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LIFE OF MRS. SOMERVILLE 1 



THE COMING TRANSIT OF VENUS, AND BRITISH PREPARATIONS 



FOR OBSERVING IT 15 



THE EVER- WIDENING WORLD OF STARS ..... 40 



MOVEMENTS IN THE STAR-DEPTHS .55 



THE GREAT NEBULA IN ORION 78 



THE SUN S TRUE ATMOSPHERE ....... 95 



SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SUN . . . . . .118 



NEWS FROM HERSCHEL S PLANET 122 



THE Two COMETS OF THE YEAR 1 868 : 



PART I. BRORSEN S COMET 147 



PART II. WINNECKE S COMET .163 



COMETS OF SHORT PERIOD . . . . . . .181 



THE GULF STREAM 195 



OCEANIC CIRCULATION . . . .. . . . .212 



ADDENDUM IN REPLY TO DR. CARPENTER ..... 245 



THE CLIMATE OF GREAT BRITAIN 260 



THE Low BAROMETER OF THE ANTARCTIC TEMPERATE ZONE , 285 



