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The World before the Deluge. 



The Geological Portion carefully revised, and much new matter added, by H. W. 



Bristow, F. R. S., of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Hon. Fellow of 



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The Ocean World. 



Being a Description of the Sea and its Living Inhabitants. Revised and corrected 

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The Insect World. 



A Popular Account of the Orders of Insects. Revised and corrected by P. Martin 



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The Vegetable World. 



A History of Plants, with their Botanical Descriptions and Peculiar Properties, 



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Reptiles and Birds. 



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