Abstract
THE second volume of the great edition of Huygens's works, the first volume of which was noticed last year in these pages (NATURE, vol. xxxviii. p. 193), has made its appearance with creditable promptitude. The letters included in it range from 1657 to 1659. That they are numerous and elaborate is sufficiently shown by the bulk of their receptacle; their value might be taken on trust from the names of the writers, and can be ascertained by the somewhat laborious process of perusal. This, however, may be curtailed at pleasure by having recourse to a series of admirably-constructed indexes, aided by which, readers, exempted from the ignominious necessity for “skipping,” are enabled to find what they want, and neglect what less immediately concerns them.
Œuvres Complètes de Christiaan Huygens.
Publiées par la Société Hollandaise des Sciences. Tome Deuxième: Correspondance, 1657–59. (La Haye: Martinus Nijhoff, 1889.)
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CLERKE, A. Correspondence of Christian Huygens. Nature 40, 591–592 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/040591a0
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