8 . Contents 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XV. MISTAKES CONCEBNING METEORS STONE-FALLS 



FROM THE SKY NOTES ON COMETS . . . 124 



XVI. THE STORM'S TRIUMPH .V ., . . 131 



XVII. THE NAKED-EYE VISIBILITY OF JUPITER'S SATEL- 

 LITES GUN-FIRE AND RAIN . ',.' 142 



XVIII. CAPELLA THE BEAUTIFUL VARIABLES AND FAINT 

 STARS THE VOICES OF THE STARS A FAMOUS 

 AFRICAN JOURNEY . . . ^ . 151 



XIX. THE PHANTOM PLANET EICHTER'S DREAM TELE- 

 SCOPES AND TEMPERATURE BRIGHTNESS OF 

 MIDNIGHT SKY CLOUDS AT SUNSET THE MULTI- 

 TUDINOUS STARS . . . -'. , y * 158 



XX. SHAKESPEARE'S " SEVEN STARS " MAY'S NIGHT- 

 SKIES THE JULY STARS SUMMER SHOOTING- 

 STARS RAINBOWS . . . . V . 167 



XXI. ASTRONOMY IN THE ARCTIC ORION'S BELT AND 

 NEBULA OF A MOON-ECLIPSE A CLOUDY Oc- 

 CULTATION NATURE AT REST . ., , . . 175 



INDEX 187 



