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Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880, by Various
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Title: Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science
Author: Various
Release Date: March 16, 2008 [EBook #24851]
Language: English
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LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE
OF
POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.
AUGUST, 1880.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by J.B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Transcriber's note:
Variant spellings and unusual punctuation have been retained.
AMERICAN AËRONAUTS.
[Illustration: BALLOON ENTANGLED IN A TREE.]
Scattered here and there in this matter-of-fact, utilitarian age of Business one finds instances of that love of daring for its own sake, with an insatiable longing for new scenes and novel sensations, which in the days of chivalry moved the mass of men to put saddle to horse and ride off Somewhere seeking Something--just as occasional trilobites, lonely and misshapen, are found in ages subse