

TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



HISTORY OF ASTRONOMICAL DISCOYERY. 



CHAP. I. PAGE 



ERA OF THE GREEK AND ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOLS, 1 



CHAP. II. 



ERA OP COPERNICUS, TYCHO BRAHE, EEPPLER, 



AND GALILEO, .... 17 



CHAP. III. 



ERA OF NEWTON, HALLEY, AND HERSCHEL, . 33 



SCENERY OP THE HEAVENS. 



. 49 



. 63 



. 76 



CHAP. I. 



THE SUN AND SOLAR PHENOMENA, 



CHAP. H. 



MERCURY, VENUS, THE EARTH, . 



CHAP. III. 



THE MOON AND LUNAR PHENOMENA, 



CHAP. IV. 



MARS, PLANETOIDS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, 



NEPTUNB, . . . . .89 



CHAP. V. 

 COMETS, . .108 



CHAP. VI. 



AEROLITES, . 



CHAP. VII. 



A GLANCE AT THE STARS, . 



. 130 



143 



CHAP. VIII. 



NUMBER, DISTANCE, AND MAGNITUDE OF STARS, 158 



CHAP. IX. 



NEW, VARIABLE, AND COMPOUND STARS, 



CHAP. X. 



STAB-SYSTEMS NEBUL.fi, 



PAGE 

 166 



180 



APPENDIX. 



ELEMENTS OS 1 THE SOLAR SYSTEM, . . 189 



OBSERVATORIES, . . . 192 



PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



CHAP. I. 



GREAT NATURAL DIVISIONS OF THE EARTH, . 193 



CHAP. II. 



HIGH LANDS OF THE EARTH, . . 200 



CHAP. III. 

 VALLEYS AND GREAT LEVELS OF THE EARTH, 217 



CHAP. IV. 

 CAVERNS AND SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGES, 



CHAP. V. 



SPRINGS, 



LAKES, 



THE OCEAN, 



238 

 259 



CHAP. VI. 

 CHAP. VII. 

 CHAP. VIII. 



278 



308 



325 



