Everything a Victorian found astonishing, gathered into one enormous volume — burning springs and buried cities, freaks of storm and flood, the habits of bees and the manners of nations, filed under headings like “Curiosities Respecting Man.”
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Almighty Cause! 'tis thy preserving care That keeps thy works for ever fresh and fair:
Tho' mountains rise between, and oceans roll. Darwin MAGNETISM is supposed to have been first rendered useful about the end of the twelfth…