ECCLESIASTICAL CLASS BOOK, or History of the Church 
from the birth of Christ to the present time ; adapted to the use of Acad¬ 
emies and Schools. With engravings. By the Rev. Charles A. Good¬ 
rich. 1 vol. 18 mo. 
Tele GEOGRAPHY OF THE HEAVENS, and Class Book 
of Astronomy, accompanied by a Celestial Atlas. By Elijah H. Bur- 
ritt, A. M. Third Edition, with an Introduction by Thomas Dick, 
LL. D., author of the Christian Philosopher, &c. 
From the Rev. T. H. Callaudet, late Principal of the Asylum for the Deaf 
and Dumb , Hartford , Conn. 
The simple object of the work is, to form a Class Book, which shall be 
to the starry heavens, what Geography is to the earth. 
The Atlas, which contains six maps', is so arranged as to furnish a 
very valuable substitute for a Celestial Globe, and, in some respects, to 
be superior to it. It is much cheaper. It gives a faithful portraiture of 
the heavens for every day in the year, and does not require to be rectified 
for that purpose like a Globe. Nearly all the problems that are peculiar 
to the Globe, and a great number beside, can be solved by it. It can be 
put into the hands of each member of a class at the same time, but a 
Globe cannot be. There are other advantages, also, which are enume¬ 
rated in the preface of the work. 
The book bears ample testimony to the talents and ingenuity of the 
author, and shows that he possesses that philosophical spirit of patient in¬ 
vestigation, and analysis, which are so important in the execution of such 
a work. It is, as a whole, evidently the result of great labor, and in its 
poetical extracts, and mythological illustrations, highly creditable to the 
good taste and correct moral feeling of the author. It is, indeed, well 
adapted for the object; and while the abundance of its instructive, as 
well as entertaining matter, will make it a standard work for those who 
may desire to become adepts in this noble science, it can easily be accom¬ 
modated, by judicious selections, to the younger classes in schools, or to 
such as may have less time to devote to the subject. 
From Rev. B. F. Joslin, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy , Union 
College , Schenectady , N. Y. 
I have examined many parts of Mr. Burritt’s book on the “ Geogra¬ 
phy of the Heavens,” &c. The part which treats of the solar system, is 
a correct and interesting epitome of that part of Astronomy ; whilst the 
first.and greater portion of the book, which treats of the fixed stars, is 
admirably calculated to diffuse a knowledge of what may be termed 
Uranoiogy, or the natural history of the Heavens. This last, being 
(like other branches of natural history) a science of observation, is pecu¬ 
liarly adapted to children, and naturally pecedes the study of astronomy 
in the education of an individual, as it did in the education of the race. 
With the aid of this book and atlas, and an instructor, this study presents 
fewer difficulties to a child, than any branch of natural history, common¬ 
ly so called. Adults, without an instructor, will be enabled by this work, 
to acquire much interesting knowledge of this science, to say nothing of 
Mythology. The Atlas is much cheaper than a Globe, and is, in some 
respects, more convenient for beginners, especially as it is more easy for 
the observer to conceive the map to be placed between his eye and the 
heavens, than to ( conceive the eye at the centre of an artificial globe. 
The same principle does not apply to geographical maps compared with 
terrestrial globes, inasmuch as we are above the earth’s surface. 
