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...taken by Prof. Holden by means of the Lick telescope, and the results obtained by means of the best English and American telescopes shows that the Lick lens is immeasurably superior to any of its predecessors. Formerly there was supposed to be only one star, called Alpha Lyre or Vega, within the ring of the nebula of the constellation Lyra, but recently five stars have been clearly defined within this ring, and an immense amount of detail concerning the structure of the nebula itself brought out. The nebula of the constellation of the Dragon has been shown to have...
...mentioned in the body of the book. Each subject is chronological, beginning, for instance, in American History, with the Northman discovery, ending with the Civil War of 1861. Nearly every work of fiction of any value is included, from Optic's "Frank on the Gunboat" to Lope de Vega's "Probeza no es Vileza." The popular character, fashionable life, provincial and peasant life, so far as possible, are represented; nor are university life, law life, sporting life, sea life, reforms, prison abuses, social changes, neglected. In fact, every work of fiction possessing any value seems to have come under...