A Fascinating Work for Every Home 



Marvels of the Universi 



A Striking Feature of the Work is the remarkable 

 Illustrations and beautiful Coloured Plates 



IN announcing this important new work the 

 Publishers desire to make it quite clear that 

 it will not go over or even trench upon 

 the ground covered by their ** Wonders of 

 the World." 



''Marvels of the Universe" takes a different line. 

 Its field is even wider than our planet, for it includes 

 the Sun, Moon, and Stars also, putting the discoveries 

 of the most expert astronomers into the possession of 

 those to whom a technical book would be unreadable. 

 On the other hand, with the aid of the microscope, it 

 will reveal the most minute marvels of animal and plant 

 life, and describe them simply and pleasantly. Between 

 these two extremes — the infinitely great and the incon- 

 ceivably small — comes a vast assemblage of Marvels that 

 may be seen by the unassisted eye, but which are in 

 general passed by unrealised, if not actually unseen, for 

 want of an efficient and friendly guide to point them 

 out to us as we pass up and down our own world. The 



