THE STUDY OF STAKS 31 



time of year, direction of the wind currents and so on, which must 

 be taken into consideration when making a forecast. 



Later on again work of really scientific value may be done and all 

 the details of this and allied questions, considered. 



THE STUDY OF STARS 



Very little attention seems to be paid to observations which can 

 be made upon the heavens without the help of a telescope, although 

 it should be mentioned that a suggestive piece of kindergarten work 

 consists in marking the positions of the stars which form particular 

 constellations, upon pictures of the person or thing that they are 

 supposed to represent. 



The changes that take place in the position of the stars during a 

 night or year would furnish material for a number of careful records.^ 

 As a special study the consideration of the heavens can be carried on 

 at any season of the year, and more than one book dealing with work 

 that needs no telescope t discusses the stars of spring, summer, 

 autumn and winter under separate headings. 



The fact that there is a tendency for attention to be confined to 

 scientific work with elaborate apparatus, increases the opportunity 

 for doing useful work in the direction indicated. In bringing this 

 chapter to a close it will be as well to point out that there is much 

 still to be added to our knowledge of clouds, of lightning, of various 

 effects in the sky, of meteors, of eclipses, and a host of other interest- 

 ing phenomena. 



* A simple way of observing the movements of stars by means of pointers is given in 

 the book, a physical geography, mentioned in the footnote on page 27. 



t "Astronomy with an Opera Glass," Garret P. Serviss. Hirschfeld Bros., Eighth 

 Edition. 1902. Price 6s. nett. 



"Astronomy without a Telescope," E. Walter Maunder. Knowledge Office, 1903. 

 Price 5s. nett. 



