OUR PLACE IN SPACE I 



ASTRONOMY BY OBSERVATION. 



By ELIZA A. BOW EN. 

 4to. 90 pages. 



AN elementary text-book for High-Schools and Academies, based on 

 the most practical and interesting method of studying the subject that 

 of observation. To assist the pupil in his work, careful directions are 

 given when, how, and where to find the heavenly bodies ; also-for observ- 

 ing, in entertaining and instructive ways, the characteristics and phenom- 

 ena of the constellations. Their motions are described in familiar 

 language, in the order in which they can be seen by an observer. The 

 large quarto pages admit maps and views on a scale that will give a 

 clear conception of the vast expanse of the celestial regions. 



LOCKYER'S 



ELEMENTS OF ASTRONOMY. 



Accompanied with numerous Illustrations, a Colored Representa- 

 tion of the Solar, Stellar, and Nebular Spectra, and Arago's 

 Celestial Charts of the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. 

 American edition, revised and enlarged, and specially adapted 

 to the wants of American schools. 12mo. 312 pages. 



The author's aim throughout the book has been to give a connected 

 view of the whole subject rather than to discuss any particular parts of 

 it, and to supply facts and ideas founded thereon, to serve as a basis for 

 subsequent study. 



The fine STAR-MAPS OF ARAGO, showing the boundaries of the 

 constellations and the principal stars they contain, are appended to the 

 volume. 



D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers, 



NEW YORK, BOSTON, CHICAGO, ATLANTA, SAN FRANCISCO. 



