CRITICAL NOTICES.

“As a hand-book of reference to the natural wonders of the world this work has no superior.”—­Philadelphia Inquirer.

“The illustrations are particularly graphic, and in some cases furnish much better ideas of the phenomena they indicate than anything short of an actual experience, or a panoramic view of them would do.”—­N.Y.  Sunday Times.

=The Sun.=

THE SUN.  By AMEDEE GUILLEMIN.  From the French by T.L.  PHIPSON, Ph.D. 
With 58 illustrations.  One volume 12mo $1 50

For specimen illustration see page 21.

M. GUILLEMIN’S well-known work upon The Heavens has secured him a wide reputation as one of the first of living astronomical writers and observers.  In this compact treatise he discourses familiarly but most accurately and entertainingly of the Sun as the source of light, of heat, and of chemical action; of its influence upon living beings; of its place in the Planetary World; of its place in the Sidereal World; of its physical and chemical constitution; of the maintenance of Solar Radiation, and, in conclusion, the question whether the Sun is inhabited, is examined.  The work embraces the results of the most recent investigations, and is valuable for its fulness and accuracy as well as for the very popular way in which the subject is presented.

CRITICAL NOTICES.

“The matter of the volume is highly interesting, as well as scientifically complete; the style is clear and simple, and the illustrations excellent.”—­N.Y.  Daily Tribune.

“For the first time, the fullest and latest information about the Sun has been comprised in a single volume.”—­Philadelphia Press.

“The work is intensely interesting.  It is written in a style which must commend itself to the general reader, and imparts a vast fund of information in language free from astronomical or other scientific technicalities.”—­Albany Evening Journal.

“The latest discoveries of science are set forth in a popular and attractive style.”—­Portland Transcript.

“Conveys, in a graphic form, the present amount of knowledge in regard to the luminous centre of out solar system.”—­Boston Congregationalist.

=Glass-Making.=

WONDERS OF GLASS-MAKING; ITS DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT.  By A. SAUZAY.  With 63 illustrations on wood.  One volume 12mo $1 50

For specimen illustration see page 22.

The title of this work very accurately indicates its character.  It is written in an exceedingly lively and graphic style, and the useful and ornamental applications of glass are fully described.  The illustrations represent, among other things, the mirror of Marie de Medici and various articles manufactured from glass which have, from their unique character, or the associations connected with them, acquired historical interest.