Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) / Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky
TWENTY VOLUMES RICHLY ILLUSTRATED
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, Editor-in-chief,
Author, poet, former editor Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Mass.
The HON. JOHN D. LONG,
Secretary of the United States Navy, Boston.
HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, LL.D.,
Author, literarian, associate editor The Outlook , New York.
ERNEST THOMPSON SETON,
Artist, author, New York.
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THIRD EDITION
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF,
1902
EDITORIAL BOARD
LIST OF VOLUMES
of
EDITED BY
EDWARD SINGLETON HOLDEN
1902
CONTENTS
LIST OF COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS
THE MARVELS OF NATURE
EDWARD S. HOLDEN, M.A., Sc.D. LL.D.
WHAT THE EARTH'S CRUST IS MADE OF
(From The World's Foundations.)
AMERICA THE OLD WORLD
(From Geological Sketches.)
SOME RECORDS OF THE ROCKS
(From A First Book in Geology.)
THE PITCH LAKE IN THE WEST INDIES
(From At Last.)
A STALAGMITE CAVE
(From the Voyage of the Challenger.)
THE BIG TREES OF CALIFORNIA
(From Studies Scientific and Social.)
WHAT IS EVOLUTION?
HOW THE SOIL IS MADE
ZOÖLOGICAL MYTHS
ON A PIECE OF CHALK
A BIT OF SPONGE
THE GREATEST SEA-WAVE EVER KNOWN
THE PHOSPHORESCENT SEA
COMETS
(From Marvels of the Heavens.)
THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1883
(From The Atmosphere.)
THE PLANET VENUS
I.
HESPERUS AND PHOSPHOR.
II.
THE PHASES OF VENUS.
III.
THE SILVER CROWN.
THE STARS
(From Starland.)
RAIN AND SNOW
(From The Forms of Water.)
THE ORGANIC WORLD
INHABITANTS OF MY POOL
(From Magic Glasses.)
NOTES
WONDERS OF EARTH, SEA, AND SKY
SUGGESTIONS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING
