"This book richly deserves the attention of the public. Its object, as may be surmised from the title, is to paint the poetical aspect of science, or rather to show that the deeper one investigates the mysteries of nature--whether in the formation of a continent, in the orbit of a star, or in the color of a flower--the more awakened will be his wonder and his veneration, and the more call will there be upon his highest powers of the intellect and the imagination."--_Boston Post._ "It was once supposed that poetry and science were natural antipodes; and lo! they now are united in loving bonds. Mr. Hunt has certainly demonstrated that the divinest poetry lies hidden in the depths of science, and needs but a master spirit to evoke it in shapes of beauty."--_Christian Chronicle._ "It may be read with interest, by the lovers of nature and of science."--_N. Y. Tribune._ "It is written in a style not unworthy of the grandeur of the subject."--_N. Y. Eve. Post._ "The author, while adhering to true science, has set forth its truths in an exceedingly captivating style."--_New York Commercial Advertiser._ "We are heartily glad to see this interesting work re-published in America. It is a book that is a book."--_Scientific American._ "From the arcana of science especially, has the author gleaned what may be properly termed her poetry, which will make the book one of the most interesting character to the intelligent reader."--_Christian Herald._ "It is really a scientific treatise, fitted to instruct and enlarge the mind of the reader, but at the same time it invests the subjects it describes with the radiance of the imagination, and with the charming association of poetry. The book well deserves the title it bears, and is a beautiful illustration of the poetic interest that belongs to many of the discussions of the science."--_Providence Journal._ "It is one of the most readable, interesting, and instructive works of the kind, that we have ever seen."--_Philadelphia Christian Observer._ 14 In this admirable production, Mr. Hunt offers a beautiful epitome of the physical phenomena of Nature, in which, from their ultimate facts, he leads his reader by inductive processes, to the contemplation of vast eternal truths. Though full of information, the facts cited in his pages are not collected solely because they are such, but with true philosophical acumen, to build up the edifice; and if curious or rare, they are selected merely to strengthen the position in which they are placed."--_Washington Union._ "We anticipate a wide circulation for it in this country."--_Albany State Register._ "The scientific compass of the volume is large, and its execution is exceedingly fine and interesting."--_Zion's Herald._