NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION
"It is neither religious nor wise to judge that of which you know nothing."
A Brief Guide to the Celestial Ruby, by PHILALETHES (17th century)
Hodder and Stoughton
London, New York, Toronto
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The Useful Knowledge series
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List of the first thirty-four volumes issued in the new style with Pictorial Wrappers:—
- Wireless Telegraphy. By ALFRED T. STORY.
- A Piece of Coal. By K.A. MARTIN, F.G.S.
- Architecture. By P.L. WATERHOUSE.
- The Cotton Plant. By F. WILKINSON, F.G.S.
- Plant Life. By GRANT ALLEN.
- Wild Flowers. By Rev. Prof. G. HENSLOW, F.L.S., F.G. S.
- The Solar System. By G.F. CHAMBERS, F.R. A.S.
- Eclipses. By G.F. CHAMBERS, F.R.A.S.
- The Stars. By G.F.CHAMBERS, F.R.A.S.
- The Weather. By G.F. CHAMBERS, F.R.A.S.
- Animal Life. By B. LINDSAY.
- Geographical Discovery. By JOSEPH JACOBS.
- The Atmosphere. By DOUGLAS ARCHIBALD, M.A.
- Alpine Climbing. By FRANCIS GRIBBLE
- Forest and Stream. By JAMES RODWAY, F.L.S.
- Fish Life. By W.P. PYCRAFT, F.Z.S.
- Bird Life. By W.P. PYCRAFT, F.Z.S.
- Primitive Man. By EDWARD CLODD.
- Ancient Egypt. By ROBINSON SOUTTAR, M.A., D.C.L.
- Story of Locomotion. By BECKLES WILLSON.
- The Earth in Past Ages. By H.G. SEELEY, F.R.S.
- The Empire. By E. SALMON.
- King Alfred. By Sir WALTER BESANT.
- Lost England. By BECKLES WILLSON.
- Alchemy, or The Beginnings of Chemistry. By M.M. PATTISON MUIR, M.A.
- The Chemical Elements. By M.M. PATTISON MUIR, M.A.
- The Wanderings of Atoms. By M.M. PATTISON MUIR, M.A.
- Germ Life: Bacteria. By H.W. CONN.
- Life in the Seas. By SIDNEY J. HICKSON F.R.S.
- Life's Mechanism. BY H.W. CONN.
- Reptile Life. By W.P. PYCRAFT, F.Z.S.
- The Grain of Wheat. By WILLIAM C. EDGAR.
- The Potter. By C.F. BINNS.