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 JDOPULAR ASTRONOMY. A General Description 



-* of the Heavens. By Camille Flammarion. Translated 

 from the French by J. Ellard Gore, With 3 Plates and 

 288 Illustrations. 8vo. Cloth, $4.50. 



"The fullest and most elaborate compendium of popular knowledge of astron- 

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" M Flammarion has produced a work that charms while it interests. He has 

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ASTRONOMY WITH AN OPERA-GLASS. A 



-^"^ Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with 

 the Simplest of Optical Instruments. By Garrett P. Ser- 

 viss. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50. 



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