BLANCHARD & LEA'S VUBI^ICATIONS.— (Educational Wor/.s.) 11 

 ELEMENTS OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES— (Now Ready.) 



THE BOOK OP NATURE; 



AN ELEMENTARY INTRODUCTION 



TO THE SCIENCES OF 



PHYSICS, ASTRONOMY, CHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY. GEOLOGY. BOTANY. 



PHYSIOLOGY. AND ZOOLOGY. 



BY FREDERICK SCHOEDLER, Ph. D. 



Professor of the Natural Sciences at Worms. 



First American Sedition, witli a Glossary and other Additions 

 and Improvements. 



FROM THE SECOND ENGLISH EDITION, 



TRANSLATED FROM THE SIXTH GERMAN EDITION, 



BY HENRY MEDLOCK, F. C. S., &c. 



Illustrated by six hundred and seventy-nine Engravings on Wood. 

 In one handsome volume, crown octavo, of about seven hundred large pages. 

 To accommodate those who desire to use the separate portions of this work, 

 tlie publishers have prepared an edition, in parts, as follows, which may be had 

 singly, neatly done up in flexible cloth, at very reasonable prices. 

 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, . 

 ASTRONOMY, .... 

 CHEMISTRY, .... 

 MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY, 



BOTANY, 



ZOOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY, . 

 INTRODUCTION, GLOSSARY, INDEX, 

 Qoj)ies viay also be had beautifully done iip in fancy clotli, icith yilt sla/nps, 

 suitable for holiday presents and school prizes. 



The necessity of some acquaintance with the Natural Sciences is new so uni- 

 versally admitted in all thorough education, while the circle of facts and princi- 

 ples embraced in the study has enlarged so rapidly, that a compendious Manual 

 like the Book of Nature cannot fail to supply a want frequently felt and ex- 

 pressed by a large and growing class. 



The reputation of the present volume in England and Germany, where re- 

 peated editions have been rapidly called for, is sufficient proof of the author's 

 success in condensing and popularizing the principles of his numerous subjects. 

 The publishers therefore would merely state that, in reproducing the work, 

 they have spared no pains to render it even better adapted to the American 

 student. It has been passed through the press under the care of a competent 

 editor, who has corrected such errors as had escaped the attention of the English 

 translator, and has made whatever additions appeared necessary to bring it com- 

 pletely on a level with the existing state of science. These will be found prin- 

 cipally in the sections on Botany and Geology; especially the latter, in which 

 references have been made to the numerous and systematic Government su-rveys 

 of the several States, and the whole adapted to the nomenclature and systems 

 generally used in this country. A copious Glossary has been appended, and 

 numerous additional illustrations have been introduced wherever the elucidation 

 of the text appeared to render them desirable. 



It is therefore confidently presented as an excellent Manual for the private stu- 

 dent, or as a complete and thorough Class-book for collegiate and academical use. 



Written with remarkable clearness, and scrupulously correct in its details.— Alining 

 Journal. 



His expositions are most lucid. There are few who will not follow him with pleasure 

 as well as with profit through his masterly exposition of the principles and primary laws 

 of science. It should certainly be made a class-book in schools. — Critic. 



