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NOTICES AND ANALYSES OF NEW BOOKS AND 

 PAPERS. 



Vollstaendiges Handhuch^ 8fc. Complete Manual of Mathe- 

 matical Geography, with a succinct Account of the Construction 

 of Maps and Globes, Barometric and other Levellings ; and a 

 Register of the Latitudes and Longitudes of the Principal Places. 

 By Reuter. 8vo. Kupferberg, Mayepce. 



The author divides this work into two principal parts, each of which 

 is subdivided into sections and chapters. An introduction contains 

 the definition of Geography in general, according to its objects, its 

 extent, and its utility, and an account of the most common measure- 

 ments. The first part contains generalities, or the most remarkable 

 facts on straight and curved lines, and on the relations of our 

 planet with other celestial bodies ; we are thus led to the knowledge 

 of some parts of astronomy necessary for understanding mathemati- 

 cal geography. 



The second part contains mathematico-geographical views, or the 

 earth in respect to its form, its dimensions, its motions, the deter- 

 mination of longitudes and latitudes, and the calculation of the surface 

 of particular countries ; these are followed by directions for the 

 construction of terrestrial and celestial globes. 



Remarques pour servir a la Rectification, 8fc. Corrections of 

 the Geography of some places in the Pacific Ocean. By Captain 

 GoAKANT DE Tromelin. Annal. Marit. et Colon, IL 295. 



The Pacific Ocean has been for some years overrun by a great number 

 of English and American whalers, and other trading vessels. It is 

 probable that all the remarkable places in the latitudes visited by 

 these ships have been observed ; they have described a great number 

 of banks, islands, and reefs, which are not found in any map ; but 

 the want of precision with which navigators determine positions, and 

 the little care which they take to make known the places they have 

 visited, leave many very interesting points yet unknown. With the 

 view of extending our knowledge on this subject, and of giving pre- 

 cision to what is already knovra, M. de Tromelin has published 

 a series of very valuable remarks on places which he visited, in a 

 voyage of circumnavigation, in 1826-29. 



We shall select some of the most important of these facts for our next 

 number. 



Resume d!un Cours Elementaire de Geographic Physique, 8^c, 

 Summary of an Elementary Course of Physical Geography. By 

 J. V. L, Lamouroux. 2d edition, revised and corrected by 

 J. P. Lamouroux. Verdiere. Paris. 



Our readers will be well acquainted with the valuable work of the late 

 M. Lamouroux. This new edition is enriched by notes by Dr 

 VOL. III. 2 K 



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