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THE MOON-CHILD MUST KEEP ON RUNNING ROUND HER	[*Frontispiece*]
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THE EARTH AND MOON HANGING IN SPACE	[16]
THE ENGLISH SUMMER AND WINTER	[40]
JUPITER AND ONE OF HIS MOONS	[70]
THE PLANET SATURN AND TWO OF HIS MOONS	[78]
FLAMES FROM THE SUN	[100]
THE COMET IN THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY	[104]
A STICK THRUST INTO THE WATER APPEARS CROOKED	[114]
CONSTELLATIONS NEAR THE POLE STAR	[150]
ORION AND HIS NEIGHBOURS	[154]
THE SPECTRUM OF THE SUN AND SIRIUS	[168]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE MOON	[24]
AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON	[28]
AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN	[29]
THE MOON RAISING THE TIDES	[30]
COMPARATIVE SIZES OF THE PLANETS	[35]
DIFFERENT PHASES OF VENUS	[51]
ORBITS OF MARS, THE EARTH, VENUS, AND MERCURY	[55]
MAP OF MARS	[56]
ORBITS OF THE EARTH AND MARS	[63]
JUPITER AND HIS PRINCIPAL MOONS	[72]
SUN-SPOTS	[98]
A GREAT COMET	[118]
THE GREAT NEBULA IN ANDROMEDA	[202]