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(what can hardly be said of any other American work on the ele- 

 ments of Astronomy,) facilities for actually making astronomical 

 calculations. The Solar and Lunar tables are abridged from those 

 of Delambre and Buckhardt, and are of course of the highest au- 

 thority. The astronomical student, however, may be informed, that 

 the originals are not expensive, and, when practicable, they ought to 

 be in his possession in preference to any abridgment. Still the ta- 

 bles, as given in this work, will be found adequate to the purposes of 

 the beginner, and will indeed conduct him to a more accurate result 

 than he can attain by the aid of most works of this kind. 



The analytical methods of calculating eclipses, which the author 

 has given, are refined and ingenious. For a school book, which will, 

 we hope, be used in many institutions where Analytical Trigonome- 

 try has been little cultivated, it might, indeed, be desirable to exhibit 

 a [ew examples of the plainer and more ordinary methods of ma- 

 king such calculations. We trust, nevertheless, that the rapid pro- 

 gress which mathematical science is making in our country, will 

 shortly render such a provision unnecessary. We will only add the 

 hope, that this work, the fruit of much industry and ability, will re- 

 ceive the extensive patronage which it merits. 



24. Tivelve Lectures on the connection between Science and Re- 

 vealed Religion ; delivered in Rome, by JVicholas Wiseman, D.D., 

 Principal of the English College, and Professor in the University of 

 Rome. Andover, 1837. — We did not look to Rome for a book of 

 this kind ; much less did we expect so able a discussion of the rela- 

 tion of Geology to the Mosaic history. Had we time and space, it 

 would be highly interesting and instructive to give a full analysis of 

 the whole book ; as it is, however, we must content ourselves with 

 briefly noticing his geological disquisitions. These are contained in 

 the fifth and sixth lectures, under the head of " The Natural Sci- 

 ences." Although he does not enter minutely into geological dis- 

 cussion, he shows at every step of his argument that he is familiar 

 with the great facts in geology, and with the general course of geolo- 

 gical reasoning, and that what he says comes from a mind well stored 

 by extensive and various reading, and matured by reflection. He 

 says, with all other true philosophers, that we need have no fear in 

 following truth, however far her torch may lead us from our precon- 

 ceived opinions ; confident, that in the end, she will not be inconsis- 

 tent with herself. While our author is catholic, in the largest and best 



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