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EARTH AND SKY EVERY
CHILD SHOULD KNOW

EASY STUDIES OF THE EARTH AND THE
STARS FOR ANY TIME AND PLACE

BY

JULIA ELLEN ROGERS

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


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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.

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CONTENTS

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PART I. THE EARTH
PAGE
The Great Stone Book3
The Fossil Fish6
The Crust of the Earth9
What Is the Earth Made of?14
The First Dry Land22
A Study of Granite27
Metamorphic Rocks31
The Air in Motion35
The Work of the Wind...

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