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    Messrs. Cassell & Co. (Limited).

    — ^ One of the most striking books which has appeared within recent years bearing upon the science of astronomy is The story of the Heavens , by Robert Stawell Ball , LL . D . Professor Ball ' s name is an ample securitfor the of the scientific informationthe

    fre shness of the details regarding recent research y , and accuracy the comprehensiveness of the view , that in nlaced before the student or casual reader . One leading recommendation of this volume

    will at once be obvious to those who examine its pages even in a cursory manner—the language is forcible , intelligible , and above all so simple that the interest of the reader is

    at once secured and retained . It is a work

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 7, 1885, page 1269, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_07121885/page/9/