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The following little book has been written under the impressions which I have here stated. I have selected a few of such phenomena of the Kingdoms of Nature, as seemed to me to have in them most to excite wonder and admiration; and I have sought to convey distinct notions with the least possible use of technical language; neither forgetting the connection of things, nor overloading the statements with matters that are merely expletive of an arbitrary system. How far I may have succeeded, is for my little friends, and their instructors, who have approved of my other books, to decide. Wishing the former as much pleasure in the reading, as I have had, for their sakes, in the writing, I take my leave of them.
P. P.
List of Plates.
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PLATE Page I. EXTINCT ANIMALS THAT ONCE LIVED WHERE DORSETSHIRE NOW IS ssss1 II. EXTINCT ANIMALS THAT ONCE LIVED WHERE PARIS NOW IS ssss1 III. GREAT BONE CAVERN OF GAYLENREUTH ssss1 IV. GIGANTIC ELK AND MEGATHERIUM ssss1 V. VESUVIUS, WITH THE PINE-TREE CLOUD ssss1 VI. VESUVIUS IN ERUPTION AT NIGHT ssss1 VII. THE GEYSERS OF ICELAND 78 VIII. ISLAND OF STAFFA 93 IX. FINGAL'S CAVE 97 X. FORUM OF POMPEII 131 XI. GREAT FALL OF NIAGARA 135 XII. ESCAPE ON THE ICE 157 XIII. THE WATER-SPOUT 194 XIV. ACTINIÆ—CORAL BUILDERS 206 XV. SEPIAS 231 XVI. NAUTILUS 239 XVII. AURORA BOREALIS () XVIII. SPECTRE OF THE BROCKEN 285 XIX. DOVER CASTLE 293 XX. FATA MORGANA 299