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'Cession to our present stock of elementary works and useful 

 books of reference. 



Part I. of this work, which is publishing in periodical 

 portions, has made its appearance, and presents promising 

 specimens of talent and of industry. The articles are all new 

 written, many of them original, and exhibit a just picture 

 of the present state of knowledge, in the various depart- 

 ments embraced by them — detailed with all that brevity 

 which is consistent with perspicuity, and which is so de- 

 sirable in works of this nature, to keep them within some 

 reasonable compass — while at the same time such ample 

 references are given to other sources, as cannot but prove of 

 the greatest utility to those readers who may be occupied 

 with the investigation of any particular branch of know- 

 ledge. 



Among other articles which have particularly struck us 

 as masterly compositions, exhibiting at the same time, in- 

 formation, genius, and intellect, are the following ; Jll'S- 

 traction, Accent, Ether. As elegant well written speci- 

 mens of biography wc notice Ahercromhie, Ahelard, Ag- 

 nesi. Abyssinia and Africa are good examples of concise 

 vet perspicuous abridgement — compressing and condensing, 

 not on)itting what should be known. yEtna is a beautiful 

 and interesting article. Abstinence, Academy, AhacuSy 

 Achromatic Telescopes, Acoustics, Acids, Affinity, Agri- 

 culture, are all excellent articles. Some of them are new in 

 our language ; and all of them prcjsent much novelty, and dc 

 credit to their respective authors. 



Should this work be continued with the same spirit, and 

 conducted with the same judgement, with which it has been 

 commenced, il will indeed prove an acquisition to the Bri- 

 tish public. We have every reason, from the list of con- 

 tributors whose names have been comnuuiicated to the pub- 

 lic, to believe that the Edinburgh Encyclopedia will not 

 fall off, but improve as it proceeds. The plates given with 

 this work are superior to any before given with similar 

 works issuing from the Scotch press, and are creditable to 

 the artists who furnish them. 



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