“I have tried rather to teach the method of geology than its facts; to furnish the student with a key to all geology; rough indeed and rudimentary, but sure and sound enough, I trust, to help him to unlock most geological problems which may meet him in any quarter of the globe.”—From the Preface.
AN AMERICAN GEOLOGICAL RAILWAY GUIDE. Giving the Geological Formation along the Railroads, with Altitude above Tide-water, Notes on Interesting Places on the Routes, and a Description of each of the Formations. By James Macfarlane, Ph. D., and more than Seventy-five Geologists. Second edition, 426 pp., 8vo. Cloth, $2.50.
“The idea is an original one.... Mr. Macfarlane has produced a very convenient and serviceable hand-book, available alike to the practical geologist, to the student of that science, and to the intelligent traveler who would like to know the country through which he is passing.”—Boston Evening Transcript.
WORKS BY ARABELLA B. BUCKLEY (MRS. FISHER).
THE FAIRY-LAND OF SCIENCE. With 74 Illustrations. Cloth, gilt, $1.50.
“Deserves to take a permanent place in the literature of youth.”—London Times.
“So interesting that, having once opened the book, we do not know how to leave off reading.”—Saturday Review.
THROUGH MAGIC GLASSES and other Lectures. A Sequel to “The Fairy-Land of Science.” Cloth, $1.50.
CONTENTS.
The Magician’s Chamber by Moonlight.