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laces, columns, towers, cathedrals, bridges, viaducts, churches, and buildings of every description which the genius of man has constructed; and as these are all described in chronological order, according to the eras to which they belong, they form a connected narrative of the development of architecture, in which the history and progress of the art can be authentically traced. Care has been taken to popularize the theme as much as possible, to make the descriptions plain and vivid, to render the text free from mere technicalities, and to convey a correct and truthful impression of the various objects that are enumerated. =Ocean Depths.= BOTTOM OF THE SEA. By L. SONREL. Translated and edited by ELIHU RICH, translator of "Cazin's Heat," &c., with 68 woodcuts. (_Printed on Tinted Paper_) One vol 12mo $1 50 _For specimen illustration see page 26._ Written in a popular and attractive style, this volume affords much useful information about the sea, its depth, color, and temperature; its action in deep water and on the shores; the exuberance of life in the depths of the ocean, and the numberless phenomena, anecdotes, adventures, and perils connected therewith. The illustrations are very numerous, and specially graphic and attractive. CRITICAL NOTICE. This book is well illustrated throughout, and is admirably adapted to those who require light scientific reading.--_Nature_. =Lighthouses and Lightships.= LIGHTHOUSES AND LIGHTSHIPS. By W.H.D. ADAMS. With sixty illustrations. One volume 12mo. _Printed on tinted paper_ $1 50 The aim of this volume is to furnish in a popular and intelligible form a description of the Lighthouse _as it is_ and _as it was_, of the rude Roman pharos, or old sea-tower, with its flickering fire of wood or coal, and the modern Lighthouse, shapely and yet substantial, with its powerful illuminating apparatus of lamps and lenses, shining ten, or twelve, or twenty miles across the waters. The author gives a descriptive and historical account of their mode of construction and organization, based on the best authorities, and revised by competent critics. Sketches are furnished of the most remarkable Lighthouses in the Old World, and a graphic narration is presented of the mode of life of their keepers. CRITICAL NOTICES. "The book is full of interest."--_N.Y. Commercial Advertiser_. "The whole subject is treated in a manner at once interesting and instructive."--_Rochester Dem
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