

TABLE OF CONTENTS 



HISTORY OF ASTRONOMICAL 

 DISCOVERY. 



CHAP. I. 



ERA OF THE GREEK AND ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOLS 1 



CHAP. II. 



ERA OF COPERNICUS, TYCHO BRAKE, KEPPLER, 

 AND GALILEO . .V . . " . 17 



CHAP. III. 

 ERA OF NEWTON, HALLEY, AND HERSCHEL . 33 



SCENERY OF TtiE HEAVENS. 

 CHAP. I. 



THE SUN AND SOLAR PHENOMENA . . 49 



CHAP. II. 



MERCURY, VENUS, THE EARTH . . .63 



CHAP. III. 



THE MOON AND LUNAR PHENOMENA . . 76 



CHAP. IV. 



MARS, ASTEROIDS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS 89 



CHAP. V. 



COMETS . .... . . .108 



CHAP. VI. 

 AKROLITES . . * . . 130 



CHAP. VII. 

 A GLANCE AT THE STARS .... 143 



CHAP. VIII. 



NUMBER, DISTANCE, AND MAGNITUDE OF STARS 158 



CHAP. IX. 



NEW, VARIABLE, AND COMPOUND STARS . 



CHAP. X. 



NEBULAE 



PARK 



166 



178 



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 215 



CHAP. IV. 



CAVERNS AND SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGES . 298 



CHAP. V. 



SPRINGS . . . . . . . 259 



CHAP. VI. 



RIVERS 



LAKES 



CHAP. VII. 



278 



308 



CHAP. VIII. 

 THE OCEAN . ' . . . < 325 



CHAP. IX. 



TIDES AND OCEANIC HIGHWAYS * < . 349 



CHAP. X. 



CHANGES IN OCEANIC REGIONS . ; 370 



