Or, the Ancient Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants,
AS ILLUSTRATED BY GEOLOGICAL MONUMENTS.
BY SIR CHARLES LYELL, M. A., F. R. S.,
Author of "Principles of Geology" &c., &c.
Reprinted from the last London, Entirely Revised Edition. Illustrated with Five Hundred Wood-Cuts. One handsome volume, large 8vo. Price $1 75.
"The author of this work stands in the very front rank of scientific men, and his works upon the sciences, to which he has devoted his great powers, and his Indefatigable study, are the standard books upon those subjects. This Manual has had a very great sale in England, and its successive editions have kept pace with the steady progress of geological science. To the last edition, new and important pages have been added, containing the latest discoveries In geology. This study has never before received so great attention as at present, and in no other country can it be studied so profitably and with such practical results as in this."—Providence Journal.
"This is a standard work, on one of the most wonderful of modern sciences. In connection with the "Principles of Geology," by the same author, it gives a complete survey of the science at its present stage of advancement. We commend these works to the serious attention of those fossil theologians who esteem it their duty to bring the Bible, if they can, into conflict with the inductive sciences, and who think that their interpretation of Genesis is a sufficient reply to all the inductions of Geology."—Recorder.
"The author of this volume is among the most eminent of geologists, and is well qualified to make an exposition of the science. This "Manual" is not intended as an epitome of another work, "The Principles of Geology," but occupies a distinct place, the "Principles" containing a view of the Modern changes of the Earth and its inhabitants, while the "Manual" relates to the Monuments of Ancient changes. The author recommends to the student of geology who wishes to examine his works, to commence with the "Principles," a new and thoroughly revised edition of which is just about tube issued by the Publishers of the present volume. "We are not among those who apprehend injury to the cause of Scripture truth, by the study of this science, and we only wish it were more generally and thoroughly investigated by sound minds. It is imperative on all theologians, and those designing to become such, to make this a branch, of study, and thus to be prepared to defend the truth when it is assayed, as it has been by men of science. The truth has nothing to fear, but every thing to gain even from scientific investigation."—Observer.