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Half-Hour Recreations in Natural History. 
They will be issued in the same elegant form that lias made “Recreations 
in Popular Science” so attractive, and will consist of several volumes. Each 
volume will contain 12 parts, of about 3G pages, and will be elegantly illustrated. 
PRICE, 25 CENTS PER PART. 
Vol 1. will be IIALF-HOURS WITH INSECTS, by A. 8 . PACKARD, Jr., 
the distinguished Entomologist. — The 12 parts of this vol¬ 
ume will be sent post-paid, as issued, on receipt of $ 2.50 
in advance. 
To be followed by 
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Each volume will bo carefully edited by a competent person, who has made a 
specialty of the study of that branch of natural science. 
Half-Hour Recreations in Popular Science. 
Edited by I) AN A ESTES. 
The growing demand in this country for books on popular science encourages 
the editor and publishers to issue this series of papers, compiled from the works of 
the most popular scientific writers. 
25 Cts. per Part • - - One Volume, Cloth , $2.50 . 
No. 1. Strange Discoveries respecting the Aurora and recent Solar Researches. By 
Richard A. Proctor, F.lt. A.S. 
No. 2. The Cranial Allinities of Man and the Ape. By Trof. Rudolph Virchow, of Ber¬ 
lin, author of •'Cellular Pathology.” Fully Illustrated. 
No. 3. Spectrum Analysis Explained, and its Uses to Science Illustrated. With a Colored 
Plate and several Wood Cuts. 
No. 4. Spectrum Analysis Discoveries, showii g its Application in Microscopical Research, 
and to Discoveries of the Physical Constitution and Movements of the Heavenly Bodies. From the 
works of Scheilen, Young, Iloscoe, Lockyer, Huggins, and others. 
No. 5. Nebulae, Meteoric Showers, and Comets. 
No. G. Unconscious Action of the Brain, and Epidemic Delusions. By Dr. Carpen¬ 
ter, author of ••The Microscope and its Revelations,” “Human Physiology,” Sic. 
No. 7. The Geology of the Stars. By Prof. A. Winchell, of the University of Michigan, 
author of Sketches of Creation.” 
No. 8. On Yeast, Protoplasm and the Germ Theory. By Thomas nuxiey, F. It. S.;—and 
The Relation between Matter and Force. By Prof. John II. Tice. 
No. 9. The Stone Age, past and present. By E. B. Tylor, author of Primitive Culture.” 
&c., &c.;—and Theory cf a Nervous Ether. By Dr. Richardson, F. R. S. 
No. 10. The Origin of Metalliferous Deposits, By T. Stcrry Hunt, F. R. S.;—and The 
Phenomena of Sleep. By Dr. Richardson, F. It. S. 
No. 11. Coal as a Reservoir of Power. By Robert Hunt, F. R. S.and Atoms. Bv Prof. 
Clifford, M. A. J 
No. 12. The Circulation of the Waters on the Face of the Earth. By Prof. H. W. Dove. 
Entered according to Act o 'Congress, in the year 1873, by Estes & LaCIUAT , in the Office of the Librarian of Congreg»,at Washincfon. 
