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Emerson's expressions, 21.

England's unsteady atmosphere, 84.

Epicyclic theory of Ptolemy, 8.

"Evolution of the Solar System," T. J. J. See, 23.

Failure of water in England, 116.

Faraday's, Michael, attitude, 76.

Fauth, Dr. Phil., 63; drawings of Mars, 63.

First look at Mars, 80.

Fison's, Mr., comments, 97.

Flammarion's picture of the Earth from Mars, 169; work on Mars, 51.

Fruit trees, Santa Clara Valley, 49.

Gill's, Sir David, testimony, 90.

Hebraic conceptions, astronomers imbued with, 21.

Hebraic conceptions of the universe, 8.

Herschel, Sir John, on snow caps, 76.

High altitudes favorable to health, 152.

Holden, E. S., on nebula of Orion, 96.

Howe's, Herbert A., remarks, 65, 66.

Huxley's estimate of mathematicians, 74.

Huyghens, 32.

Ice caps of Himalaya, 115.

Iles, George, illustration of cooling bodies, 25.

Illusions, supposes, 59.

Irrelevant criticism, 126.

Irrigation, ancient in Arizona, in Egypt, in India, 145; marvels of, 143; notes on, 141.

Joly's, Dr. J., theory, 100.

Keeler's definition of astrophysics, 77.

Lampland, photographs of Mars, 32.

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