Putnams' Series of Popular Manuals.
HALF-HOURS WITH THE MICROSCOPE. (Shortly.)
By Edwin Lankester, M.D., F.R.S. Illustrated by 250 Drawings from Nature. 12mo, cloth, $1.25.
“This beautiful little volume is a very complete manual for the amateur microscopist. * * * The 'Half-Hours' are filled with clear and agreeable descriptions, whilst eight plates, executed with the most beautiful minuteness and sharpness, exhibit no less than 250 objects with the utmost attainable distinctness.”—Critic.
HALF-HOURS WITH THE TELESCOPE:
Being a popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a means of Amusement and Instruction. Adapted to inexpensive instruments. By R. A. Proctor, B.A., F.R.A.S. 12mo, cloth, with illustrations on stone and wood. Price, $1.25.
“It is crammed with starry plates on wood and stone, and among the celestial phenomena described or figured, by far the larger number may be profitably examined with small telescopes.”—Illustrated Times.
HALF-HOURS WITH THE STARS:
A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations, showing in 12 Maps, the Position of the Principal Star-Groups Night after Night throughout the Year, with introduction and a separate explanation of each Map. True for every Year. By Richard A. Proctor, B.A., F.R.A.S. Demy 4to. Price, $2.25.
“Nothing so well calculated to give a rapid and thorough knowledge of the position of the stars in the firmament has ever been designed or published hitherto. Mr. Proctor's 'Half-Hours with the Stars' will become a text-book in all schools, and an invaluable aid to all teachers of the young.”—Weekly Times.
MANUAL OF POPULAR PHYSIOLOGY:
Being an Attempt to Explain the Science of Life in Untechnical Language. By Henry Lawson, M.D. 18mo, with 90 Illustrations. Price, $1.25.
Man's Mechanism, Life, Force, Food, Digestion, Respiration, Heat, the Skin, the Kidneys, Nervous System, Organs of Sense, &c., &c., &c.