"This admirable work evinces talent of the highest order, a deep and healthful moral feeling, a perfect command of the finest language, and a beautiful union of philosophy and poetry. No geologist can peruse this volume without instruction and delight."—Silliman's American Journal of Science.
"Mr. Miller's exceedingly interesting book on this formation is just the sort of work to render any subject popular. It is written in a remarkably pleasing style, and contains a wonderful amount of information."—Westminster Review.
"In Mr. Miller's charming little work will be found a very graphic description of the Old Red fishes. I know not of a more fascinating volume on any branch of British geology."—Mantell's Medals of Creation.
Sir Roderick Murchison, giving an account of the investigations of Mr. Miller, spoke in the highest terms of his perseverance and ingenuity as a geologist. With no other advantages than a common education, by a careful use of his means, he had been able to give himself an excellent education, and to elevate himself to a position which any man, in any sphere of life, might well envy. He had seen some of his papers on geology, written in a style so beautiful and poetical as to throw plain geologists, like himself, in the shade.
GOULD AND LINCOLN, PUBLISHERS. BOSTON.
THE POETRY OF SCIENCE;
OR, STUDIES OF THE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA OF NATURE
BY ROBERT HUNT,
AUTHOR OF "PANTHEA," "RESEARCHES ON LIGHT," ETC.