The Earth: a Descriptive History of the Phenomena of the Life of the Globe The Ocean, Atmosphere, and Life Being the Second Series of a Descriptive History of the Phenomena of the Life of the Globe. 2 vols, with numerous maps and illustrations

Abstract

I.IT is at length beginning to be acknowledged on all hands that no system of education can be pronounced perfect without a recognised position being assigned to the study of science. It cannot, of course, be supposed that in the ordinary curriculum, say of a university education, the various subjects of scientific study can obtain that exclusive attention which is required, in order to master them; but it is of the highest importance that, by the introduction and use of suitable text-books, the mind of the youthful and ardent lover of Nature in her various phases should be directed and prepared for entering upon those more minute studies and exhaustive researches in reference to particular subjects in the wide field of scientific inquiry, by which alone he can hope to force Nature to disclose her secrets.