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The Grandest Book of the Day!
THE GREAT GRAPHIC BALLOON BOOK.
Life in Cloudland
OR
THE HISTORY, WONDERS AND ROMANCE OF AERIAL NAVIGATION FROM FIRST TO LAST.
Including the Invention and History of Balloons and Flying Machines, how made and how inflated; memorable balloon ascensions of Professors Wise and W. H. Donaldson, as well as of the English and French aeronauts, with their wonderful adventures and escapes; W. H. Donaldson's remarkable ascent in a paper balloon, and his narrow escape from a fearful death; the use of Balloons in Franco-Prussian war, etc., etc.
This great work will contain
THE ONLY COMPLETE AND AUTHORIZED HISTORY
OF THE
GREAT TRANS-ATLANTIC EXPEDITION,
Including the PERSONAL NARRATIVES of Professor JOHN WISE, W.H. DONALDSON and the Artist Correspondents of THE DAILY GRAPHIC, written exclusively for and published under the auspices of THE DAILY GRAPHIC, and containing the most minute detail of the voyage. This book will be the FINEST & MOST COMPLETE HISTORY of AERONAUTICS ever published in this country, and will be MAGNIFICENTLY ILLUSTRATED and about 125 Superb Engravings.
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Address, for full information,
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148 ASYLUM ST., HARTFORD, CONN.