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Title: Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls

Author: Anonymous

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ILLUSTRATED SCIENCE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

[Illustration: FROM DR. FRANKLIN'S BROOM-CORN SEED. See Page 223.]

Boston:
D. Lothrop & Company,
Franklin Street.

Copyright, 1881,
By D. Lothrop & Company.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page
How Newspapers are made. 11
Umbrellas. 38
Paul and the Comb-makers. 54
In the Gas-works. 69
Racing a Thunder-storm. 86
August's "'Speriment." 103
The Birds Of Winter. 125
Something About Light-houses. 141
"Buy a Broom! Buy a Broom!" 158
Talking by Signals. 171
Jennie finds out how Dishes are made. 183
Archery For Boys. 192
Dolly's Shoes. 202
A Glimpse of some Montana Beavers. 208
How Logs go to Mill. 211

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Page
Frontispiece
The N. Y. Tribune Building at Night. 13
A Contributor to the Waste-Paper Basket. 16
Office of the Editor-In-Chief. 17
Regular Contributors 19
How Some of the News is Gathered 22
Type-Setter's Case In Pi. 22
Type-Setters' Room. 23
Taking "Proofs."