Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Volcanoes and Earthquakes: A Popular Account of Their Nature, Causes, Effects and Geographical Distribution, From Personal Observation in the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands, Japan, Iceland, the Mediterranean Basin, Spain and the United States
The following pages are not intended as a scientific text-book, nor for ex perts in the difficult and hotly-contested theories of volcanic and earthquake disturbances. They are prepared for popular reading, and seek to give such information on these subjects, now of universal interest, as every liberally educated person may desire to possess.
Much of the material used is the result of. My own observation in the coun tries described, and partakes largely of personal adventure the remainder is condensed and simplified from special books and journals in many languages. The main idea of the narrative has been to save the reader the time and labor of wading through or skimming over thousands of printed pages scattered over the civilized world during the last half-century; attempting for his mental advantage what the pharmacist does in concentrating his watery decoctions into a solid extract for curative purposes.
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