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Title: The Wonders of Pompeii

Author: Marc Monnier

Release Date: December 12, 2005 [EBook #17290]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Recent Excavations made at Pompeii under the Direction of
Inspector Fiorelli, in 1860.]

THE WONDERS OF POMPEII.

BY

MARC MONNIER.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH.

NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER & CO.,
654 BROADWAY.
1871.

=Illustrated Library of Wonders.=

PUBLISHED BY

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Titles of books. No. of Illustrations

THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, 89
WONDERS OF OPTICS, 70
WONDERS OF HEAT, 90
INTELLIGENCE OF ANIMALS, 54
GREAT HUNTS, 22
EGYPT 3,300 YEARS AGO, 40
WONDERS OF POMPEII, 22
THE SUN, BY A. GUILLEMIN, 58
SUBLIME IN NATURE, 50
WONDERS OF GLASS-MAKING, 63
WONDERS OF ITALIAN ART, 28
WONDERS OF THE HUMAN BODY, 45
WONDERS OF ARCHITECTURE, 50
LIGHTHOUSES AND LIGHTSHIPS, 60
BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN, 68
WONDERS OF BODILY STRENGTH AND SKILL, 70
WONDERFUL BALLON ASCENTS, 80
ACOUSTICS, 114
WONDERS OF THE HEAVENS,