Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-02-24
half OF the volume, and there is a full index
of the authors nno.ad nv -ae,-oI ..


OF the authors quoted or referred to.
ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC Discovery or Year,
Book OF fact IN Science and Art. for 1850
Edited by Daniel A. Wells, A. NJ, &c
Boston Gould Lincoln 1860.
Mr-Wells' Yearbook has been publishedan-
nually for some years its purpose being to give
a collected view of the principal additions
made to the stock of knowledge in natural
science and the mechanic arts during the
year Immediately preceding its publication.
To a great extent the articles are extract.
from public journals Of authority, and they
are distributed under seven general head,
Mechanics and Useful Arts. Natural Phi
losopby, Chemical Science, Geology. Botarv-
Zoology. Astronomy and Meteorologv pre-
faced by an interesting chapter q notes ~
the editor, on the progress Of science FIR the
year 1859 An excellent engraved Likeness
Of the veteran naturalist. Isaac Lea, ESQ. Of
Philadelphia, President OF the American As
ISOLATION for the Advancement OF Science.
for the year 1850, appears as a frontlspiece
to the volume. The 42O pages, in solid MN
lon, Of this volume contain a great body o.
information, most Of which would be entirely
inaccessible to the community generally.
were it not for Mr.. Weiss valuable CON
pend.
CHRIST IN H1s1oRr. By Robert Turnbuu.
D. D. 4 new and Revised edition BIS
ton Gould z Lincoln. 1860.
The title - Christ in History says the
author in his preface. limits the scope of the
work to an exposition of the relations Of
Christ (here taken in the highest expressio1.
or manifestation Of Cod to universal Histl-7.
1t taxes the Incarnation as the central o.
% turning point in the history Of mankind,
and it attempts to show how all the forces Of
society converge around 1t, how al preceding
history prepared for it, how all succeeding
history dates from it The history Of the
world, ancient and modern, cannot be under
stood, he considers, except with reference TO
Christ. The human fact, or properly speak
ing, history, is not denied, but the supernat-
ural or Divine is insisted on. The work shows
learning and research in the author Is writ
ten in a flowing and readable manner. and
must prove very interesting and instructive 70
to large circle Of readers, to most Of whom
the large type and clear page in which it ap-
pears viii be very acceptable.
a DICTIONARY OF TIE ENGLISH LAyeUGE, by
JosEPH E. WORCESTER, L. L. D. Boston.
H1cKL1se, Swan & Beaver, 1850. 4to PIP
1876.
This Is the large quarto Dictionary, the
publication Of which has been looked for BY
the literary men ofour country for some tine
past. The superior merits of Dr. Worcester.
as a photographer, have been long recognized
bv literary critics, and on that head it Is SUI
fcient 70 say here, that with scholarlike ne1
Of our country. MS dictionaries have alFsv,
stood in the first rank. and in some respects
are considered decidedly superior TO all otas-,
from American authors. To discuss t1s
grounds Of such an estimate would far over
run the limits Of newspaper. We can o.
" advert here to the great excellence which
appear. in the typographical execution Of the
work. The work bears the imprint Of IL
well known firm Of H c. H0ugh10n 3 Co.,
Of Cambridge Mass, the eIectrotyps plates
being from the Boston stereotype foundry,
and the nice taste displayed in the uss
and disposition of letter, the clearness and
evenness Of color and impression. the mat
design, clean cut md well propo-ti1nsd sss
Of the illustrations which abound II the
volume, leave nothing 70 Be desired.
The amount Of patience and care necessary
to insure accuracy q typography in Work
Of tins character and magnitude Is hardly
conceivable except by tbosa who have had
pretty large experience in proof reading We
can not doubt that that indispensable quality
il book Of this sort viii be found. on long
trial, to exist in this one as perfectly as IN
any book Of corresponding izs ever published
The work must bring lasting fans
to its author, while the style in which 10 Is
brought out will greatly rebound 70 the
credit Of the type founder and printer. and
- the reputation Of the enterprising publish
ers, who, We hope, Will realize q generous Re
ward for the risk snd expense incurred II
bringing out work of such magnitude and
expense. 1t is one which ought 70 be
found in every library Of decent sizes, public
or rrivata in the nation OuitA = iz--a
number Of copies were subscribed for IN TIL.
vicinity, and We understand that E. 4 p
ler Is ready to supply orders for non-sla-
scribers.