EASY STUDIES OF THE EARTH AND THE
STARS FOR ANY TIME AND PLACE
AUTHOR OF
"THE TREE BOOK," "THE SHELL BOOK," "KEY TO THE NATURE
LIBRARY," "TREES EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW."
ILLUSTRATED BY
THIRTY-ONE PAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
PUBLISHED, OCTOBER, 1910
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
A number of the photographs in this volume are used by permission of theAmerican Museum of Natural History. The star maps and drawings of theconstellations are by Mrs. Jerome B. Thomas. The poem by Longfellow,quoted in part, is with the permission of the publishers, Houghton,Mifflin & Co.