VIEWS OF NATURE: 



OR CONTEMPLATIONS ON 



THE SUBLIME PHENOMENA OF CEEATION; 



WITH 



SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATIONS. 



BY 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN 



BY E. C. OTTE, AND HENRY G. BOIIN. 



WITH A FRONTISPIECE PROM A SKETCH BY THE AUTHOR, A FAC-SIMILE OF HIS HAND- 

 WRITING, AND A COMPREHENSIVE INDEX. 



♦ 



LONDON: 

 HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 



1850. 



