New and Cheaper Edition of the Figuier Books, 



By LOUIS FIG-TJIER. 



The Geological portion newly revised by H. TV. Bristow, F. R. S., of the Geological Survey of Great 



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In the new edition of "The World before the Deluge," the text has been again thoroughly revised 

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THE INSECT WORLD. A Popular Account of the Orders of Insects. From the French of 

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EEPTILES AND BIRDS. From the French of Louis Figuier. Edited by Parker Gilmore 

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