- 1Dedication — Preface
- 2Part I — Wonders of the Earth — Chapter I — Parley Explains How the…
- 3Chapter II — What Creatures Once Lived Where Dorsetshire Now Is
- 4Chapter III — What Sort of a Place Once Existed Where the Neighbour…
- 5Chapter IV — Of Great Caverns in England, and Germany, Containing B…
- 6Chapter V — Of Other Animals That Once Lived in England and Elsewhere
- 7Chapter VI — Parley Describes Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Hot Springs
- 8Chapter VII — Of the Rocks Called Basaltic
- 9Chapter VIII — Why Parley Believes That There Is a Great Source of…
- 10Chapter IX — Parley Tells Something About the History of Mount Vesu…
- 11Chapter X — Parley Describes the Falls of Niagara
- 12Part II — Wonders of the Sea — Chapter I — Parley Tells About the F…
- 13Chapter II — The Story of a Long Journey Over the Ice
- 14Chapter III — The Journey Over the Ice Continued
- 15Chapter IV — The Whale
- 16Chapter V — A Voyage on a Tropical Sea
- 17Chapter VI — The Water-Spout
- 18Chapter VII — Coral Reefs and Islands
- 19Chapter VIII — The Luminous Appearance of the Sea
- 20Chapter IX — The Cuttle Fish
- 21Chapter X — The Nautilus
- 22Part III — Wonders of the Sky — Chapter I — Colour of the Sky
- 23Chapter II — The Aurora Borealis
- 24Chapter III — Parley Tells of Some Other Meteors
- 25Chapter IV — Shooting Stars
- 26Chapter V — Meteoric Stones or Aerolites
- 27Chapter VI — Bloody Rain
- 28Chapter VII — The Spectre of the Brocken
- 29Chapter VIII — Some Other Instances of Aerial Reflection
- 30Chapter IX — Of the Fata Morgana and the Mirage
- 31Chapter X — How Parley Supposes These Appearances to Be Produced
- 32Conclusion
Peter Parley’s Wonders of the Earth, Sea, and Sky
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