PREFACE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I THE SELECTION AND TESTING OF A GLASS
CHAPTER II IN THE STARRY HEAVENS "Now constellations, Muse, and
CHAPTER III FROM GEMINI TO LEO AND ROUND ABOUT "If thou wouldst
CHAPTER IV VIRGO AND HER NEIGHBORS
CHAPTER V IN SUMMER STAR-LANDS "I heard the trailing garments
CHAPTER VI FROM LYRA TO ERIDANUS "This Orpheus struck when with
CHAPTER VII PISCES, ARIES, TAURUS, AND THE NORTHERN STARS "Now
CHAPTER VIII SCENES ON THE PLANETS
CHAPTER IX THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS OF THE MOON, AND THE
CHAPTER X ARE THERE PLANETS AMONG THE STARS?
FOOTNOTES
INDEX
PLEASURES OF THE
TELESCOPE
AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE FOR AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS
AND A POPULAR DESCRIPTION OF THE CHIEF
WONDERS OF THE HEAVENS FOR
GENERAL READERS
BY
GARRETT P. SERVISS
AUTHOR OF ASTRONOMY WITH AN OPERA-GLASS
"This being made, He yearned for worlds to make
From other chaos out beyond our night—
For to create is still God's prime delight.
The large moon, all alone, sailed her dark lake,
And the first tides were moving to her might;
Then Darkness trembled, and began to quake
Big with the birth of stars, and when He spake
A million worlds leapt into radiant light."
Lloyd Mifflin.
WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1901
Copyright, 1901,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
