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'J~'HE FAIRY-LAND OF SCIENCE. With 74 



-* Illustrations. i2mo. Cloth, gilt, $1.50. 

 " Deserves to take a permanent place in the literature of youth." — Lotion Times. 

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HTHROUGH MAGIC GLASSES, and other Lectures. 

 -* > A Sequel to " The Fairy-Land of Science," Illustrated, 

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CONTENTS, 

 The Magician's Chamber by Moonlight. A n Hour with the Sun. 

 Magic Glasses and Hoiv to Use Them. An Evening with the Stars. 

 Fairy Rings and How They are Made. Little Beings front a Miniature Ocean. 

 The Life-History of Lichens and Mosses, ' The Dartmoor Ponies. 

 T/ie History of a Lava-Stream, The Magician's Dream of A ncient Days. 



T IFF AND HER CHILDREN: Glimpses of Ani- 

 -^— ' mal Life from the Amoeba to the Insects. With over 100 lUus-^ 

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TJyTINNERS IN LIFE'S RACE j or. The Greai 

 ''^ i^ Backboned Family. With numerous Illustrations. i2rao. 

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SHORT HISTORY OF NATURAL SCI- 



ENCE ; and of the Progress of Discovery from the Time of 

 the Greeks to the Present Time. New edition, revised and re- 

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ORAL TEACHINGS OF SCIENCE. i2mo. 



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