Xli TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



B(30K V. 



Page 



Glaciers and Eternal Snows, mi 



BOOK VI. 



Caverns and Grottoes, G85 



BOOK VII. 



Steppes and Deserts, . 69.5 



BOOK VIII. 



The Air and its Corpuscules, . 712 



THE SIDEREAL UNIVERSE. 



BOOK I. 



The Stars and Immensity, 725 



Chap. I. The Stars, 725 



„ II. The Nebiih>?, 735 



BOOK II. 



The Solar World, . 740 



Chap. I. The Sun, 740 



„ II. Tlie Earth, 744 



„ III. The Moon, 746 



„ IV. Comets, 752 



POPULAR ERRORS. 



Monsters and Superstitions, 704 



Int>ex, 777 



