TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Destinies of the Stars

CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN OF STAR-WORSHIP

CHAPTER II THE RIDDLE OF THE MILKY WAY

CHAPTER III THE CLIMATIC IMPORTANCE OF WATER VAPOUR

CHAPTER IV ATMOSPHERE AND PHYSICS OF THE STELLAR BODIES

CHAPTER V THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ATMOSPHERE

CHAPTER VI THE PLANET MARS

CHAPTER VII MERCURY, THE MOON, AND VENUS

Transcriber's Notes

By
Svante Arrhenius, Ph.D.
President, Nobel Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
(Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1903)

Authorized Translation from the Swedish
By
J. E. Fries
Fellow A.I.E.E.

Illustrated

G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1918

Copyright, 1918
BY
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS

The Knickerbocker Press, New York