appreciation and desire for truth; and you will easily perceive
that a man having a knowledge of all these vast worlds, so much
more extensive than our own, must be capable of forming a far
higher estimate of that Almighty Being who created all these
wonders, than one who knows nothing more than the comparatively
trifling things that surround us on earth.

I send you 3 pounds, with which you are to get the following books
for yourself and the girls:

Dr. Lardner's Museum of Science and Art, in six double volumes: 1
pound 1 shilling.

Chambers' Mathematics, Parts 1 and 2, and Chambers' Mathematical
Tables, each: 3 shillings 6 pence.

A Nautical Almanac for next year: 2 shillings 6 pence.

The Art of Reasoning, or the Principles of Logic, by Samuel Niel: 4
shillings 6 pence.

Twelve planispheres, forming a guide to the stars for every night
in the year, with an introduction: 6 shillings 6 pence.

Lardner's Museum of Science and Art is one of the best books that
has ever been written. It includes a general knowledge of nearly
everything you can think of; and will be as useful to Bessy and
Hannah as to you.

Chambers' Mathematics, contain all that you are likely to require