PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.

CONTENTS.

STAR-LAND.

LECTURE I. THE SUN.

LECTURE II. THE MOON.

LECTURE III. THE INNER PLANETS.

LECTURE IV. JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE.

LECTURE V. COMETS AND SHOOTING STARS.

LECTURE VI. STARS.

CONCLUDING CHAPTER. HOW TO NAME THE STARS.

TABLE OF USEFUL ASTRONOMICAL FACTS.

INDEX.

Transcriber's Notes

BEING TALKS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE
WONDERS OF THE HEAVENS

BY

SIR ROBERT STAWELL BALL, F.R.S.

LOWNDEAN PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY IN
THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
AUTHOR OF “THE STORY OF THE HEAVENS,” ETC.

Illustrated

NEW AND REVISED EDITION

Boston, U.S.A., and London
GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
The AthenÆum Press
1899

Entered at Stationers’ Hall
Copyright, 1899, by
CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

To
THOSE YOUNG FRIENDS
WHO HAVE ATTENDED MY CHRISTMAS LECTURES
THIS LITTLE BOOK
IS DEDICATED