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and the subsequent identification of the two mythologies was 
chiefly confined to the poets and the learned, and never probably 
penetrated to the lower classes of Rome. 
The author then describes the cosmogony and theogony of 
the Greeks, a sedtion of mythology which was never thoroughly 
naturalised in Italy. With reference to the conflicts of the Gods 
and the Titans and Giants, said to have raged in the fields of 
Thessaly, Dr. Seemann remarks that this district plainly bears 
the marks of former natural convulsions. He thus suggests that 
these myths may have had a foundation in fadt. But it is no 
part of his more immediate purpose to explore these border-lands 
of geology and mythology. 
We cannot here follow the author through his full, able, and 
clear account of the various deities of Greece and Rome — “ gods 
on half-pay,” as they were somewhat wickedly called by Heine. 
The attributes of each and the chief sites of his worship are 
clearly described. The illustrations, taken from the most cele- 
brated statues and reliefs, are both numerous and admirable, and 
the work is thus especially adapted for students of the fine arts. 
The author, or the publisher, makes use of the new German 
orthography, which, like American English, is an uncomfortable 
compromise between the phonetic and the traditional ways of 
spelling. 
A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathe- 
matics, containing Propositions , Formulce, and Methods of 
Analysis , with abridged Demonstrations. By G. S. Carr, 
B.A. Vol. I. London : C. F. Hodgson and Son. 
This work opens with a series of mathematical tables. We 
have the Centimetre-Gramme-Second system of units, including 
the values of the dyne, the erg, ohm, volt, weber, the eledtro- 
static and eledtro-magnetic units, &c. Next follow physical 
constants and formulas, including a table of values for the prin- 
cipal lines of the spedtrum in air at i6o° C. and 76 c.m. barometer. 
After this sedtion come Burckhardt’s fadtor tables for all numbers 
from 1 to 99,000. The remainder of the work is devoted to alge- 
bra, the theory of equations, plane trigonometry, spherical trigo- 
nometry, elementary geometry, and geometrical conics. 
The author’s object is to supply a compadt summary of the 
fundamental theorems, formulae, and processes in the chief 
branches of mathematics. His compilation will prove very useful 
to advanced students. 
