Miscellanies. 385 
IL. Mr. Bakewell's Geology.—Third American from the fifth English 
edition of 1838, revised and improved by the author: the American edi- 
tion, by B. & W. Noyes, of New Haven : with an Appendix by Professor _ 
Silliman: 8ro. pp. 600. 
Mr. Bakewell’s searliont treatise is well known in this: ‘country, in con- 
sequence of the two American editions that have been already published ; 
its plan therefore requires no explanation, and commendation would be 
quite superfluous in the case of a work already approved and extensively 
adopted at home and abroad.. Mr. Bakewell has added a new chapter 
on the general removal and disappearance of the coal Strata raised by 
faults above the surface. of the ground. The former editions were par- 
ticularly full and instructive on coal, and this chapter is a valuable addi- 
tion. 
The American ine, that of 1829, from the third English, and of 
1833, from the fourth, were edited by Professor Silliman, with the author’s 
privity and approbation, and by his request this third edition is passed 
: over to the American public through the same editorial supervision; with 
3 a view of: rendering the work more useful, an appendix will be added by 
| the editor, containing a condensed summary of the ground before occu- 
pied, with such corrections of fact and theory as appear necessary. 
reprint is executed in good style, and numerous — errors 
have been corrected. 
1 7 hagpeeies rn 
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12. Elements of Geology; by Cuartzs Lye., Esq., FE. R. S., d&e. 
&c., London, Aug. 1838, pp. 543, 1 Vol. large 12mo.—These elements 
are, as may be supposed, an abridgment of Mr. Lyell’s large and well 
cies sa ork, the Principles of Geology. This is a new work, and very 
= illustrated by figures, chiefly superior wood cuts, of great precision 
d beauty; there is one colored ideal section of part of the earth’s crust, 
sdawenid the theory of the four great classes of rocks. 
Those who are acquainted with the author’s previous works, will expect, 
__ What they will find, a lucid and eee! exposition of the science. This 
eet work might well be styled, Institutes of Geology.” 
Bs It presents the.elementary facts, perspicuously arranged and described, 
and the philosophy of the sctence is such as those familiar with its more. 
profound discussions will readily appreciate. We understand that this 
B work is in the press at Philadelphia, by Kay & Brother, and that it may 
e be expected to appear early in the spring of the present year, 1839. 
13. Dr. Lewis C. Bucx’s Manual of Chemistry ; 3d edition, with nu- 
merous wood cuts: New York—1838 : pp. 482, large 12mo.—The order 
of this work is—Definition, Attraction, Heat, Light, Electricity, Galvan- 
Magnetism and Electro-Magnetism, Elementary: Bodies, Supporters 
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