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Facts, Laws, and Phenomena of Natural Philosophy, is a trans-

lation, by Mr. WALLACE of Glasgow, of Q (MTh LET'S Positions de Physique. The main divisions of the work are threefold ; the first book treats of Ponderable Bodies, the second of Imponderable Bodies, the third of Light, the subdivisions of each head being of course numerous. The book is not so much a general exposition of the various subjects, as a collection of the axioms and rules re- lating to each. Hence it partakes rather of the nature of a dic- tionary, and is better adapted to serve as a manualfor an advanced student, a text-book for a teacher, or a refresher for a young pupil, than as a first elementary book for a novice. The translator seems to have done his part well; and has illustrated the original with some useful Lotes.