CONTENTS. 



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THE HERSCHELS AND THE STAR-DEPTHS ..... 1 



A VOYAGE TO THE SUN . . . ... . . . 31 



A VOYAGE TO THE RINGED PLANET ...... 60 



A GIANT PLANET 86 



LIFE IN MARS ..... ..... 110 



A WHEWELLITE ESSAY ox THE PLANET MARS . . . 130 



METEORS SEEDBEARING AND OTHERWISE . . . . . Io7 



A RECENT STAR-SHOWER, AND STAR-SHOWERS GENERALLY . 188 

 NEWS FROM THE MOON . . . ., ' .214 



EARTHQUAKES . . 242 



THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS ........ 264 



A FEW WORDS ABOUT COAL . . . . ... 291 



NOTES ON FLYING AND FLYING-MACHINES . . . . .321 



GAMBLING SUPERSTITIONS ... i ... 349 



COINCIDENCES AND SUPERSTITIONS 377 



NOTES ON GHOSTS AND GOBLINS 406 



