Astronomy with an Opera-Glass.
A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50.
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BOOKS ON ASTRONOMY.
Popular Astronomy.
A General Description of the Heavens. By Camille Flammarion. Translated from the French by J. Ellard Gore, F.R.A.S. New Revised Edition. With 3 Plates and 288 Illustrations. 8vo. Cloth, $4.50.
The author is the most popular scientific writer in France, and the present work was considered of such merit that the Montyon Prize of the French Academy was awarded to it. The subject is treated in a very popular style, and the work is at the same time interesting and reliable. The work has been newly revised throughout and an appendix added, showing all the important advances made in astronomy up to the year 1907.
The Earth’s Beginning.