Thunder and Lightning

John Stuart Mill · en
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THUNDER AND LIGHTNING

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              Medium 8vo, cloth extra, 10_s._ 6_d._

                 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.