A Manual of the Elements of Natural History
Ih~; e , \% * Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/b21305638 2 c ft, \ e, ING’S KCollege LONDON Tortui If Library C LlffA i NiX fit>"! J'otfA'iW fall t M(¥ ( ft M/W/Wl meOf K>tet\M\/n m(4MV 201111455 X KING’S COLLEGE LONDON : H . - 1 . e A MANUAL OF THE ELEMENTS OF NATURAL HISTORY. BY I. F. BLUMENBACH, PROFESSOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GOTTINGEN, AULIC COUNSELLOR, FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT PARIS, &C. &C. TRANSLATED FROM THE TENTH GERMAN EDITION, By R. T. GORE, MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, IN LONDON, &C. “ It is, indeed, remarkable for its clear arrangement, and for the immense quantity of interesting and valuable information it contains, condensed into a small compass. It is, altogether, the best Elementary book on Natural History, in any language.” LAWRENCE’S LECTURES. LONDON PRINTED FOR W. SIMPKIN & R. MARSHALL, STATIONERS’-HALL COURT. 1825. ^library //a _ . -f W$ol 'ft Mud PRINTED BY C. SMITH, ANGEL COURT, STRAND. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE TRANSLATOR. The intrinsic merits of this Manual, together with the reputation of Professor Blumenbach, and the fa- will, vourable reception it has received in other countries, probably, be considered as a sufficient apology for pre- senting it to the English public. Without attempting to anticipate or evade the criticism to which he may have exposed himself, the Translator is far from supposing that he has been so fortunate as to succeed in avoiding the defects generally attendant on an undertaking like the con- present : with regard, however, to the language and struction, points for which he is more particularly answer- first, the able, he may perhaps be allowed to advert to ; peculiarities of the German language; and, second, the nature of the work, which affords no opportunity for ornament, and in which it is necessary that every thing should be subservient to the important particulars of clearness and utility.
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