404 REVIEWS. 



Cassell's Concise Cyclopaedia, Part 6. Price 6d. 



This part commences with the word Hundredweight and concludes with 

 Macedonia. The frontispiece is a full-page illustration of the Tower of 

 London. There are several other illustrations. 



Cassell's Natural History, Parts 14 and 15. Price 6d. 



These numbers contain descriptions of the Passeriformes, or Perching 

 Birds ; Columba, the Doves ; Gallhuz, the Game Birds ; Gralhr, the Wading 

 Birds ; Herodiones, the Herons ; and the Geese, Anseres. Each number con- 

 tains several plates and many other good illustrations. 



The Story of the Heavens, Part 12. Price 6d. 



Contains the conclusion of Chapter 17 on Shooting Stars, Chapter 18 on 

 the Starry Heavens, and the commencement of Chapter 19 on Distant Suns. 

 The frontispiece to this part shows Coggia's Comet as seen on June loth and 

 July 9th, 1874. 



European Butterflies and Moths, Part 28. Price 6d. 



Like all its predecessors, this part contains a beautiful plate, showing 

 several moths, with their larvae, pup^, and eggs. 



Chums. Price 6d. 



In the September part the two somewhat exciting serial stories are con- 

 cluded. Besides two continued tales, each part contains a number of shorter 

 ones, which cannot fail to interest the boys. 



Science for All. Edited by Robert Brown, M.A., Ph.D., 

 F.L.S., F.R.G.S., etc. Part 9. Price 6d. 



This part commences the third volume, and contains well illustraled papers 

 on the following subjects : — Corals and their Polypes ; Burnt-out Volcanoes ; 

 Celestial Objects viewed with the Naked Eye ; The Colour of the Sea ; 

 Flowering ; Why the Clouds Float and What the Clouds Say ; Hairs and 

 Scales ; An Old Continent in the Atlantic Ocean ; The Electric Light ; A Soap 

 Bubble ; A Butterfly ; A Piece of Whinstone ; The Bottom of the Sea ; Mars ; 

 and Visible Sound. 



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