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WORKS BY ARABELLA B. BUCKLEY (MRS. FISHER). 



n-^HE FAIRY-LAND OF SCIENCE. With 74 

 ■« Illustrations. i2mo. Cloth, gilt, $1.50. 

 *• Deserves to take a permanent place in the literature of youth." — London Times. 

 " So interesting that, having once opened the book, we do not know how to leavt- 

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'HTHROUGH MAGIC GLASSES, and other Lectures. 

 •/- A Sequel to " The Fairy-Land of Science." Illustrated 

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CONTENTS. 



The Magician s Chamber by Moonlight. A n Hour with the Sun. 



Magic Glasses and Hotv to Use Them. A n Evening with the Stars. 



Fairy Rings and How They are Made. Little Beings from a Miniature Ocean. 



The Li/e-History of Lichens and Mosses. The Dartmoor Ponies. 



TJie History of a Lava-Stream. The Magician s Dream of Ancient Days. 



T IFE AND HER CHILDREN : Glimpses of Ani- 

 '—^ mat Life from the Amoeba to the Insects. With over 100 Illus- 

 trations. i2mo. Cloth, gilt, $1.50. 



" The work forms a charming introduction to the study of zoology — the science of 

 living things — which, we trust, will find its way into many hands." — Nature. 



JJZINNERS IN LIFE'S RACE; or, The Great 

 ^^ Backboned Family. With numerous Illustrations. i2mo. 



Cloth, gilt, $1.50. 



" We can conceive of no better gift-book than this volume. Miss Buckley has spared 

 no pains to incorporate in her book the latest results of scientific research. The illus- 

 trations in the book deserve the highest praise — they are numerous, accurate, and 

 striking." — Spectator, 



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SHORT HISTORY OF NATURAL SCI- 



EIVCE ; and of the Progress of Discovery from the Time of 

 the Greeks to the Present Time. New edition, revised and re- 

 arranged. With 77 Illustrations. i2mo. Cloth, $2.00. 



" The work, thoujjh mainly intended for children and young persons, may be most 

 «dvantageously read by many persons of riper age, and may serve to implant in their 

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 )f science.' " — Journal of Science. 



11 yT ORAL TEACHINGS OF SCIENCE. i2mo. 



^^ Cloth, 75 cents. 



" A little book that proves, with excellent clearness and force, how many and strik- 

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 heast or insect." — London Saturday Review. 



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