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THE 



BEAUTIES OF NATURE 



AND THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD 

 WE LIVE IN. 



By The Right Hon. Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., M.P., 

 F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D. 



Cloth, gilt top. 12mo. $1.50. 



" We know of none other better fitted to present ' the beauties of nature and 

 the wonders of the world we live in,' to the popular understanding and appreci- 

 ation than Sir John Lubbock, who is at once a master of his chosen topic and of 

 a diction unsurpassed for clearness and simplicity of statement. It is a volume 

 which the reading public will recognize and hail immediately as among the most 

 delightfully instructive of the year's production in books. There is matter in 

 it for the young and the mature mind. . . . One cannot rise from the perusal 

 of this volume, without a consciousness of a mind invigorated and permanently 

 enriched by an acquaintance with it." Oswego Daily Times. 



" It is a charming book. . . . Few writers succeed in making natural history, 

 and indeed scientific subjects, more than interesting. In the hands of most 

 authors they are intolerably dull to the general reader and especially to children. 

 Sir John Lubbock makes his theme as entrancing as a novel. . . . The book 

 is magnificently illustrated, and discusses the wonders of the animal, mineral, 

 and vegetable kingdoms, the marvels of earth, sea, and the vaulted heavens. In 

 the compass of its pages an immense amount of knowledge which all should 

 know is given in a manner that will compel the child who commences it to 

 pursue it to the end. It is a work which cannot be too highly recommended 

 to parents who have at heart the proper education of their children." The 

 Arena. 



" We have here a rich store of information told in the charming style for 

 which the distinguished author is famous. It is suited alike to the scientific and 

 the unscientific reader. The wonders of animal, especially of insect, life, of 

 plant life, of woods and fields, of mountains, of rivers, of lakes, of the sea and 

 of the starry heavens, are here delightfully described, and they are marvellous 

 indeed. ... It is a good book to kindle in the reader a love of nature. . . . 

 There is not a dry or dull page in the book." The Western Recorder. 



" We find nothing to criticise and everything to enjoy. . . . The unpreten- 

 tious method and the simplicity of the style will attract even a child, and the 

 whole book has a winning power. . . . The author is copious in information, 

 suggestive in profound thought, and so clear and forcible in style that man or 

 girl or boy can enjoy his every page." The Literary World. 



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