"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.