PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 





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. 

 Lockyer's 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.'' Athenaeum, 

 "The most fascinating of elementary books on the Sciences.''' 1 

 Nonconformist. 



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

 Author, see THEOLOGICAL CATALOGUE. 



HOLIDAYS ON HIGH LANDS ; or, Rambles and Incidents in* 

 search of Alpine Plants. Crown 8vo. cloth. Cs. 



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

 racter, and distribution of those rare and beautiful Alpine plants 

 which occur on the British hills, and which are found almost every- 

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

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

 Highland mountains is fully described ; while in the remaining 

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

 tains of Noi 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 advenhire. "One of the most 

 charming books of its kind ever ivritten" Literary Churchman. 

 " Mr. M.'s glowing pictures of Scandinavian scenery." Saturday 

 Review. 



FOOT-NOTES FROM THE PAGE OF NATURE. With 

 numerous Illustrations. Fcap. 8vo. $s. 



" Those who have derived pleasure and profit from the study offiowers 

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

 by descending lower into the arcana of the vegetable kingdom, 

 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 



