. Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts. from that of ours, thatthey are at least endowed with sensation ; and that the belief intheir enjoyment of the air and sunshine may be something morethan a mere poetical fancy. Such is a rapid g-lance at the more prominent points of a sub-ject which would require as many volumes for its full explana-tion as Ave have devoted pages. Our descriptions, imperfect asthey are, may serve, however, the useful purpose of directing theattention of many to an unexhaustible held of inquiry, and ofthe purest and most delig-htful recreation. The stud
. Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts. from that of ours, thatthey are at least endowed with sensation ; and that the belief intheir enjoyment of the air and sunshine may be something morethan a mere poetical fancy. Such is a rapid g-lance at the more prominent points of a sub-ject which would require as many volumes for its full explana-tion as Ave have devoted pages. Our descriptions, imperfect asthey are, may serve, however, the useful purpose of directing theattention of many to an unexhaustible held of inquiry, and ofthe purest and most delig-htful recreation. The study of natureis open to every one, whatever his means or circumstances. Theobjects of pursuit are above, beneath, and around us; they areever fresh and enticing; and we feel that we are as far fromhaving exhausted their wonders to-day as we were twenty yearsago. Not a plant, a leaf, a flower, but containsA folio volume. We may read, and read,And read again, and still find sometliing new—Something to please, something to instruct,Even in the noisome
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