[Illustration: THE AURORA BOREALIS IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS.]


A
CATECHISM
OF
FAMILIAR THINGS;

THEIR HISTORY, AND THE EVENTS WHICH LED TO
THEIR DISCOVERY.


_WITH A SHORT EXPLANATION OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL_

NATURAL PHENOMENA.



FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES.

Enlarged and Revised Edition.



NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, AND ST. LOUIS:
BENZIGER BROTHERS
PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE.