cism, nor one where the facts, tu use the muldest
term, were put together so loosely, while from them
such astounding deductions were sought to be drawn,
The scientific knowledge of the author is, evidently,
altugether acquired from books, and not from original
or even well-verified experiments; and some of these
are of a most questionable class, as to the amount of
scientific reliance that could be fairly placed to the
credit of their authority. It even evinces but a small.
acquaintance with the works on the principles of
electro-chemical science, of which, by the way, the |
author makes much use. In short, its Jearning is
reading merely, and precisely of that kind. that
a diligent and previously accomplished mind might
readily acquire from the library, and not that |
which can be derived only, from observation,
on the broad field of nature, or by varied experi-
ment in the closet, ‘hese were our impressions