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



y^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 Timfs. 



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

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'J-^HROUGH 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. An Hour with the Sun. 

 Magic Glasses and Hozv to Use Them. An Evening tvith 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. 

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



T IFE AND HER CHILDREN : Glimpses of Am- 

 J—^ 7nal Life from the Amccba 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 

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TJ/^INNERS IN LIFE'S RACE; or. The Great 



^^ Backboned Family. With numerous Illustrations. i2mo. 



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" 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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SHORT HISTORY OF NATURAL SCI- 



ENCE ; 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, thoujih mainly intended for children and yoimg persons, may be most 

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IX/TORAL TEACHINGS OF SCIENCE. i2mo. 



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