Excerpt from The Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art, for 1855, Exhibiting the Most Important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities The Plurality of Worlds has created as great a sensation in the reading world, as did the Vestiges of Creation. But this time the religious world is not ur in arms with anathemas on its lips. This is a book for it to lick its ear over. It is aimed at the speculations of Fonte nelle, or Dr. Chalmers, respecting the existence of life and spirit in the worlds that roll around us, and demonstrating the impossibility of such a thing. London Cor. Of N. Y. Tribune. To the theologian, philosopher, and man of science, this is a most intensely interesting work, while to the ordinary thinker it will be found possessed of much valuable information. The work is evidently the production of a scholar, and of one earnest for the dissemination of truth in regard to what he considers, for theologians and scientific men, the greatest question of the age-albany Transcript. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.