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FLAMMARION'S POPULAR ASTRONOMY
Translated from the French by J. ELLARD GORE, F.R.A.S.
With 3 Plates and 288 Illustrations.

"The six books into which the book is divided give a very lucid and accurate description of the knowledge which has been acquired of the moving bodies of space, both as respects their motions and physical constitutions. Of the translation we can only speak in terms of praise. Not only does it well represent the original, but Mr. Gore has added useful notes for the purpose of bringing the information up to date, and has also increased the number—already very considerable—of the excellent illustrations, so that the work is likely to become as popular in England as it has been in France."—AthenÆum.

"The work which Mr. J. E. Gore has translated into English has made for itself a name and reputation in France ... and has gone into general circulation to the number of a hundred thousand copies. This last fact is proof how well within the bounds of possibility it is to make the latest discoveries of science comprehensible and fascinating to the common mind. M. Flammarion has attained this triumph through the grasp of his knowledge, the lucidity of his style, and his power of bringing home the most stupendous and complicated of the things revealed to us in the depths of space. M. Flammarion's pages should find almost as great acceptance in this country as in his own. Simplicity of arrangement and of statement are part of his charm and of his success."—Scotsman.

"M. Flammarion's latest volume, if it does not displace its English rivals, may well take a high place in the rank to which they belong. It is full, lucid, and, thanks to Mr. Gore's careful revision, well up to date.... Mr. Gore's edition is so carefully brought abreast of the latest discoveries that the English student may now congratulate himself on being in an even better position than the countrymen of M. Flammarion."—Daily Chronicle.

"Young students of astronomy who wish to obtain a general idea of the most wonderful and fascinating of all sciences will find precisely what they seek in M. Flammarion's eloquent and poetic chapters.... There are many illustrations in this able and attractive treatise."—Speaker.

"It is a fascinating work, extending to nearly seven hundred pages, and dealing in popular language with some of the most interesting of the discoveries and speculations of astronomers."—Daily News.

"M. Flammarion is a sound practical astronomer; he has rendered good and laborious service to the science, and he possesses a valuable faculty of popular exposition.... The volume is profusely and well illustrated, some of the best plates making here their first appearance."—Saturday Review.

"A high place must be accorded to Flammarion's 'Popular Astronomy.' Never before has the science of the heavens been treated with such fulness and interest as in this fascinating book; for Flammarion is a man of letters as well as a man of science—a man of letters, too, endowed with the wondrous gifts of lucidity and charm which distinguish the best French writers.... Flammarion's book is much more absorbing than most novels, more romantic than most romances, more poetic than most poems, yet strictly and scientifically accurate."—Ludgate Monthly.

"It must be confessed that M. Flammarion not only arrests the attention, but assists the reader to grasp astronomical theories—a task in which less popular writers often fail when they make the attempt."—Literary World.

"The book is a most fascinating one, and holds the reader from start to finish.... As a manual for those who wish to obtain a good general knowledge of astronomy this work will be found unsurpassed."—Science Gossip.

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THUNDER AND LIGHTNING

BY
CAMILLE FLAMMARION

TRANSLATED BY WALTER MOSTYN