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tellation is drawu >\itl» the Figure 

 ascribed to it Jjy the Ancients ; and 

 the Stars are perforated , so as to 

 exhibit , when held up to the light, 

 their natural appearance in the 

 Heavens. The (lards arc accompa- 

 nied ■with a Familiar Treatise on 

 Astronomy, written expressly for 

 this purpose , by J. Aspin ; and il- 

 luslraled with Plates. 



Literary opinimns of Urania's 

 Mirror. 

 * AMONG the many ingenious 

 and beautiful inveiilions to pro- 

 mote the study of science, and 

 render it as delightful as it is va- 

 luable, we have never seen any 

 thing to surpass this admirable pro- 

 duction. It is stated in ihc title to 

 be •> on a plan perfectly original, 

 designed by a lady ; u and wc are 

 sure that thousands of lier sex , and 

 all the young of both sexes, will 

 repay her with gratitude for the 

 pure and elegant pleasure she has 

 thus prepared forthem. Like almost 

 every interesting discovery, the 

 present is exceedingly simple. It 

 •consists ofa number of large cards, 

 on which are engraved and colou- 

 red the various conslellalions which 

 occupy our northern hemisphere, 

 each containing one or more of 

 those remarkable divisions which 

 ancient astronomers framed to 

 assist the memory , and enable 

 them to describe the po.iilions of 

 the stars. Thus mark(^d out for 

 more distinct elucidation, the new 

 plan is completed by perforating 

 every star in the constellation, in 

 proportion to ils relative magni- 

 tude, and in ils actual place; so 

 that by holding the card up to the 

 light, you perceive, at once, the 

 entire form, the precise situation, 

 aud the character, of those hea- 

 venly bodies which are visible in 

 each constellation. Nothing can be 

 more demonstrative and instruc- 

 ting; while, at the same time, no- 

 thing (as wc have said) can be more 



ingenious and beautiful. With ibis 

 assistance, any person may become 

 acquainted with the » starry hea- 



vens, <• or make their youthful 

 friends astronomers, while they are 

 charmed by an amusement, M. As- 

 pin's^T realise is an excellent guide; 

 and we have only to repeat our 

 most cordial encomium upon the 

 whole of this (Ino invention. •> — 

 Literary Gazelle. 



« Urania's Mirror is an ingenious 

 and useful work. A neat box con- 

 I.Tins thirty-two cards, elc 



The whole forms a pleasing amuse- 

 ment, and a proGtabile exercise of 

 ingenui I y. No thing, perhaps, is more 

 characteristic of the present age 

 than these helps to the acquirement 

 of knowledge. To borrow a ligure 

 from a great modern discovery in 

 mecanics — a rail-way of amuse- 

 ment is run along the liigh roads of 

 science , upon which the mind tra- 

 vels with smoothness, pleasure, and 

 velocity. » — Examiner. 



« The figures are very prettily 

 drawn, and the colours are various 

 and pleasing. It will be found a 

 veiy useful and a very amusing 

 present from parents lo their chil- 

 dren these Christmas holidays. We 

 have not . for a long time , seen so 

 entertaining a present to make to 

 youth of both sexes. » — Morning 

 Herald. 



a Mr. Lcigli , of the Strand , has 

 just pablislu'd one of the most ele- 

 gant and acceptable guides lo as- 

 tronomy, which has ever been laid 

 before llie public. It is called «Um- 

 nia's Mirror; or, a View of the 

 Heavens, » and the plan is perfectly 

 original. In thirty-two large cards are 

 represented all the conslellalions 

 visible in ihe Briti»h Empire. Each 

 constellation is drawn with the fi- 

 gure ascribed lo il by the an(;ienls; 

 and the stars are perfoialed, so as 

 lo exhibit, when held up lo the 

 light , their natural appearance in 

 the heavens. These , with a Fami- 

 liar Trealisc on Astronomy, wiiich 

 accomoanies ihe work, render an 

 acquaintance wUh that sublime 

 science an object of easy atlain- 

 nient, either to the juvenile or the 

 ajdit. » — News. 



