PUBLICATIONS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

Memoir of Solomon Willard, Architect and Superintendent of the Bunker Hill Monument. By WILLIAM W. WHEILDON. 8vo. pp. 288. 1855.

"In your complete vindication of the true merits of Solomon Willard, you have given to mankind the best history of the most sublime pillar of testimony now standing in illustration and commemoration of human rights." From Dr. Abraham R. Thompson.

"Your book, in my humble opinion, is a just tribute to the life and character of the architect; in so doing you have given us a true and comprehensive history of the monu ment itself."- From the late Thomas Hooper.

"I duly received your biography of Willard, and confess to my gratified surprise that you were able to throw so much interest into the uneventful life of a private citizen. There is more sound philosophy in such a memoir than in the lives of a score of soldiers or politicians; and I, for one, thank you for producing it."- From Ex-Gov. Washburn.

"I have been specially gratified for the judgment shown in your arrangement, and by the taste which controlled your citations. In this way you have, without pedantry or ostentation, thrown around the great monument of America the proper historic wreath, and blended with it memorial chaplets of Webster and Everett."- From Gov. Alex. H. Bullock.

"It has given me much pleasure and instruction, and seems, both in its literary and typographical execution, to be a most fit and satisfactory record of the builders and the building of the great monument. It will be read with greater interest five hundred years hence than now."- From President Walker of Harvard College.

Contributions to Thought, by WILLIAM W. WHEILDON,

Fellow of the American Association for the advancement of Science. 12mo. pp. 236. 1875.

The author entitles the volume "Contributions to Thought"; and its contents justi fies the title. The essays, longer or shorter, are full of polished writing, expressive of earnest thought and studious pursuits. The volume cannot be read without affording more than usual pleasure to a thoughtful reader." - Boston Trareller.

Though ful discu-sions they are, and interesting as the results of the reflections of a long and busy life spent in careful observation and earnest attention to the incidents and interests of the times."- Boston Daily Advertiser.

"Mr. Wheildon's book is pleasant to read, and is a contribution of good sense and good advice, if not of new information or of original thought. We trust that a second edition will be called for." — Christian Register.

"The volume is a real contribution to thought. Whether we consider his discussions of the diverse themes of Material Progress, the Theory of Life, the Open Polar Sea, or the Coming Woman, we find him perfectly clear and logical, and that everywhere there is crisp English scattered all the way through with apt suggestion and original thought, that proves very pleasant to read and ponder over."-Charlestown Advertiser.

Mr. Whei.don has been known for half a century in this State as a lecturer, editor and practical printer; and in all departments of labor, mental or manual, to which he has given his attention, he has been industrious and earnest. As a thinker he is practical, sagacious, and logical; and his style of composition is clear and agreeable.”. - Boston Journal.

"A notable book, at least in respect of its history, is Mr. Wheildon's "Contributions to Thought." It is not every author who could be his own printer, and supplement so much really excellent thought by so much practical skill. But the book is more than a curiosity; it is a collection of thoughtful essays, the product of a cultivated and reflecting mind, and pervaded by a wise and wholesome spirit.” — The Congregationalist,

Letters from Nahant: Historical, Descriptive, and Miscellaneous. 12mo. pp. 48. 1848.

Papers published by the American Association for the Ad

vancement of Science.

1. Atmospheric Theory of the Open Polar Sea, with remarks on the present state of the question. 12mo. pp. 32. Read in 1860.

2. The Arctic Regions. Third paper; read in 1873.

3. The New Arctic Continent, or Wrangell's Land. Read in 1868.

4. Scientific Excursion across the State of Iowa, in 1872.

5. The Lobster (Homarus Americanus), Natural History, Fishery, and Legislation.

Either of the above may be had of LEE & SHEPARD.