Upcott Avenel, Oct. 1890.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
The Magician's Chamber by Moonlight[1]

CHAPTER II
Magic Glasses and how to use them[27]

CHAPTER III
Fairy Rings and how they are made[55]

CHAPTER IV
The Life-History of Lichens and Mosses[75]

CHAPTER V
The History of a Lava Stream[96]

CHAPTER VI
An Hour with the Sun[117]

CHAPTER VII
An Evening among the Stars[145]

CHAPTER VIII
Little Beings from a Miniature Ocean[172]

CHAPTER IX
The Dartmoor Ponies[195]

CHAPTER X
The Magician's Dream of Ancient Days[209]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES

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Photograph of the nebula of Orion[Frontispiece]
Table of coloured spectra Plate I.[facing pg.127]
Coloured double starsPlate II.[facing pg.167]