1124 Bertrand's Revolutions of the Globe. 



last [in VII. 606., on Henderson's Translation of Cuvier's 

 Regne Animal] communication. It is an imposition on the 

 public, who are induced to purchase in the expectation of 

 possessing a good work at a moderate price ; but, however 

 the former condition may be fulfilled, they find themselves 

 much deceived respecting the sum to be paid for it. — John 

 Reynolds Rowe. Wimbome, Dorset, Nov. 4. 1834. 



Bertrand, Alexander, M.D. of the Faculty of Paris, and for- 

 merly Pupil of the Polytechnic School : The Revolutions 

 of the Globe familiarly described. Translated from the 

 Fifth French Edition, with Supplementary Notes and an 

 Appendix, by S. C. Horry. Large 12mo, 413 pages, and 

 two plates exhibiting the Palaeotherium, the Small Palaeo- 



( therium, the Common Anoplotherium, and the Slender 

 Anoplotherium. Is. 



A very interesting work, both from the subject, and from 

 the able and agreeable manner in which the subject is dis- 

 cussed. 



The primary of the points treated of are the following : — 

 the internal mass of the globe ; earthquakes ; volcanoes ; the 

 mineral crust of the globe ; soil of transport and sediment ; 

 fossil animals in their various kinds, as elephants, mastodons, 

 hippopotamus, rhinoceros, horse, Palaeotheria, Anoplotheria, 

 marine mammifers, reptiles (including the saurians), Crus- 

 tacea, and Mollusca ; osseous brecciae and caverns ; fossil 

 vegetables ; the mass of waters ; the atmosphere. 



These subjects, and subordinate ones, incident to them, 

 are treated of in nineteen letters, addressed to a lady. The 

 author has not pretended to exhibit in the letters only ori- 

 ginal views of his own, but rather to present a faithful, clear, 

 and concise transcript of the more important of the discoveries 

 and deductions of those who have most investigated the 

 relative subjects. We think him a finished and philosophical 

 compiler j and one who is 



" Correct with spirit, eloquent with ease, 

 Intent to reason, and polite to please; " 



and his intentness and capability to reason much avail him 

 in the discussion of contested questions. For instance, in dis- 

 cussing the question of the condition of the internal mass of 

 the globe, the author advocates the opinion that this internal 

 mass is subjected to the action of a heat capable of retaining 

 it in a constant state of fusion ; and adduces an assortment of 

 arguments in support of this opinion. 



The translator has added notes here and there, which evince 

 his ability to do justice to the author. 



