286 SIR RODERICK I. MURCHISON'S ADDRESS— EUROPE. [May 23, 1859. 



The * Imperial Atlas,' by Blackie and Son, the compilers and 

 publishers of the ♦ Imperial Gazetteer,' is now finished, and consists 

 of 31 parts, containing 78 beautifully engraved sheets, and com- 

 prising upwards of 100 useful maps. An index to the work is, I 

 understand, in course of preparation. 



Continent of Europe. 



Germany. — Among the larger cartographic works published by 

 the establishment of Justus Perthes at Gotha, which are now 

 attracting particular attention, is Mayr's Atlas of the Alpine 

 Countries. Three sheets have appeared, and the remainder will, 

 it is said, be completed this year. It is on the scale of i~5 o-.Wo-j 

 consists of nine sheets, and extends from the valley of the Ehone 

 on the west to Vienna on the east, from Strasburg on the north to 

 Nice, Leghorn, and Ancona on the south ; thus comprising the seat 

 of the present war. No map of this extensive region has been 

 published on so large a scale. Of the usefulness of this work a 

 proof has recently been given by the fact, that 45,000 copies of the 

 part which refers to the seat of war were, I am told, recently sold 

 in a fortnight. 



A condensed edition of Dr. Earth's Travels in two small volumes, 

 commenced in parts, will be finished before the close of the year, 

 and will be a welcome edition to many readers, for whom the five 

 volumes of the first edition are too bulky and tedious. 



A large Historical Map of Europe by K. von Spruner, the well- 

 known author of the large Historical Atlas, is nearly ready for 

 publication. It is executed at the instance of the King of Bavaria, 

 consists of nine sheets, and is drawn on the scale of ^-g-g-L-__.. 

 It is very elaborately printed, and represents in three principal 

 colours the three epochs — of ancient geography, of the middle 

 ages, and of modern time. An Historical Atlas of the Austrian 

 Empire, by the same author, is also nearly ready. 



An important work on the glaciers of the Tyrol by the Austrian 

 Major Karl von Sonklar is in preparation, and will soon be pub- 

 lished. This officer has made most extensive observations, not 

 only of the theory of glacial development, but more particularly of 

 their connexion with meteorological phenomena in general. His 

 beautiful surveys, plans, and illustrations of the glaciers can 

 scarcely fail to command attention. 



I nm happy to learn that a work illustrative of the geolpgy of 



