"A very useful series of small manuals on subjects 

 of common interest."— SPECTATOR. 



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£ibrarp or Useful Stories. 



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The more Science advances, the more it becomes 

 concentrated in little books." — Leibnitz. 



New Volumes. 



THE STORY OF KING ALFRED. By Sir Walter Besant. 

 With Photograph of Thorn3croft's statue of the King. 



THE STORY OF BOOKS. Bj' G. B. Rawlings, author of " The 

 Story of the British Coinage." With Illustrations. 



THE STORY OF FISH LIFE. Bv W. P. Pycraft, author of 

 "The Story of Bird Life." With Illustrations. 



Volumes already published. 



THE STORY OF WILD FLOWERS. By Prof. G. Henslow. 

 With 56 Illustrations. 



THE STORY OF ART IN THE BRITISH ISLES. By J. Ernest 



PnYTHiAN. With 28 Illustrations. 



THE STORY OF THOUGHT AND FEELING. By F. Ryland. 



THE STORY OF BIRD LIFE. By W. P. Pycraft. With Illus- 

 trations. 



THE STORY OF THE ALPHABET. By Edward Clodd. With 

 90 Illustrations. 



THE STORY OP LIFE'S MECHANISM. By H. W. Conn. 

 With 50 Illustrations. 



THE STORY OF THE WANDERINGS OF ATOMS: Especially 

 those of Carbon. By M. M. Pattison Muik, M.A. 



THE STORY OF ICE IN THE PRESENT AND PAST. By 



W. A. Brend. With 37 Illustrations. 



THE STORY OF ECLIPSES. By G. F. Chambers, F.R.A.S. 

 With 19 Illustrations. 



London: GEORGE NEWNES, Limited. 



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