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'J^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 Timts. 

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HROUGH MAGIC GLASSES, and other Lectures, 

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

 i2mo. Cloth, $1.50. 



CONTENTS. 

 The Magician's Chatnber by Moonlight. A n Hour "with the Sun, 

 Magic Classes and Horv to Use Them. A n Evening with the Stars. 

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

 The Life-History of Lichens and Mosses. The Dartmoor Ponies. 

 The History of a Lava-Stream. The Magician's Dreavt of Ancient Days. 



IFE AND HER CHILDREN : Glimpses of Ani- 

 ?nal Life from the Atnocba 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. 



JJyTINNERS IN LIFE'S RACE; or, The Greai 

 ^^ 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- 

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 striking." — Spectator. 



SHORT HISTORY OF NATURAL SCI- 



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

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

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



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

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

 Tiinds a fuller and clearer conception of ' the promises, the achievements, and the claims 

 if science.' " — Journal of Science. 



llyfORAL 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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