TO KNOW THE STARRY HEAVENS 



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of the Praesepe. It rises at about 10 130 

 P. M. on November 1, and at about 8 :$o 

 P. M. on November 30. It will remain 

 throughout the winter in excellent po- 

 sition for observation. 



The planet Uranus is still high 

 enough in the sky in the early evening 

 to be well observed. One who posses- 

 ses a small telescope may readily lo- 

 cate this interesting world with the 

 help of Figures 1 and 2. The three 

 guiding stars, L, M, and N, are indicat- 

 ed equally on both maps, but Figure 2 

 contains every star so bright as the 

 ninth magnitude, and hence this shows 

 all stars which will be visible in a tele- 

 scope of one inch aperture on a very 

 clear night. 



in imagination, make the experiment. 

 You will feel the sensation of floating 

 in space, and after you have thus gazed 

 at the skies for only a few minutes, you 

 may imagine yourself on a comet or 

 journeying by some similar convey- 

 ance through the infinite depths of 

 space among the starry jewels that 

 glitter there. 



Sunset Clouds. 



The sunset clouds gazed in the lake, 



At their reflection there, 

 And blushed more deeply than before, 



To find themselves so fair. 



— Emma Peirce. 



An Effective Method of Studying the 

 Stars. 



The best method of studying the 

 constellations is that which was first 

 employed by the shepherds of old; that 

 is. to lie on one's back and gaze into 

 the heavens. Bv this method the range 



Daphne. 

 A breath of Heaven wafted down, 



To be a celestial dower, 

 And hidden, quite unknown to us, 

 Within the heart of a flower. 



— Emma Peirce. 



A child said to a butterfly, "You live 

 but a day." "But a day," said the but- 

 terfly, "is a lifetime."— E. Scott O'Con- 



nor in 



'Tracings." 



DR. JUGELOW AND THE ALOHA CLUB CLASS IN ASTRONOMY. 



is good and there will be no neck 

 ache. This method is employed by 

 the editor of this magazine in teaching 

 young people to know the constella- 

 tions. In the accompanying illustra- 

 tion he is shown with a class of young 

 ladies at the camping headquarters of 

 the Aloha Club. Pike, New Hampshire. 

 We heartily commend the method as 

 the best for individual or for class use. 

 If you have never tried lying on your 

 back thus to leave Old Mother Earth 



The modern botanical garden had 

 its beginning in the old monastic gar- 

 dens where the monks cultivated the 

 " simples " for their primitive medical 

 art. 



Professor Hugo De Yries has trans- 

 planted his experimental garden from 

 Amsterdam to Lunteren, where he will 

 continue his work on the evening prim- 

 roses. 



