xiv TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



BOOK II. 



Page 

 FuSSILS .,..,.,..... 583 



BOOK III. 



The Mountains. Cataclysms and Upheavals of the Globe . . 500 



BOOK IV. 

 Volcanoes and Earthquakes . . 615 



BOOK V. 

 Glaciers and Eternal Snows 636 



BOOK VI. 

 Caverns and Grottoes 651 



BOOK VII. 

 Steppes and Deserts 661 



BOOK VIII. 



The Air and its Corpuscules 677 



THE SIDEREAL UNIVERSE. 



BOOK I. 



The Stars and Immensity 691 



Cluii). I. The Stars 691 



II. TheNebuhe 701 



BOOK II. 



The Solar World 707 



Chap. I. The Sun 707 



II. The Earth 711 



