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[CONTENTS]

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PREFACE[V]
EYES AND NO EYES; or, The Art of Seeing[1]
From Aiken and Barbauld's "Evenings at Home"
THE THREE GIANTS[22]
By Mrs. Marcet
TRAVELLERS' WONDERS[50]
From Aiken and Barbauld's "Evenings at Home"
A CURIOUS INSTRUMENT[59]
By Jane Taylor
NOTE[64]

[ILLUSTRATIONS]

Broom Heath[Frontispiece]
View and Plan of Roman Camp[8]
It was a Large Water-rat[10]
The Three Giants at Work[21]
Aquafluens[34]
Ventosus[41]
The Coming of Vaporifer[46]
Vaporifer at Work[48]
A Curious Instrument[58]
AND TWENTY-SIX SMALLER ONES IN THE TEXT