THE ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY OF WONDERS 



24 VOLUMES CONTAINING OVER 1,000 ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The series is designed to bring within popular comprehension the various operations and procedures in Science and the 

 Arts, the phenomena and laws of nature, curious and striking facts in natural history, remarkable exploits, archaeological 

 discoveries, and a historical account of the progress of the fine arts. The subjects treated are of universal interest, and 

 they are discussed in a popular and interesting manner. The illustrations are very numerous, and leave nothing to be desired 

 on the score of completeness ; they add materially to the attractiveness and value of the series, which is by far the most 

 thorough, interesting and valuable of the kind ever produced. 



FROM THE BOSTON GLOBE. 



" For young and old the series, in authority, sound information, and popular interest and usefulness, is undoubtedly 

 the best ever published." 



THE WONDERS OF MAN AND 

 NATURE. 



Sold Separately at $1.00 per Volume. 

 The Set, 8 Volumes in a Box, $8.00. 



Intelligence of Animals, with illustrative 

 anecdotes. From the French of Er- 

 nest Menaut. With 54 illustrations. 



"It is a wise thing for both parents and 

 facts as here narrated. It begets a feeling of 

 teachers to impress upon young learners just such 

 interest in dumb animals, and adds new interest 

 to all their movements. — Chicago Inter Ocean. 



Mountain Adventures in various parts of 

 the World. Selected from the nar- 

 ratives of celebrated travellers. With 

 an introduction and additions by Hon. 

 J.T. Headley. With 41 illustrations. 



k "J. T. Headley 's selections from the narra- 

 tives that celebrated travellers have written of 

 their mountain adventures in various parts of 

 the world." — Boston Advertiser. 



Bodily Strength and Skill in all Ages 

 and Countries. By Guillaume Dep- 

 ping. Translated by Charles Russell. 

 With 70 illustrations. 



"To modern lovers of athletic sports the com- 

 plication is highly useful and instructive. It 

 has seventy spirited illustrations." — Journal 

 of Com>nerce. 



Wonderful Escapes. Revised from the 

 French of F. Bernard, and original 

 chapter by Richard Whiting. 

 " It consists of an account of the most extra- 

 ordinary escapes from captivity, from the time 

 of classic antiquity down to the present era. — 

 Boston Gazette. 



Thunder and Lightning. By W. De 

 Fonvielle. Translated and edited 

 by T. L. Phipson, Ph.D. With 39 

 large illustrations. 



" A book which, from the nature of the sub- 

 ject, as well as from the skillful and common- 

 sense mode of treatment well deserves to be re- 

 issued.'' — The Star. 



Adventures on the great hunting grounds 

 of the World. By Victor Meunier. 

 With 22 illustrations. 



" Here are remarkable facts and stories about 

 the hunting of the gorilla, the tiger, the lion, 

 the hippopotamus, the elephant, and other 

 fierce and mighty creatures, well told and well 

 illustrated." — Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. 



Wonders of the Human Body. From the 

 French of A. Le Pileur, Doctor of 

 Medicine. With 45 ills, by Leveille. 



The Sublime in Nature. From descrip- 

 tions of celebrated travellers and 

 writers. By Ferdinand de Lanoye. 

 With 44 illustrations. i2mo. $1.00. 



THE WONDERSOF SCIENCE. 



Sold Separately at $1.00 per Volume. 

 The Set, 8 Volumes in a Box, $8.00. 



Heat, its Phenomena and Laws. By 

 Achille Cazin. Translated and 

 edited by Elihu Riel. With new chap- 

 ter on " Recent Improvements in the 

 Application of Heat.'' With 93 ills. 

 " The treatise aims to give a simple account 

 of heat phenomena and is of interest to rather 

 advanced young students of science." — Phila- 

 delphia Ledger. 



Wonders of the Heavens. By Camille 

 Flammarion. Translated from the 

 French by Mrs. Normon Lockyer. 

 With 48 illustrations. 



" It is an interestii.g, popular, yet authorita- 

 tive representation of the wonders of the heav- 

 ens." — Christian Register. 



Wonders of Optics, By F. Marion. 



Translated and edited by Charles M. 



Quin, F.C.S. With 71 illustrations 



and a colored frontispiece. 



