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bis sahfe Strokes have rot thsf eceut
toned ring. Btels1narn u but <ns shadow
Of hint e,f, and nls w4r.crY kroHa faint. a"
hume RI sre getting e1h4u1te1. It "a time 1of
him Il, xe re before hs co1rr II fads and the Rrass-
homer begins to be ! hntuep. He ahpu1d Z, INTO
prtysto Tie acd ertoy his peuEioo, conteus Win
tne GOOD he has doue- MI. Ls.sua viii pTooAo|J
dlcovef ere lorg, II hs hns not Already, that tsefe
II da1 ger In rtdttR literary hobby too long, sod
.nar It il tue part Of wlgdu1 TO siop In the dosn
rt tuccesh
sE EercurB OF CREATION. 4 popular view Of
so1e ~ the grand catc .oso1r o. tho sotenoee
IA rtfeseLte - ins ai-soty o. Aastef eao @
Lie. soSs,ass rsa.ec.,ng tne psimnr,,.i Cnc-
n,,tnn :" u1f3 the Ulruse De.t,ny Of tue Earn |
ara tnr 70 Ar S.&'en. Hv ALEX xANDEK Win
CuEtL IL p, Pro!efof OF G:fio9T, I1oo3J
knd 30 a. :. n tne - rIaon,, - 5asr
IIt,n.,or. I"Iet .u re- y0rx: raraef / Rros. C1.-
c.cn. Wss,ern Meas Company; s. C, Gf1sxs i |
ID, 1879. |
The work before us, ~ It's aue-psEe inul-
cs'ef, Is eulneo:]y populAf ana fof toAs feaaopr
emIrep'ly good, IN thls 7se* "Asaoo' gong
into tne te.aila OF tho rhJEeal history Of the /
earth. or loading his work down with tbs tecnuf- |
ea1tiea OF science, which arc familiar only %
sarens, the sutnor has presented tho Gooefah:
pes and summed up tire eonelastons Of science
IN such A plsfr. practical wAy, thAs they are
within tho comprehension q all iu accomplish
Ing this work Prof. Wrnchell has 0a'c1sed Vide
1e,d. Ard has prepared panoramic survey Of
that 6e!d which viii be found to be veEY Interest,"
ire. and even fascinating, although Il has mono
of The cnaracteastlcs OF formal ac'satloc uaa-
1,ae In rEnyefslug this neld the autIor Useea
the action OF water and nre In the early s1ages
Of The eaEthf formation. the igneoua iosm ol tnh
eosr sssten, the WORK Of the ocean, the unfolding
at orean,c f1i.tsnce. the grand procession Of NE
". ~ es...s,.rt,,c, ~ sss var4oas reo,oatcat DC.
tbe enA1 1Actes1tc' " taH eAe 80 t,rs
t'oo'. the forms aud ptenitttes o. sae aossatia,
nnslly Of man: and she nuu.ro7s incidental sub
i.cts Wh!en gro out Of these various topics. In
the c1oalng chapters OF 'ne wofk the aosnor do
yo'el hlnten exclusively 70 the great corclns1ous
OF scence xi.h reference 10 the destiny Of mstter
ard life, srd III these chapters hs estaoltshes tbs
facts that man is the cfown1Dg "osk OF sae sn!-
nal creation: that motion caunot be pefpetoAl,
but inst all tne material forces Of tho universe
are terd!r z FrAdns1ls towards general aud per-
nAreot rest; that the moan'alos Will ba tevelled;
that thete must come q time Of universAl VIII
Ter. In which case the earth Will be
handy for the other p:aneu a.
refrigerator: that the sun must COO! Oh IN t!mes
ln4s tho racalnery OF tho heavens IL running
dowp, md that the dcat tendency Of the unlversa
h 10 aggregate INFO ono mass; aud thon shat
eternal night Codes down. Ali This would be
vefy tstressinH we're 1t not for the fact that It
will occur ntllous Of ages hence, 30 .hst We c8n
70 on with our little operations which No hhvain
hal d. quite rrRatdless Of ths EreAt Developments
Of n.,ute P,.nrehs Of s'!ls and se,n:so!ln, to
me cou pienenl'on OF a, ela@es 0! 1eaoe.a ne
| me prominent mtf''s o. ms No.a, "nlca ment
| b very '.n.hfoly called handbook OF fclence.
| A TREATISE on THE LAW RELATING To
| HbNKS AND BANKING, Win an sppeudix
eopta ptn9 lne National Baking act Of J1ue 3,
| !o6t. aan an HeIanenA taeieto+ ~ JOHN +
| r. R1o1N' ~ sa t:n.rsuo. c:usrhan c..s.
| croft 1870,
The cor r1er Of thlR tYeat!te ubon law as II IA,
fers 10 banss and pauntpp. has eutered npon a
| eoupasat,vcy upoceuped neld, a the English
ssestales are nearly yAluelefs: spc. English IeQts-
| ttttpp and usage arc 20 widely dtutreut rrou ous
oFr, The questions growing ont Of the relations
al banls To tho bus,neas community are beginning
to a1some 4 yery grave importance and wear by
| year Increase IN M rntude: and ,here IL. there.
fora auple loom for work OF this kind. both
With reffrerce 10 the wants Of the nrofeast1n and
of tuoae er u.ued Ia mercan,,1A hn,tneas, In tho
work In question, tho compiler has very fairy
covered the ground. and expounded the ID ns it
applies TO deposttors and cu.lou uers, the povesp,
dutleP, AID ilahi1ueB OF otlcels Ard agents, the
| usappa and cua,oma of hanks anr, thu rnat,ne and
forrns Of checks. no,es. ortc,a1 horas Ind coyer-
~.o' " nes., e.s's4 o.sa'' auo eosse. sa
aosA Suo sue skasa 49, " seoa .He'oss uAaAs tae @
.marsn.ar,. sa-s,a N'-4Atoe 49, @4'
omeuane1'a sue'e'''
"sLn s,,,st stoRls H,l Of Tue WORLD: 4 BOOK Of
GHKHswoop. a1thor Of aTne Adren,nre3 y;
Reuben Davidger," the True His1ory OF . LII
lie hA4ahnMn. the seven Curses OF Lou
aon. t.c: WIN one ou.ofeo aod !oftJ seveh
; caeo: western ne Se.1 c.. is;o' ps' oses en''