INTRODUCTION. 



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SECTION III. 

 THE FINE ARTS. 



This Section includes Painting, Sculpture, En- 

 graving, Heraldry, and Architecture; together with 

 Music and Poetry. With respect to these Divi- 

 sions, we may observe, that the leading article 

 of each is very full and satisfactory, and if in the 

 copious details which range under it, there should 

 seem to be an occasional omission, it will generally 

 be found that this omission in the Index is supplied 

 by the extensive and minute view of the subject 

 embraced in the leading article itself. It could not 

 be expected that all the minntise of art should have 

 separate mention in the book, and this being the 

 case, these minor features could not all be particu- 

 larized in the Index. We may state, that the bio- 

 graphies in this section are peculiarly rich, and will 

 afford much satisfaction to the student and admirer 

 of Art. 



SECTION IV. 



GRAMMAR, METAPHYSICS, AND 

 MATHEMATICS. 



GRAMMAR. 



This Division embraces Language, Hieroglyphics, 

 Writing, and Typography, Grammar, Rhetoric, 

 Logic, and Philology. These several heads com- 

 bine into one harmonious whole, and form a highly 

 satisfactory compendium on one of the most in- 

 teresting departments of human knowledge. 



II. 

 METAPHYSICS. 



Under this Division are included Theology, Bi- 

 ble, and Metaphysics. The details alphabetically 

 arranged beneath these three heads take up the 

 general subject very fully. The Biblical student 

 and the metaphysical inquirer will derive great 

 benefit from a perusal of the numerous articles and 

 biographies collected in this Division. 



III. 

 . MATHEMATICS. 



MATHEMATICS. 



AEITHMETIC. 



ALGEBRA. 



GEOMETRY. 



TRIGONOMETRY. 



Although the details connected with the heads of 

 this Division are not numerous, it will be found in 

 reference to the articles, and more especially to the 

 heads themselves, that the various branches of ma- 

 thematical inquiry are extensively illustrated and 



their principles thoroughly defined. Under Geo- 

 metry and Trigonometry will be found excellent 

 elementary treatises on these two subjects. 



SECTION V. 



NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 



This Section embraces the following Divisions :- 



I. 

 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 



II. 

 NATURAL HISTORY. 



PHYSIOLOGY. 



ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



MINERAL KINGDOM. 



III. 

 MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 



IV. 

 SCIENCES. 



GEOLOGY. 



CHEMISTRY. 



ELECTRICITY. 



METEOROLOGY. 



OPTICS. 

 ASTRONOMY. 



The extensive and interesting departments of 

 knowledge included in general under the term 

 Natural Philosophy, are opened up in this Section 

 very satisfactorily. The Division on Natural His- 

 tory has been found so complete in its details as to 

 admit all the classification and arrangement usually 

 observed in popular works exclusively devoted to 

 the subject. The Sciences also, are equally rich in 

 their details ; so much so, that the chemical articles 

 have been highly commended by Professor Gregory 

 of Aberdeen : and the Supplemental treatise on 

 the Microscope called forth a letter of approval 

 to the Publishers, from Mr Pritchard of London, a 

 gentleman standing in the first rank as a philoso- 

 phical writer and a practical optician. 



SECTION VI. 



USEFUL AND MECHANICAL ARTS, 



MANNERS AND CUSTOMS AND 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



This Section is altogether miscellaneous in its 

 nature. The first Division embraces the principles 

 of Mechanics, an alphabetical enumeration of the 

 various Arts and Inventions formerly and at present 

 existing amongst mankind, and an analytical view 



