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* Lectures on Natural Philosophy,&quot; 2 vols. 8vo. 

 Walker s system of &quot; Familiar Philosophy,&quot; 

 4to. in 12 lectures, with 47 quarto engravings. 

 Conversations on Natural Philosophy, by the 

 author of Conversations on Chymistry, 1 thick 

 vol. 12mo. with 23 engravings. Blair s &quot; Gram 

 mar of Natural and Experimental Philosophy,&quot; 

 especially the late editions, contains (at a small 

 price) a comprehensive view of the principal 

 departments of Philosophy, including Astrono 

 my, Geology, Chymistry, Meteorology, &c. 

 Euler s &quot; Letters to a German Princess,&quot; 2 vols. 

 8vo. contains a popular view of the most interest 

 ing subjects connected with Natural and Expe 

 rimental Philosophy, Logic, and Ethics. This 

 work is distinguished by a vein of dignified and 

 scriptural piety, which runs through every part 

 of it. Euler was one of the most distinguished 

 philosophers and mathematicians of his day. 

 He died in 1783, at the age of 77. A new edi 

 tion of this work, with notes by Dr. Brewster, 

 has been lately published. These notes are-ex 

 cellent, so far as they extend ; but it is to be 

 regretted that they are so sparingly distributed, 

 and that the passages suppressed byM. Condor- 

 cet, and De la Croix, which were restored by 

 Dr. Hunter, who translated the work, and the 

 notes of the French and English editors, are, for 

 the most part, discarded. Notwithstanding the 

 numerous excellent treatises which are to be 

 found on this subject, a comprehensive work on 

 experimental philosophy, blended with sketches 

 of those parts of natural history, which are con 

 nected with it, and enlivened with appropriate 

 reflections on the peculiar agencies of the Deity, 

 which appear in the various processes of nature 

 is still wanting to interest the general reader, and 

 to attract his attention to this department of know 

 ledge. Were philosophers, in their discussions 

 of natural science, more frequently to advert to 

 the agency of the Deity, and to point put the 

 religious arid philanthropic purposes to which 

 modern discoveries might be applied, they 

 might be the means of promoting, at the same 

 time, the interests both of science and of reli 

 gion ; by alluring general readers to direct their 

 attention to such subjects ; and by removing 

 those groundless prejudices which a great pro 

 portion of the Christian world still entertain 

 against philosophical studies. About the period 

 when Boyle, Ray, Derham, Nieuwentyt, Whis- 

 ton, Addison, the Abbe Pluche, and other 

 Christian philosophers flourished, more atten 



tion seems to have been paid to this object than 

 at present. Since the middle of the last cen 

 tury, the piety of philosophers appears to have 

 been greatly on the decline. It is to be hoped 

 that it is now beginning to experience a revival. 

 But, whatever may be the varying sentiments 

 and feelings of mere philosophers, in reference to 

 the agencies of the material system &quot; all the 

 works of God invariably speak of their Author,&quot; 

 to the humble and enlightened Christian ; and if 

 he be directed to contemplate the order of na 

 ture, with an eye of intelligence, he will never 

 be at a loss to trace the footsteps and the attri 

 butes of his Father and his God. 



SELECT BOOKS OS CHYMISTRT 



Davy s Elements of Chymical I .ilosophy, 

 8vo. Ure s Dictionary of Chymistry, on tho 

 basis of Mr. Nicholson s, 1 large vol. 8vo. 

 Henry s Epitome of Chymistry, 2 vols. Svo. 

 Accurn s Chymistry, 2 vols. Svo. Thomson s 

 System of Chymistry, 4 vols. 8vo. Murray s 

 System of Chymistry, 4 vols. Svo. and Appen 

 dix. Kerr s translation of Lavoisier s Elements 

 of Chymistry, 8vo. ChaptaPs Chymistry, ap 

 plied to the Arts, 4 vols. Svo. Fourcroy s 

 Chymistry, 4 vols.--Accurn s &quot; Chymical Amuse 

 ments,&quot; and Griffin s &quot; Chyrnioal Recreations,&quot; 

 contain a description of a variety of interesting 

 chymical facts and amusing experiments. 

 Gurney s Lectures on the EU-inen/s of Chymi 

 cal Science. Svo. Mackenzie si One Thousand 

 Experiments in Chymistry, &c. Mitel, ell s 

 Dictionary of Chymistry. ( onversations on 

 Chymistry, by a Lady, 2 VO!F. 12mo. Joyce s 

 Dialogues on Chymistry, 2 v&amp;lt; Is. 18mo. Par 

 ker s Rudiments of Chymistry, 18mo. and his 

 Chymical Catechism, Svo. The four works last 

 mentioned may be recommended as popular in 

 troductions to the study of this science. Parker s 

 Rudiments and Catechism are distinguished by 

 their constant reference to the agency of the 

 Deity, and by the anxiety which the author dis 

 plays to fix the attention of his readers on the^ 

 evidences of benevolent design which appear 

 in the constitution of nature. The numerous 

 notes appended to the Chyu&amp;lt;lv.al Catechism, im- 

 body a great variety of interesting facts in re 

 ference to the economy of nature, and the pro 

 cesses of the arts. To this amiable and intelligent 

 writer I feel indebted for severe of the chvmica. 

 facts svated in this volume. 





