or
of furniture, not an instrument, implement, or machine, could have
been brought to the state in which we find it, without many successive
steps of invention, due to different minds, supplied at different
times, and brought to light in different countries. But in devoting
several of our volumes to the Useful Arts, we shall not be unmindful
of the fact, that Art is the application of Science to a practical
end. It is proposed, therefore, under the comprehensive title of
_Popular Science and Art_, to include portions of our knowledge of
animate and inanimate nature. The object will be to assist the general
reader to regard with an intelligent eye the varied phenomena of
nature, to gratify the laudable desire of understanding what he sees,
and of preparing him in some measure to enter more fully upon the
study of a given subject. In this way, it is hoped to effect a useful
purpose, by connecting Science and the Useful Arts; for "it is not,
surely, in the country of Arkwright, that the Philosophy of Commerce
can be thought independent of Mechanics; and where Davy has delivered
lectures on Agriculture, it would be folly to say that the most
philosophic views of Chemistry were not conducive to the making our
valleys laugh with corn."

The works already prepared, or in course of preparation, for this
division, comprise the following subjects:

The Useful Arts employed in the Production of Food. 2_s._ 6_d._

The Useful Arts employed in the Production of Clothing.
2_s._ 6_d._

The Useful Arts employed in the Construction of Dwelling Houses.

The Writing-Desk and its Contents, taken as a Text for the
Familiar Illustration of many important Facts in Experimental
Science. 2_s._

Examples of Mechanical Ingenuity.

The Philosophy of the External Senses.

Ancient and Modern Modes of Measuring Time, with curious
Illustrations of the application of Clockwork.

The Rise and Progress of Agriculture.

The Natural History of Birds and Insects injurious to Farming
and Gardening.

The Wonders of the Microscope.

Mathematical Magic.

The Fine Arts will also form an interesting portion of this division.
The object will be, in a few popular histories, to trace the origin,
rise, and progress of Sculpture, Painting, Engraving, Music, &c., and
their influence on mankind.

IV. Popular Voyages and Travels.

Few subjects are more attractive than t