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PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.

STRANGE DISCOVERIES RESPECTING THE AURORA.

THE EARTH A MAGNET.

OUR CHIEF TIME-PIECE LOSING TIME.

ENCKE THE ASTRONOMER.

VENUS ON THE SUN’S FACE.

BRITAIN’S COAL CELLARS.

THE SECRET OF THE NORTH POLE.

IS THE GULF STREAM A MYTH.

FLOODS IN SWITZERLAND.

A GREAT TIDAL WAVE.

DEEP-SEA DREDGINGS.

THE TUNNEL THROUGH MONT CENIS.

TORNADOES.

VESUVIUS.

THE EARTHQUAKE IN PERU.

THE GREATEST SEA-WAVE EVER KNOWN.

THE USEFULNESS OF EARTHQUAKES.

THE FORCING POWER OF RAIN.

A SHOWER OF SNOW-CRYSTALS.

LONG SHOTS.

INFLUENCE OF MARRIAGE ON THE DEATH-RATE.

THE TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF INDIA.

A SHIP ATTACKED BY A SWORD-FISH.

THE SAFETY-LAMP.

THE DUST WE HAVE TO BREATHE.

PHOTOGRAPHIC GHOSTS.

THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ROWING STYLES.

BETTING ON HORSE RACES: OR, THE STATE OF THE ODDS.

SQUARING THE CIRCLE.

A NEW THEORY OF ACHILLES’ SHIELD.