176 Reviews — Smonins Mines and Miners. 



Superior in full mining costume (page 471). "We are reminded of the 

 full court suit of the visitors to the King of the Sandwich Islands. 



M. Simonin has made himself extensively acquainted with miuing 

 both in Europe and America, but still (as the translator tells us) he 

 looks at the subject from a French point of view, and does not give 

 any special prominence to the mineral industries of this country. 



Mr. Bristow has furnished a great deal of new and valuable matter 

 relating to British mining, and he has evidently done much to im- 

 prove the work, principally in the shape of additions or interpolations. 

 The revisal of some of the maps, and the addition of new ones, beauti- 

 fully executed in chromolithography by Mr. J. B. Jordan, form im- 

 portant features in this new edition of M. Simonin's work. 



The book is divided into three parts, — the first is devoted to Coal. 

 Its origin is discussed, and illustrated with an ideal landscape of the 

 Coal-measure period. The history of the discovery of coal, the 

 manner in which coal is worked, the dangers to which miners are 

 exposed, and lastly, the probable duration of our coal supply, are all 

 treated of in this part. In the second part the metalliferous mines 

 are taken into consideration, and, in the third, the " mines of precious 

 stones." 



The whole is agreeably written and interspersed with numerous 

 anecdotes, and with accounts of the manners and customs of miners in 

 various countries. It will doubtless prove an interesting work to 

 the general reader ; and although its bulk might deter some from 

 attempting its joerusal, it will really be found not so formidable a 

 task as its weight would imply, so much of the text being inter- 

 spersed with illustrations, and the type being bold and clear. 



n. — Trubnee's American and Oriental Literary Eecoed for 

 February 15th, 1869, contains Notices of many new and impor- 

 tant additions to the Literature of the day. 



Three books deserve special reference here : 



I. "The Myths of the New World ; a treatise on Symbolism and 

 Mythology of the Eed Eace of America ; " by Daniel G. Brinton, 

 A.M., M.D., etc. (London : Triibner & Co.). 



Probably there is no savage stock possessed of finer legends and 

 mythical history than the Eed Indians; and the beauty of their 

 similes, derived from Nature, has been well shown by Longfellow 

 in his " Hiawatha," and by many other writers. The names of God 

 are remarkably grand and impressive, — thus, " The Thunder Vase," 

 "The Foam of the Sea animating the World," "Heart of the Sky," 

 " The Soul of the World," " Lord of the Sky," " Mother and Father 

 of Life," "Maker and Moulder of all," etc., etc. In no American 

 myth is there any trace of a personality of evil, nor have they 

 any word corresponding to devil in their language. Many of the 

 native legends have a most wonderful similarity to the description 

 given in Genesis of the Creation and the Flood. The book is full 

 of interest for the Ethnologist. 



II. " The Lifted and Subsided Eocks of America, with their In- 



