. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. eries of magnetic andmeteorological stations from , Russia, to Pekin, inChina, and subsequently the Eng-lish followed this examp
. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. eries of magnetic andmeteorological stations from , Russia, to Pekin, inChina, and subsequently the Eng-lish followed this example in thesouthern hemisphere. From thattime to his death, in 1859, enjoy-ing the favor of his governmentand occupying some political posi-tions, he resided first in Franceand finally in Prussia, pursuinuhi-; scientific labors with una-iKiied zeal in his old age. Hepublished many important scientifirbooks, of whicti the Cosmos,written toward the close of hislife, is perhaps the most importantand enduring. It is a systematic view of the results of his inves-tigaticm and thought in the whole domain of natural science. Hav-ing the advantage of extensive travel, assisted by government aid,Humboldt had the best of opportunities for the acquisition of scieiitiflc information. Living a long life devoted to philosophical exposi-tion the world was greatly benefited by jiis having lived in it. —C)- HENRY ];lilii;il, WEI,L-KNi)\V.\ IlIILANI IIHOIIST. 147 1. w The Horse Abused. , . -;Vi- T -;.*
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