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is again embarked in geology, and that his popular lectures to local au- 

 diences in Clap ham, are rendered subservient both to purposes of science 

 and benevolence. 



18. Popular Lectures on Geology, treated in a very comprehensive 

 manner ; by K. C. Von Leonhard. Translated by Rev. J. G. Morkis, 

 D. D., and edited by Prof. F. Hall, LL. D. Baltimore, 1841. Nos. 

 1, 2, 3, 4. pp. 400, 12mo. — Our opinion of the French translation of 

 this work was fully given in Vol. xxxix, p. 393, of this Journal. The 

 present English translation by the Rev. Dr. Morris, is done up in a very 

 readable and attractive style ; while the editorial care of Prof. Hall, has 

 ensured accuracy in technical details, and added numerous notes illus- 

 trative of American geological facts, which render the work more ac- 

 ceptable to readers in this country. The beautiful steel engravings of 

 the original are represented in the present edition by wood cuts, which, 

 as well as the typography, are not favorable examples of American 

 art in these matters. The translation of Prof. Leonhard's popular lec- 

 ture will prove an acceptable present to all who take an interest in the 

 subject, and may safely be recommended as one of the most interesting 

 and instructive works extant. 



19. Notice of the Relation between the Holy Scriptures and some 

 parts of Geological Science ; by John Pye Smith, D. D., F. R. S. and 

 F. G. S., Divinity Tutor in the Protestant Dissenting Chapel at Homer- 

 ton. Second edition, with many additions. London, Jackson & Wal- 

 ford, 1841. pp. 528, large 12mo. 



In the hope of giving a full account of this excellent volume, it has lain 

 on our table, waiting " a more convenient season ;" but as that season 

 seems not likely to arrive, we prefer giving a brief notice now to incurring 

 a longer delay. This work is contained in eight lectures, delivered in 

 the Congregational Library, Bloomfield street, Finsbury, as a part of a 

 series of lectures by different gentlemen. 



From the skeleton of the subject given in the table of contents, it will 

 be obvious to geologists that Dr. Smith has touched upon the most in- 

 teresting topics of the science, and it is evident that he has bestowed 

 upon it a diligent, persevering, and intelligent study, until he has made 

 himself master both of its facts and its doctrines. He meets them 

 with the spirit of a man, a philosopher, and a Christian, while he finds 

 nothing in them to impugn his faith as a believer in the Scriptures. 

 From his high character as a religious man, a learned theologian, and 

 a distinguished teacher, he was naturally most anxious to reconcile the 

 facts of geology with the Mosaic history. 