" The author has an official position in Paris, 

 and shows his capability as a popular writer in 

 the volume before us. An original chapter on 

 the ' Spectroscope' has been added. The book 

 abounds not only in facts, but illustrative anec- 

 dotes, many of curious interest." — Christian 

 Register. 



The Sun. By Amedee Guillemin. 



Translated from the French by T. L. 



Phipson, Ph.D. With 58 illustrs. 



" It is a popular account of the ' life of the 

 earth,' and a very interesting one too." 

 Brooklyn Union. 



Wonders of Acoustics ; or, the Pheno- 

 mena of Sound. By R. Radau. With 

 an additional chapter on the repro- 

 duction and transmission of articulate 

 speech. With no illustrations. 

 " There are few more enjoyable or more in- 

 structive books in any language. The subject 

 is looked at from almost every imaginable point 

 of view." — N. V. Star. 



Wonders of Water. Translated from 

 the French of Gaston Tissandier. 

 Edited, with additions, by Scheie De 

 Vere. of the University of Virginia. 

 Illustr. with 64 engravings and charts. 

 " Everything connected with the subject is 

 set forth in a clear and simple but comprehen- 

 sive style, embracing the physical and chemical 

 properties of water ; its uses, the system of cir- 

 culation, the action of water on continents, 

 etc." — Christian at Work. 



Wonders of the Moon. Translated from 

 the French of Amedee Guillemin by 

 Miss M. G. Mead. Edited, with ad- 

 ditions by Maria Mitchel, Vassar 

 College. With 43 illustrations. 



Meteors, Aerolites, Storms, and Atmos- 

 pheric Phenomena. From the French 

 of Zi'ircher and Margollc, by William 

 Lackland. With 23 illustrations by 

 Lebreton. 



THE WONDERS OF ART AND 

 ARCHAEOLOGY. 



Sold Separately at $1.00 per Volume. 

 The Set, 8 Volumes in « Box, $8.00. 



Egypt 8,300 Years Ago ; or, Rameses 

 the Great. By F. DeLanoye. With 

 40 illustrations. 



" In this small handsome book of less than 

 300 pages, one finds compressed a very large 

 amount of information upon one of the most 

 interesting subjects now inviting attention." — 

 Chicago Standard. 



Wonders of Sculpture. By Louis Viar- 

 dot. With chapter on American 

 Sculpture by Clarence Cook. With 

 62 illustrations. 



"An excellent portable hand-book of the 

 different schools of art, with short notices of 

 leading artists." — Zion 1 s Herald. 



Wonders of Glass Making in All Ages. 



By A. Suazay. With 63 illustrations. 



"Apart from the intrinsic interest of the book 

 as a pleasant history of an art to which the 

 world owes so much that is useful and beautiful, 

 the reader may gather from it a large amount of 

 technical knowledge which will be of service to 

 him in judging of glassware as a purchaser." — 

 Journal of Commerce. 



Wonders of European Art. Translated 

 from the French of Louis Viardot. 

 With 11 illustrations. 

 "A short summary of the achievements of 



the Spanish, German } Flemish, Dutch and 



French schools of painting." — N. Y. Commer- 



cial A dvertiser. 



Wonders of Pompeii. By Marc Monnier. 



With 32 illustrations. 



" M. Monniek does not vaunt his erudition, 

 though he may be an archaeologist of the most 

 distinguished merit : what he aims to do is to 

 describe an old city buried in A. D. 79, and to 

 present us with clear ideas of what Pompeii was 

 like when it was a live and bustling place, and 

 contrast those past conditions with those of to- 

 day." — N. V. Times. 



Wonders of Architecture. By M. Le- 

 fevre. With a chapter on English 

 Architecture by R. Donald. With 60 

 illustrations. 



" In this volume we have a good account of 

 former works in Architecture in different coun- 

 tries and ages, and there are sixty illustrations, 

 including views of buildings, of which no one 

 ever tires." — Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. 



The Wonders of Italian Art. By Louis 

 Viardot. With 2S illustrations. 



The Wonders of Engraving. By Georges 

 Duplessis. With 34 illustrations. 



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Entered at the Post-office in New York as second-class mail matter. Copyright, 1886, by The Science Company. 



