The Science of the Stars

by E. Walter Maunder

"We have nothing but the highest praise for these
little books, and no one who examines them will have
anything else."—Westminster Gazette, 22nd June 1912.

THE PEOPLE'S BOOKS

THE FIRST NINETY VOLUMES

The volumes issued are marked with an asterisk

SCIENCE

1. The Foundations of Science . . . By W. C. D. Whetham, M.A., F.R.S.
2. Embryology—The Beginnings of Life . . . By Prof. Gerald Leighton, M.D.
3. Biology . . . By Prof. W. D. Henderson, M.A.
4. Zoology: The Study of Animal Life . . . By Prof. E. W. MacBride,
M.A., F.R.S.
5. Botany; The Modern Study of Plants . . . By M. C. Stopes, D.Sc.,
Ph.D., F.L.S.
6. Bacteriology . . . By W. E. Carnegie Dickson, M.D.
7. The Structure of the Earth . . . By Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S.
8. Evolution . . . By E. S. Goodrich, M.A., F.R.S.
9. Darwin . . . By Prof. W. Garstang, M.A., D.Sc.
10. Heredity . . . By J. A. S. Watson, B.Sc.
11. Inorganic Chemistry . . . By Prof. E. C. C. Baly, F.R.S.
12. Organic Chemistry . . . By Prof. J. B. Cohen, B.Sc., F.R.S.
13. The Principles of Electricity . . . By Norman K. Campbell, M.A.
14. Radiation . . . By P. Phillips, D.Sc.
15. The Science of the Stars . . . By E. W. Maunder, F.R.A.S.
16. The Science of Light . . . By P. Phillips, D.Sc.
17. Weather Science . . . By R. G. K. Lempfert, M.A.
18. Hypnotism and Self-Education . . . By A. M. Hutchison, M.D.
19. The Baby: A Mother's Book . . . By a University Woman.
20. Youth and Sex—Dangers and Safeguards for Boys and Girls . . .
By Mary Scharlieb, M.D., M.S., and F. Arthur Sibly, M.A., LL.D.
21. Marriage and Motherhood . . . By H. S. Davidson, M.B., F.R.C.S.E.
22. Lord Kelvin . . . By A. Russell, M.A., D.Sc., M.I.E.E.
23. Huxley . . . By Professor G. Leighton, M.D.
24. Sir William Huggins and Spectroscopic Astronomy . . .
By E. W. Maunder, F.R.A.S., of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
62. Practical Astronomy . . . By H. Macpherson, Jr., F.R.A.S.
63. Aviation . . . By Sydney F. Walker, R.N.
64. Navigation . . . By William Hall, R.N., B.A.
65. Pond Life . . . By E. C. Ash, M.R.A.C.
66. Dietetics . . . By Alex. Bryce, M.D., D.P.H.

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

25. The Meaning of Philosophy . . . By Prof. A. E. Taylor, M.A., F.B.A.
26. Henri Bergson . . . By H. Wildon Carr, Litt.D.
27. Psychology . . . By H. J. Watt, M.A., Ph.D., D.Phil.
28. Ethics . . . By Canon Rashdall, D.Litt., F.B.A.
29. Kant's Philosophy . . . By A. D. Lindsay, M.A.
30. The Teaching of Plato . . . By A. D. Lindsay, M.A.
67. Aristotle . . . By Prof. A. E. Taylor, M.A., F.B.A.
68. Friedrich Nietzsche . . . By M. A. Mügge.
69. Eucken: A Philosophy of Life . . . By A. J. Jones, M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D.
70. The Experimental Psychology of Beauty . . . By C. W. Valentine,
B.A., D.Phil.
71. The Problem of Truth . . . By H. Wildon Carr, Litt.D.
31. Buddhism . . . By Prof. T. W. Rhys Davids, M.A., F.B.A.
32. Roman Catholicism . . . By H. B. Coxon. Preface, Mgr. R. H. Benson.
33. The Oxford Movement . . . By Wilfrid Ward.
34. The Bible and Criticism . . . By W. H. Bennett, D.D., Litt.P.,
and W. F. Adeney, D.D.
35. Cardinal Newman . . . By Wilfrid Meynell.
72. The Church of England . . . By Rev. Canon Masterman.
73. Anglo-Catholicism . . . By A. E. Manning Foster.
74. The Free Churches . . . By Rev. Edward Shillito, M.A.
75. Judaism . . . By Ephraim Levine, M.A.
76. Theosophy . . . By Annie Besant.

HISTORY