Museum of Wonders, or Curiosities of the World

A cabinet of curiosities in book form, 1890: monsters of the ancient world, wild animals, queer wanderers in the vasty deep, famous inventions and sublime scenery — assembled to astonish the young and, the preface admits, their elders too.

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J. R. Jones: India

The Most Wonderful Voyage on Record, Dangers of Alpine Climbing, On the Top of the Wetterhorn, Alpine Climbers Seeking Crystals, Exciting Adventures in the Alps, The Far-Famed Mount Rigi, Beauties of India, • • Magnificent Oriental Procession, PAGE IIO 。 • • 114 ن 122 • 124 130 133 136 9 142 144 • 150 154 156 • 158 • 162 • • 164 166 Cities of India, • Feast of Ganesa, • The Sacred River of India, Indian Caves and Temples, An Indian Fable, 6 Strange Hindoo Gods, • Ready for the Chase, Strange Sights in Pekin, Japanese Ferry-Boat, • 168 • 170 。 0 172 。 • 175 0 178 182 • 183 185 。 188 A Ramble in Tokio, Japan, Grand Opening of the Suez Canal, People and Costumes of the Soudan, Discovering a Witch, A Crafty Old African Chief, How a Traveller Saved His Life, Travelling in Africa, Barbarous Punishments, Adventure with a Canoe, • A Famous Tribe of Savages, A Giant Tree, • 0 Strange Customs in Patagonia, Patagonian Funeral Procession, Mountains of Fire, Pulling in Gold with the Net, Story of Peter the Great, How Birds Get their Christmas Dinner, 190 192 • 0 • • • 196 199 201 203 205 207 209 211 。 213 0 215 217 0 219 • 224 Exiles of Siberia, Camping Cut, 。 。 CONTENTS.

Snow Blockade on the Pacific Railroad, The Famous Cow-boys, In Clover, Hydraulic Mining in California, How to Live Under Water, The Poor Boys of London, French Children and Schools, Nanny-goats, The Famous Gypsies, Up in the Air, • Balloon Adventures, The Squirrel, The Mountain and the Squirrel, A Ducking, .

The Gleaners,.

Edison's Phonograph, The Hermit and Leopard, Coals of Fire, • The World's Greatest Natural Wonder, Remarkable Plants and Trees, Two Homes, • Wonderful Birds, Curious Insects, Wonders of the Sea, Great Events of History, The Baby, e C

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