=Wonderful Escapes.=

WONDERFUL ESCAPES.  Revised from the French of F. BERNARD, and original chapters added by RICHARD WHITEING.  With twenty-six full-page plates.  One volume 12mo. Printed on tinted paper $1 50

For specimen illustration see page 30.

This volume of the “Library of Wonders” is an exceedingly interesting addition to the series, narrating as it does in the most thrilling manner the wonderful escapes of noted prisoners, political as well as criminal.  The escapes of over forty well known personages are described in this book, and their history may be relied upon as entirely accurate, obtained from official sources.  Among the characters treated of we may mention Marius, Benvenuto Cellini, Grotius, Cardinal de Retz, Baron Trenck, and Marie de Medicis.  A number of full-page plates picturing the prisoners in the most fearful moments of their escapes accompany the volume.

=The Heavens.=

WONDERS OF THE HEAVENS.  By CAMILLE FLAMMARION.  From the French by Mrs.
NORMAN LOCKYER.  With forty-eight illustrations.  One volume, 12mo $1 50

For specimen illustration see page 32.

M. FLAMMARION is excelled by none in that peculiar tact, which is so rare, of bringing within popular comprehension the great facts of Astronomical Science.  Familiar illustrations and a glowing and eloquent style, make this volume one of the most valuable, as it is one of the most comprehensive manuals extant upon the absorbingly interesting subject of which it treats.

ALSO IN PRESS: 

WONDERS OF ENGRAVING,
WONDERS OF VEGETATION,
WONDERS OF SCULPTURE,
THE INVISIBLE WORLD,
ELECTRICITY,
HYDRAULICS.

Due announcement of the appearance of the above new issues of this series will be given hereafter as they approach completion.