PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 29. 



The author has here aimed to give a connected view of the whole subject, 

 and to supply facts, and ideas founded on the facts, to serve as a basis 

 for subsequent study and discussion. The chapters treat of the 

 Stars and Nebula; the Sun; the Solar System ; Apparent Move- 

 ments of the Heavenly Bodies ; the Measurement of Time; Light ; 

 the Telescope and Spectroscope; Apparent Places of the Heavenly 

 Bodies; the Real Distances and Dimensions ; Universal Gravitation. 

 The most recent Astronomical Discoveries are incorporated. Mr. 

 Lockyers work supplements that of the Astronomer Royal. " The 

 book is full, clear, sound, and -worthy of attention, not only as a 

 popular exposition, but as a scientific '■Index.'' — Athenreum. 

 "The most fascinating of elementary books on the Sciences." — 

 Nonconformist. 



Macmillan (Rev. Hugh). — For other Works by the same 

 Author, see Theological Catalogue. 



HOLIDAYS ON HIGH LANDS ; or, Rambles and Incidents ii» 



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The aim of this book is to impart a general idea of the origin, cha- 

 racter, and distribution of those rare and beautiful Alpine plant* 

 which occur on the British hills, and which arefottnd almost every- 

 where on the lofty mountain chains of Europe, Asia, Africa, and 

 America. In the first three chapters the peculiar vegetation of tin 

 Highland mountains is fully described; while in the remaining 

 chapters this vegetation is traced to its northern cradle in the moun- 

 tains of Not way, and to its southern European termination in the 

 Alps of Switzerland. The information the author has to give is 

 conveyed in a setting of personal adventure. "One of the most 

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 FOOT-NOTES FROM THE PAGE OF NATURE. With 



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" 'Those who have derived pleasure and profit from the study of flowers 

 and ferns— subjects, it is pleasing to find, now everywhere popular- 

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 will find a still more interesting and delightful field of research in 

 the objects brought under review in the following pages."— -Preface. 

 " The naturalist and the botanist will delight in this volume, and 



