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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." — London Times. 

 " So interesting that, having once opened the book, we do not know how to leave 

 >ff reading. "Saturday Review. 



'THROUGH MAGIC GLASSES, and other Lectures. 

 ■*■ A Sequel to " The Fairy-Land of Science." Illustrated. 

 i2mo. Cloth, $1.50. 



CONTENTS. 

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

 Magic Classes and How to Use Them. A n Evening with the Stars. 

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

 The Lije-History cf Lichens and Mosses. The Dartmoor Ponies. 

 Tlie History of a Lava-Stream. Tke Magician's Dream oj Ancient Days. 



IFE AND HER CHILDREN : Glimpses of Ani- 

 mal Life from the Amoeba to the Insects. With over loo Illus- 

 trations. i2mo. Cloth, gilt, $1.50. 



"The work forms a charming introduction to the study of zoology — the science of 

 living things — which, we trust, will find its way into many hands." — Nature. 



TJZINNERS IN LIFE'S RACE; or, The Greai 



* * Backboned Family. With numerous Illustrations. i2mo. 



Cloth, gilt, $1.50. 



" We can conceive of no better gift-book than this volume. Miss Buckley has spared 

 no pains to incorporate in her book the latest results of scientific research. The illus- 

 trations in the book deserve the highest praise — they are numerous, accurate, and 

 striking." — Spectator. 



SHORT HISTORY OF NATURAL SCI- 

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

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

 arranged. With 77 Illustrations. l2mo. Cloth, $2.00. 



" The work, though mainly intended for children and young persons, may be most 

 advantageously read by many persons of riper age, and may serve to implant in their 

 minds a fuller and clearer conception of ' the promises, the achievements, and the claims 

 of science.' " — Journal of Science. 



ORAL TEACHINGS OF SCIENCE. i2mo. 



Cloth, 75 cents. 



" A little book that proves, with excellent clearness and force, how many and strik- 

 ing are the moral lessons suggested by the study of the life history of the plant or bird, 

 beast or insect."— London Saturday Review. 



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