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CONTENTS. 



i-AGE 



OXYGEN IN THE SUN .... i 



SUN-SPOT, STORM, AND FAMINE .... 28 



NEW WAYS OF MEASURING THE SUN'S DISTANCE . . 56 



DRIFTING LIGHT WAVES . . 77 



THE NEW STAR WHICH FADED INTO STAR-MIST , 106 



STAR-GROUPING, STAR-DRIFF, AND STAR-MIST . . 136 



MALLET'S THEORY OF VOLCANOES . . . .15' 



TOWARDS THE NORTH POLE . . . . 156 



A MIGHTY SEA- WAVE . 178 



STRANGE SEA CREATURES . . . 199 

 ON SOME MARVELS IN TELEGRAPHY .... 232 



THE PHONOGRAPH, OR VOICE-RECORDER . . 274 



THE GORILLA AND OTHER APES , , , 296 



THE USE AND ABUSE OF FOOD . . - 330 



OZONE ..... . 347 



DEW . . 357 



THE LEVELLING POWER OF RAIN . . . 367 



ANCIENT BABYLONIAN ASTROGO.NY . . 388 



