This edition contains over one hundred pages of entirely new matter, from the pen of Hugh Miller. It contains, also, several additional new plates and cuts, the old plates re-engraved and improved, and an Appendix of new Notes.
"It is withal one of the most beautiful specimens of English composition to be found, conveying information on a most difficult and profound science, in a style at once novel, pleasing, and elegant."—Dr. Sprague—Albany Spectator.
THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE CREATOR; or, the Asterolepsis of Stromness, with numerous Illustrations. With a Memoir of the Author, by Louis Agassiz. 12mo, cloth, $1.00.
Dr. Buckland said he would give his left hand to possess such power of description as this man.
TESTIMONY OF THE ROCKS; or, Geology in its Bearings on the two Theologies, Natural and Revealed. "Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field."—Job. With numerous elegant Illustrations. One volume, royal 12mo, cloth, $1.25.
This is the largest and most comprehensive Geological Work that the distinguished author has yet published. It exhibits the profound learning, the felicitous style, and the scientific perception, which characterize his former works, while it embraces the latest results of geological discovery. But the great charm of the book lies in those passages of glowing eloquence, in which, having spread out his facts, the author proceeds to make deductions from them of the most striking and exciting character. The work is profusely illustrated by engravings executed at Paris, in the highest style of French art.
THE CRUISE OF THE BETSEY; or, a Summer Ramble among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist; or, Ten Thousand Miles over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland. 12mo, cloth, $1.25.
Nothing need be said of it save that it possesses the same fascination for the reader that characterizes the author's other works.
MY SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS; or, the Story of my Education. An Autobiography. With a full-length Portrait of the Author. 12mo, cloth, $1.25.
This is a personal narrative, of a deeply interesting and instructive character, concerning one of the most remarkable men of the age.