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PREFACE.

THE

FAIRY-LAND OF SCIENCE.

LECTURE I.

HOW TO ENTER IT; HOW TO USE IT; AND HOW TO ENJOY IT.

LECTURE II.

SUNBEAMS AND THE WORK THEY DO.

LECTURE III.

THE AERIAL OCEAN IN WHICH WE LIVE.

LECTURE IV.

A DROP OF WATER ON ITS TRAVELS.

LECTURE V.

THE TWO GREAT SCULPTORS—WATER AND ICE.

LECTURE VI.

THE VOICES OF NATURE AND HOW WE HEAR THEM.

LECTURE VII.

THE LIFE OF A PRIMROSE.

LECTURE VIII.

THE HISTORY OF A PIECE OF COAL.

LECTURE IX.

BEES IN THE HIVE.

LECTURE X.

BEES AND FLOWERS.

INDEX.

PUBLICATIONS OF J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

A VALUABLE LITTLE HAND-BOOK.

FIRST STEPS IN SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE.

By PAUL BERT.

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, Publishers, PHILADELPHIA.

A VALUABLE AND HANDY REFERENCE LIBRARY.

READER'S REFERENCE LIBRARY

Brewer's Reader's Handbook

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.

Brewer's Dictionary of Miracles.

Edwards's Words, Facts, and Phrases.

Worcester's Comprehensive Dictionary.

Roget's Thesaurus.

Ancient and Modern Familiar Quotations.

Soule's English Synonymes.