The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-03-02
GEORGE r. GLIDDoN, ESQ.

:, has been well known by the friends and
.a,,;rers Of this distinguished gentleman, thai
). has for some time been engaged in prepar
;ng for the press work, the best idea Of which
NAV be drawn from the title which ne propo'
,es 10 affix TO il, and which is as follows -
..T.nes If Mankind, or chronological Research
=. h,sea unon the ancient monuments, pant
-. scn,ntures and crania ofraces, and upon
their natural, geographical, pathological and
biblical history, &C." Dr. Nott' OF Mobile, o
.,,.m.r xe,I known in the scientific world
.on..,ea with him in the enterprise. This
- i dedicated to the memory OF the late
Ss,rsl George Morton, NJ. D., President Of
,he Academy of Natural Sciences, at Philadel.
III. author of Crania Americana, Craaia
Egvptiaea, &C., and is prefaced by memoir
of that distinguished gentleman, the whole OF
whose inedited manuscripts are in the hanos
of the authors of the present volume.
The work is embellished by more than two
hundred wood cuts, Illustrative Of the monu-
mental iconography OF the various families Of
man recognizable during a period of six thou
sand wears. Ithas, besides, number OF litho'
graphic plates, &C., and comprehends an en-
cyclopadic view of the Egyptian, Assyrian
and other Oriental researches. 1t is unneces-
sary to dwell upon the deeply interesting cha
racter which such work, edited as this will
be, must bear to every body, but especially to
all Southerners.
A dav or two since we received letter from
Mr. Gliddon, who is now in Washington, IN
forming us that he would be IN this city about
the eighth OF the present month, for the pur'
pose of taking up the lists left for subscribers
as he passed through short time snce' ne
then stated that he should require 40O subscri-
bers at SIS the copy, to justify the publication
of the work. and we learn from the Union, that
he already knows of 300 between New Orleans
and Boston, How many more there may be-,
as many Of his lists have not been called in' ne
Of course does not know. AS it is important
that he should ascertain that fact as soon as
possible, we cali upon the hterats OF Rich
mond, if there be such body, upon scientific
men. of whom we have several, upon physi-
clans, and professors Of medicine and surgery,
upon all who feel an interest in the work, fand
!, is strange if there be any who do not.J to
come forward and leave their names with
Messrs. Nash & Woodhouse, who are the
agents for this city. We would advise all
those who have private lists, and who may
possibly not see Mr.. Gliddon as he passes
through, to send them to the same place.
tits our intention, as soon as the work shall
have made its appearance, to criticise 1t IN our
columns, with all the impartiality at our con-
mand; yet it may not be amiss TO say, that no
two men probably in the whole world, are more
capable of conducting the enquiries which 1t
will necessarily involve, than those whose
names are mentioned in connection with 1t. -
They not only, themselves, possess an almost
uneeualled amount of information upon the
subjects, but they are in free and constant com.
munication with the large majority of those,
both in Europe and America, whose studies
have taken the same direction. The track
which such an investigation as that proposed
must follow, is connected with thousand diff
ferent roads, each opening into field of almost
boundless enquiry, and each suggesting its
own train of reasoning and enquiry. The au-
thors have selected with great aptness, for a
motto, the we'll known lines Of Lord Byron:
-"Words are things, and small drop of ink
Falling like dew upon thought. produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions Think
We have never heard or thought of a book
which seems better calculated to set every
body to thinking, to searching, to investigating
and which, for that very reason. promises more
to the cause of truth.