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use of terms expressing the names of things, and having little rela- 

 tion to practical results beyond the names of plaijts. Botany now 

 becomes an exhibition of nature in one kingdom of her most delight- 

 ful productions. If the names of genera and species are desired, 

 Wood's Botany happily enables one to carry out the principles of 

 the Botanical Text Book to this desirable result. So rapidly as 

 knowledge shall be diffused among the lovers of botany, will the 

 study of the natural system displace all others. Least of all will 

 there be a reliance on the artificial method. Y. C. 



A Universal Pronouncing Gazetteer : Containing topographical, statistical, and 

 other information, of all the more important places in the known world, from the 

 most recent and authentic sources ; with a map. By Thomas Baldwin, assisted by 

 several other gentlemen. Philadelphia, Lindsay &, Blackiston. 1845. pp. 550. 



This Gazetteer is intended to fix a standard for the pronunciation 

 of names ; giving, at the same time, the geographical position of 

 the places, with brief remarks on the commerce, population, and 

 other interesting particulars. 



The want of such a work has long been felt by the teachers of 

 geography. To the different nations of Europe, and their descen- 

 dants, the same letters often indicate different sounds. How then 

 can a plain English scholar know how to pronounce them ? Every 

 reader of this class, who officiates even in the family circle, ought 

 to have this volume before him : it should be in every school, and 

 in every library. 



The Introduction, which has been prepared with great care and 

 labor, gives the rules for such pronunciation, so that the student 

 may acquire the theory, while the body of the work illustrates it 

 by 'practice. In many instances, the etymology of the name is given. 



After the preceding remarks, it may scarcely appear necessary to 

 say that this book is original, both in plan and execution. Prefixed 

 to the Introduction, is a list of gentlemen who consented to lend 

 their names as authorities, and amongst them may be found many 

 of great eminence. George R. Gliddon, our late consul in Egypt; 

 Horatio Hale, philologist to the late Exploring Expedition ; Dr. 

 RuscHENBERGER, of the United States Navy ; and William B. 

 Hodgson, the celebrated Turkish scholar, may be cited as instances ; 

 and to show that we do not overrate the volume, we subjoin the 



