

 exact s"ience< ; at others, it strikes the ear like an epic poem. Now it reads like 

 history, and now it sounds like prophecy. It will find readers in whatever language 

 it may he published ; and in the elegant English dress which it has received from the 

 accomplished pen of the translator, it will not fail to interest, instruct and inspire. 



We congratulate the lovers of history and of physical geography, as well as all 

 those who are interested in the growth and expansion of our common education, that 

 Prof. Guyot contemplates the publication of a series of elementary works on Physical 

 Geography, in which these two great branches of study which God has so closely 

 joined together, will not, we trust, be put asunder." Christian Examiner. 



" A copy of this volume reached us at too late an hour for an extended notice. The 

 woik is one of high merit, exhibiting a wide range of knowledge, great research, and 

 a philosophical spirit of investigation. Its perusal will well repay the most learned 

 in MI.-.'I subjects, and give new views to all, of man's relation toihe globe he inhabits." 

 Sillinian'a Journal, July, 1849. 



" These lectures form one of the most valuable contributions to geographical science 

 thnt rms ever been published in this country. They invest the study of geography 

 with an interest which will, we doubt not, surprise and delight many. They will 

 open an entire new world to most readers, and will be found an invaluable aid to the 

 teacher and student of geography." Evening Traveller. 



" \Ve venture to pronounce this one of the most interesting and instructive' hooks 

 which have C'>me from the American press for many a month. The science of which 

 it treats is comparatively of recent origin, but it is of great importance, not only on 

 account of its connections with other branches of knowledge, hut for its bearing upon 

 many of the interests of society. In these lectures it is relieved of statistical details, 

 and presented only in its grandest features. It thus not only places before us most 

 instructive facts relating to the condition of the eatth, but also awakens within us a 

 stronger sympathy with the beings that inhabit it, and a profounder reverence for the 

 beneficent Creator who formed it, and of w^ose character it is a manifestation and 

 expression. They abound with the richest interest and instruction to every intelli- 

 gent reader, and especially fitted to awaken enthusiasm and delight in all who are 

 devoted to the study either of natural science or the history of mankind." Providence 

 Journal. 



" Geography is here presented under a new and attractive phase ; it is no longer a 

 dry description of the features of the earth's surface. The influence of soil, scenery 

 and climate upon character, has not yet received the consideration due to it from his- 

 torians and philosophers. In the volume before us the prolound investigations of Hum- 

 boldt, Hitter and others, in Physical Geography, are presented in a popular form, and 

 with the clearness and vivacity so characteristic of French treatises on science. The 

 work should be introduced into our higher schools." The Independent, New York. 



" Geography is here made to assume a dignity, not heretofore attached to it. The 

 knowledge communic-Urd in these Lectures is curious, unexpected, absorbing."-. 

 Christian .Mirror, Portland. 



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