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I. Stars or the Sea 1 



II. The Meteors of the Sea 10 



III. Fixed Luminaries of the Sea 19 



IV. Luminous Echinoderms 29 



V. Subterranean Light-Givers .33 



VI. Lamp Shells 40 



VII. Lightning-Bugs 47 



, VIIL Fire-Flies 59 



IX. Lantern-Flies 64 



X. By Crab-Light 72 



XI. Seas of Flame 80 



XII. Finny Light-BeaIrers 91 



XIII. Finny Light-Bearers (Surface Forms) .... 103 



XIV. Luminous Birds and Other Animals .... 108 

 XV. Man's Relations to the Phenomenon of Phospho- 

 rescence 116 



XVI. Luminous Flowers 121 



XVII. Vegetable Lamps 127 



XVIII. Phantoms 140 



XIX. Luminous Showers 144 



XX. The Uses of Phosphorescence 160 



APPENDIX 169 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 179 



IITOEX 185 



