Front matter

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THE GREAT NEBULA OF ORION

From a photograph taken on February 4^th 1889 by M^r 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.