Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky
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YOUNG FOLKS' LIBRARY
SELECTIONS FROM THE CHOICEST LITERATURE OF ALL LANDS; FOLK-LORE, FAIRY TALES, FABLES, LEGENDS, NATURAL HISTORY, WONDERS OF EARTH, SEA AND SKY, ANIMAL STORIES, SEA TALES, BRAVE DEEDS, EXPLORATIONS, STORIES OF SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LIFE, BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY, PATRIOTIC ELOQUENCE, POETRY
THIRD EDITION
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF,
PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEWETT TUCKER, HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, HENRY VAN DYKE, NATHAN HASKELL DOLE
1902
EDITORIAL BOARD
LIST OF VOLUMES
Young Folks' Library in Twenty Volumes Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Editor-in-Chief
WONDERS
of
EARTH, SEA and SKY
EDITED BY
EDWARD SINGLETON HOLDEN
VOLUME XI
1902
CONTENTS
LIST OF COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS
THE MARVELS OF NATURE
By
EDWARD S. HOLDEN, M.A., Sc.D. LL.D.
WONDERS OF EARTH, SEA, AND SKY
WHAT THE EARTH'S CRUST IS MADE OF
(From The World's Foundations.)
AMERICA THE OLD WORLD
(From Geological Sketches.)
SOME RECORDS OF THE ROCKS
(From A First Book in Geology.)
THE PITCH LAKE IN THE WEST INDIES
(From At Last.)
A STALAGMITE CAVE
(From the Voyage of the Challenger.)
THE BIG TREES OF CALIFORNIA
(From Studies Scientific and Social.)
WHAT IS EVOLUTION?
(From The Atlantic Monthly, March, '93.)
HOW THE SOIL IS MADE
(From the Formation of Vegetable Mould.)
ZOÖLOGICAL MYTHS
(From Facts and Fictions of ZoÖlogy.)
ON A PIECE OF CHALK
A LECTURE TO WORKING MEN.
(Delivered in England.)
A BIT OF SPONGE
(Written on Scotland.)
(From Glimpses of Nature.)
THE GREATEST SEA-WAVE EVER KNOWN
(From Light Science in Leisure Hours.)
THE PHOSPHORESCENT SEA
(From Studies of Animated Nature.)
COMETS
(From Marvels of the Heavens.)
THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1883
AN ASTRONOMERS VOYAGE TO FAIRY-LAND.
(From The Atlantic Monthly, May, 1890.)
HALOS—PARHELIA—THE SPECTRE OF THE BROCKEN, ETC
(From The Atmosphere.)
THE PLANET VENUS
I.
HESPERUS AND PHOSPHOR.
II.
THE PHASES OF VENUS.
III.
THE SILVER CROWN.
THE STARS
(From Starland.)
RAIN AND SNOW
(From The Forms of Water.)
THE ORGANIC WORLD
(From The Elements of Science.)
INHABITANTS OF MY POOL
(From Magic Glasses.)
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WONDERS OF EARTH, SEA, AND SKY
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