The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-06 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

Astronomy in a Nutshell. By Lieut. Morrison,
R.N. Second Edition, pp. 32.
The appearance of the Second Edition of this
remarkable little scientific brochure within so brief
an interval since the date of its original publication,
shows that it has "gone off"—as quickly, one might
almost say, as by a sort of literary detonation! It
has quite evidently told—this daring incursion into
the realm of the Newtonian Astronomers, by the
author of " The Solar System as it is, and not
as it is Represented." Mr. Morrison has here
given within the brief compass of these
few pages what he defines by a second
title, as " The Leading Problems of the Solar Sys-
tem solved by Simple Proportion only, on the
Theory of Magnetic Attraction." The undertaking
adventured upon by the author is as audacious in
the magnitude of its design as it is succinct and
lucid in the manner of its exposition. His argu-
ment at the very,outset is that " The day is at hand
when astronomy will be as generally understood as
it is easily comprehended ; and then the world will
laugh to scorn, as I do, the fallacious nonsense,
which has made of the beautiful simplicity of the
handywork of the Greet Creator, a maze, a mystery,
and a matter, forsooth, for the highest ' intellect'
only to be able to penetrate I Whereas, God has
given to nearly every man sufficient natural talent
to understand most of the works of His hands,
though none living may hope to penetrate the great
mystery of His Being." To this end Lieut. Morri-
son has written this popular litttle treatise, entitled
Astronomy in a Nutshell—to this end he wrote the
more elaborate work setting forth his novel and
startling explanation of the " Solar System As It
Is"—a work at once dubbed by the dithencrum,
" the NEW PRINCIFIA !" And assuredly no one can
take up and thinkingly examine either the book or
the pamphlet in which Lieut. Morris9n's ideas are
set forth in very clear and comprehensible language,
twoitshayoutthreecleoagsntisoint
it, recognising that
ingenious, that it is cer-
tainly the theory he advances is,
very remarkable.

BEAUTIFUL SUN.

warm beams near and afar,
Beautiful Sun I shining brightly on high,
gleam of the last twinkling star,
Smiling above in the pale Eastern sky,
When the first rays of morning o'ershadows the skies,
All radiant in beauty thou'lt proudly arise,
Thus we see thee at dawning thy race has begun,
Beautiful, radiant, glorious Sun,
Beautiful Sun, glorious Sun,
Checking,l7.Sheddinge
We see thee at dawning thy race has begun,
Beautiful, radiant, glorious Sun !
Beautiful Sun ! at the noontide hour,
Cheering thy warm
glance, boundless thy power,
Sweet is thy presence o'er valley and hill,
Reflecting thy charms in the stream and the rill;
When the sky is unclouded mid glorious blue,
How genial thy smile, how warm and how true,
Or when dark clouds may veil thy race thou'lt still run,
Shedding glory around thee, beautiful Sun,
Beautiful Sun, glorious Sun,
When dark clouds may veil thy race thou'lt still run,
Shedding glory around thee, beautiful Sun I
Beautiful Sun I when far in the West,
We see thee sink down as a traveller to rest,
Gilding the clouds with thy fast fading beam,
Smiling around as a radiant dream,
Inviting our thoughts to bright realms above,
Revealing the hand of Omnipotent Love,
So sweetly thou sink'st when thy day's race is run,
All radiant in glory, beautiful Sun.
Beautiful Sun, glorious Sun,
Sweetly thou sink'st when thy day's race is run,
All radiant in glory, bescatiful Sun!
Canterbury,

CLARA LOVA