The music of the spheres

by Florence Armstrong Grondal

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [BEHOLD—THE STARS!]
II [AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STARS]
III [THE ROMANCE OF THE STARS]
IV [THE TWO SKY DIPPERS AND DRACO, THE DRAGON]
V [THE STORY OF ANDROMEDA IN STARS]
Cepheus, the King—Cassiopeia, the Queen—Perseus, the
Hero—Andromeda, the Princess—Pegasus, the Flying Horse—Cetus, the
Sea-monster.
VI [THE PARADE OF THE ZENITH CONSTELLATIONS]
Leo, the Lion—Berenice's Hair—Boötes, the Herdsman—The
Northern Crown—Hercules, the Giant—Lyra, the Harp—The
Northern Cross.
VII [THE SPECTATORS OF THE ZENITH PAGEANT]
Aquila, the Eagle—Delphinus, the Dolphin—Sagittarius, the
Archer—Hydra, the Watersnake—Auriga, the Charioteer.
VIII [GREAT STARS OF THE SOUTH]
Spica—Antares—Formalhaut—Sirius.
IX [THE STORY OF ORION AND TAURUS, THE BULL]
The Lion's Skin—Betelgeuse, on Orion's Shoulder—Rigel, on
Orion's Foot—Orion's Head—Orion's Belt—The Great Nebula
of Orion—Orion's Two Dogs, Canis Major and Canis Minor—Taurus,
the Bull—The Hyades—The Pleiades-Castor and Pollux,
the Heavenly Twins.
X [ALONG THE MILKY WAY]
The Milky Way—The Two Crosses—The Magellanic Clouds.
XI [OUR NEAREST STAR—THE SUN]
The Surface of the Sun—An Eclipse of the Sun.
XII [THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN]
The Planets—The Planetoids—Comets—Meteors.
XIII [VENUS AND JUPITER]
The Bright Planet of Venus, the Goddess of Love—The Giant
Planet of Jupiter, the King of the Gods.
XIV [MARS AND SATURN]
The Red Planet of Mars, the God of War—The Ringed Planet
of Saturn, the God of Time.
XV [MERCURY, URANUS AND NEPTUNE]
The Tiny Planet of Mercury, the Messenger of the Gods—The
Strange Planet of Uranus, the Ancient God of the Heavens—The
Boundary Planet of Neptune, the God of the Sea.
XVI [THE EARTH—A PLANET AT CLOSE RANGE]
XVII [THE EARTH'S MOON—A NEAR VIEW OF A SATELLITE]
[PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY]
[BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LITERATURE CITED]
[INDEX]