Contents: 1. The Age of Monsters. — 2. The Amber Spirit. — 3. The Four Elements. — 4. The Life of an Atom. — 5. A Little Bit. — 6. Modern Alchemy. — 7. The Magic of the Sunbeam. — 8. Two Eyes Better than One. — 9. The Mermaid's Home. — 10. Animated Flowers. — 11. Metamorphoses. — 12. The Invisible World. — 13. Wonderful Plants. — 14. Water Bewitched. — 15. Pluto's Kingdom. — 16. Moving Lands. — 17. The Gnomes. — 18. A Flight through Space. — 19. The Tale of a Comet. — 20. The Wonderful Lamp.
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