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THE GREAT NEBULA OF ORIONFrom a photograph taken on February 4th 1889
by Mr Isaac Roberts.
THROUGH MAGIC GLASSES
AND OTHER LECTURES
A SEQUEL TO THE FAIRYLAND OF SCIENCE
BY
ARABELLA B. BUCKLEY
(MRS. FISHER)
AUTHOR OF LIFE AND HER CHILDREN, WINNERS IN LIFE'S RACE,
A SHORT HISTORY OF NATURAL SCIENCE, ETC.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1890
Authorized Edition.
PREFACE
The present volume is chiefly intended for those ofmy young friends who have read, and been interestedin, the Fairyland of Science. It travels over a widefield, pointing out a few of the marvellous facts whichcan be studied and enjoyed by the help of opticalinstruments. It will be seen at a glance that anyone of the subjects dealt with might be made thestudy of a lifetime, and that the little informationgiven in each lecture is only enough to make thereader long for more.
In these days, when moderate-priced instrumentsand good books and lectures are so easily accessible,I hope some eager minds may be thus led to take upone of the branches of science opened out to us bymagic glasses; while those who go no further will atleast understand something of the hitherto unseenworld which is now being studied by their help.[Pg vi]
The two last lectures wander away from this path,and yet form a natural conclusion to the Magician'slectures to his young Devonshire lads. They havebeen published before, one in the Youth's Companion ofBoston, U.S., and the other in Atalanta, in which theessay on Fungi also appeared in a shorter form.All three lectures have, however, been revised andfully illustrated, and I trust that the volume, as awh