CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

 THE MOON/ 



WHAT IS IT LIKE ? MOON SUPERSTITIONS DESCRIPTION OF THE MOON 



PHASES TIDES ECLIPSES. 



FROM the early days of childhood every man and woman has been familiar 

 with the moon. This satellite of earth has been domesticated, so to speak, 

 amongst us; and while the sun and other stars have been glorified in poetic 

 and prose effusions, the moon has been always more tenderly addressed. 



Fig. 559. The earth as seen from the moon. 



The soft (reflected) light of our attendant moon is much more attractive 

 than the brilliancy of the greater light " that rules the day." The moon is 

 regarded as our particular property, and has awakened an interest in our 

 minds since the time that we could, as we fancied, see the " Man in the 

 Moon." 



In ancient times the moon was supposed to possess some light of her 



