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Student will find here, an admirably well conducted laboratory, and if he 

 desire to confine his attention to chemistry alone, perhaps he could not 

 do better than to remain in London, as there is no city in the world where 

 this science is pursued with more ardor and success, and he will moreover 

 have the further opportunity in the course of a winter's residence of hear- 

 ing the lectures of many celebrated men, such as Mr. Faraday, Mr. Brande, 

 Prof. Miller, and others. But if he design to pursue Mineralogy and Ge- 

 ology also, the student will observe that the lectures on these subjects do 

 not begin till the middle of February, and thus much time will be lost. 



In Germany he will find particular schools celebrated for this or that 

 speciality in science, but hardly any, where all are taught by men of 

 equal ability. 



To have at his command scientific advantages, facilities of all kinds 

 during the whole of the winter, it is advisable for the student to come at 

 once to Paris. The French are eminently eclectic. "Without always 

 taking the lead in the path of discovery, they have yet a wonderful talent 

 for system and arrangement, and a most happy and lucid way of commu- 

 nicating their knowledge : this is a national characteristic. It is stamped 

 upon their language, and accounts for the great superiority of their text- 

 books, compared with those of all other people. No where in the world 

 can there be found as clear and lucid an exposition of the principles of 

 all the sciences as at Paris. 



Let the student arrive about the 1st of November in a Havre Packet, 

 and establish himself in comfortable lodgings, somewhere on the south 

 side of the Seine, in the neighborhood of the great schools. These may 

 be had with board, for $6-1 per week. On or about the 15th of Novem- 

 ber, lectures begin at the " Ecole des Mines," the " Sorbonne," the " Jardin 

 des Plantes," a little later at the " Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers," 

 and the " College de France." The Ecole des Mines has many of the 

 most celebrated men among its professors, and its course it is well known 

 is most thorough and exact ; but admission to it is not always easy, and 

 the student should not attempt it, unless he proposes to remain for the 

 whole term of three years. It is perhaps also a better place to become 

 acquainted with practical mining, than to acquire a knowledge of general 

 principles, and a liberal scientific training. Let the student rather attach 

 himself to particular schools for particular studies. For Analytical Chem- 

 istry, let him enter some one of the excellent private laboratories, of 

 which he will see notices pasted up all over this part of Paris, and at 

 the same time follow the lectures of M. Balard, the celebrated discoverer 

 of bromium, and an admirable lecturer, or those of his colleague, M. 

 Dumas at the Sorbonne. For Agricultural Chemistry let him resort to 

 M. Boussingault, at the " Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers." On par- 

 ticular subjects he will find admirable lectures at the College de France, 

 like those of M. Deville, this winter on volcanoes. If he wish to acquire 

 a thorough knowledge of rocks and minerals, let him follow the lectures of 

 M. Cordier and Dufrenoy respectively at the Jardin des Plantes, or rather 

 let him follow the " Cours Pratiques d'Histoire Naturelle" of the Garden, 

 conducted by the Assistant Professor of this magnificent establishment, 

 and which promises to become one of the most important of the scientific 

 advantages of Paris, especially to foreigners. Indeed it is to the Jardin 

 des Plantes, that the student must chiefly resort for a combination of all 1 



