...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...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...

...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...

...STREET. 1849. LONDON : GEORGE WOODFALL AND SON, ANOEL cOURT, SKINNER STHEET. • TO THE QUEEN. MADAH, IF I have succeeded in my endeavour to make the laws...not been misplaced. I am, With the greatest respect, YOUB MAJESTY'S Obedient and Humble Servant, MART SOMEKVILLE. Royal Hospital , Chelsea, Jan. 1, 1834....

...knowledge of foreign literature in England have met with success, I shall enjoy the agreeable conviction that the gracious permission to dedicate my book to Your Majesty has not been altogether undeserved. I am, Madam, With the greatest respect, Your Majesty's Obedient and humble Servant,...