...kind we have thus attempted to describe. In her simple and brief dedication to the Queen, she says, ' If I have succeeded in my endeavour to make the laws...dedicate my book to your Majesty has not been misplaced.' And if her ' countrywomen ' have already become tolerably familiar with the technical terms which the...

...V'i • SIDCCCXXXIV. '•"-. LONDON : PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES, Duke-Street, L*mbeth. Co tl)t MADAM, IF I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN MY ENDEAVOUR TO MAKE THE LAWS...NOT BEEN MISPLACED. I AM, WITH THE GREATEST RESPECT, YOUR MAJESTY'S OBEDIENT AND HUMBLE SERVANT, MARY SOMERVILLE. Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 1 Jan. 1S34....

...kind we have thus attempted to describe. In her simple and brief dedication to the Queen, she says, ' If I have succeeded in my endeavour to make the laws...dedicate my book to your Majesty has not been misplaced.' And if her ' countrywomen ' have already become tolerably familiar with the technical terms which the...

...kind we have thus attempted to describe. In her simple and brief dedication to the Queen, she says, ' If I have succeeded in my endeavour to make the laws...permission to dedicate my book to your Majesty has not been misplaced.1 And if her ' countrywomen ' have already become tolerably familiar with the technical terms...

...of character that distinguish the accomplished author : — ' If I have succeeded in my endea' vour to make the laws by which the material world is governed...more familiar to my countrywomen, I shall have the gratifica' tion of thinking that the gracious permission to dedicate my ' book to your Majesty has...

...ALBEMARLE STREET. KDCCCXXXir. LONDON; PRINTED BV WILLIAM CLOWES, Duke-Street, Lambeth. Co tftt MADAM, IP I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN MY ENDEAVOUR TO MAKE THE LAWS BY WHICH THE MATERIAL WORLD IS GOVERNED MOKE FAMILIAR TO MY COUNTRYWOMEN, I SHALL HAVE THE GRATIFICATION OF THINKING, THAT THE GRACIOUS PERMISSION...

...persons, have not been tied to any very precise terms. The intention of the author appears to have been " to make the laws by which the material world is governed more familiar to her countrywomen," — a most desirable object, but which cannot, we are afraid, be attained until...

...kind we have thus attempted to describe. In her simple and brief dedication to the Queen, she says, ' If I have succeeded in my endeavour to make the laws by which the material world is governed) mpre familiar to my countrywomen, I shall have the gratification, pf thinking, that the gracious permission...

...command a wider circle of readers, and enjoy the " gratification" so much desired by herself, "of making the laws by which the material world is governed more familiar to her countrywomen." Mrs. Somcrvillc's work commences with a preliminary chapter on geology,* which ig...

...command a wider circle of readers, and enjoy the " gratification" so much desired by herself, " of making the laws by which the material world is governed more familiar to her countrywomen." Mrs. Somerville'e work commences with a preliminary chapter on geology,* which is...