Front matter
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Contents. Some typographical errors have been corrected; a list follows the text. List of Illustrations (In certain versions of this etext [in certain browsers] clicking directly on the image, will bring up a larger version.) (etext transcriber's note)
WONDERFUL ESCAPES.
Osmond carrying off Duke Richard.
REVISED FROM THE FRENCH OF F. BERNARD AND ORIGINAL CHAPTERS ADDED. BY R I C H A R D W H I T E I N G. With Twenty-six Plates. NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER & CO. 1871.
Illustrated Library of Wonders. PUBLISHED BY Messrs. Charles Scribner & Co., 654 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
Each one volume 12mo.Price per volume, $1.50.
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Titles of Books.No. of Illustrations
Thunder and Lightning,39
Wonders of Optics,70
Wonders of Heat,90
Intelligence of Animals,54
Great Hunts,22
Egypt 3,300 Years Ago,40
Wonders of Pompeii,22
The Sun, by A. Guillemin,53
Sublime in Nature,50
Wonders of Glass Making,63
Wonders of Italian Art,28
Wonders of the Human Body,45
Wonders of Architecture,50
Lighthouses and Lightships,60
Bottom of the Ocean,68
Wonders of Bodily Strength and Skill,70
Wonderful Balloon Ascents,30
Acoustics,114
Wonders of the Heavens,48
* The Moon, by A. Guillemin,60
* Wonders of Sculpture,61
* Wonders of Engraving,32
* Wonders of Vegetation,45
* Wonders of the Invisible World,97
Celebrated Escapes,26
* Water,77
* Hydraulics,40
* Electricity,71
* Subterranean World,27
* In Press for early Publication.
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