1910.

CONTENTS

page
List of Plates and Maps[xvii]
Notes on the Maps and Charts[xix]
The Sun, Moon, and Planets[xxiii]
(Narrative by Wilfrid Poynders, Esq.)
chap.
I.We Start on a very Long Voyage[25]
II.Personal Reminiscences—Why we Decided on the Voyage[35]
III.We Approach the Moon—a Magnificent Spectacle[44]
IV.Close to the Moon—I give some Information about it[52]
V.We View the Lunar Scenery in the Northern Hemisphere[63]
VI.The Scenery of the Moon's Southern Hemisphere[78]
VII.We Resume our Voyage—The Sun and the Sky as Seen from Space[92]
VIII.John Insists on Going Back Again—a Strange, but Amusing Incident Occurs[101]
IX.A Narrow Escape from Destruction—I give some Particulars about Mars and Martian Discovery[113]
X.The Discovery of Lines upon Mars—The Great Martian Controversy[128]
XI.The Great Martian Controversy (continued)[139]
XII.We are Mysteriously Prevented from Approaching Mars[155]
XIII.We Arrive on Mars and Meet with a Startling Surprise[162]
XIV.I Make a most Amazing Discovery[166]
XV.What is in a Name!—The Story of Merna[169]
XVI.We Learn Something about the Powers of the Martians[184]
XVII.We Visit the Canals and Discover their Secret—Martian Views of Life and Death[194]
XVIII.We Attend a Martian Banquet[207]
XIX.The Chief of the Martian Council Discusses the Social Conditions of our World and Mars[212]
XX.The Secret of the "Carets"—The Sun as Seen from Mars[224]
XXI.Our First View of the Earth from Mars—A Martian Courtship[236]
XXII.Celestial Phenomena Seen from Mars—M'Allister Receives a Practical Lesson in Gravitation[242]
XXIII.I Have a Serious Talk with John[253]
XXIV.The Martian Seasons[256]
XXV.Many Things Seen upon Mars—I Receive some News[264]
XXVI.We Witness some Wonderful Aerial Evolutions and Listen to Marvellous Music[282]
XXVII.A Farewell Banquet and a Painful Parting[293]
XXVIII.Last Words to My Readers[298]
(Addendum by John Yiewsley Claxton)
XXIX.What Happened Upon Our Return Home—Results of the Most Recent Observations of Mars—Professor Lowell's Important Discovery[302]

LIST OF PLATES AND MAPS

PLATEPAGE
I."[What a splendid view we then had!]"frontispiece
II.[Ideal view of lunar scenery]54
III.[Chart of the moon, showing the principal formations seen on its surface]}80
IV.[Index map to chart of the moon]
V.[Diagram showing the relative positions and movements of the planets during the voyage of the areonal]100
VI.[Diagram showing the relative positions of the earth and mars at the time of various oppositions of mars]110
VII.[Chart showing the relative positions of the earth and mars during the years 1909–1910]118
VIII.[Mars. Map 1]128
IX.[Mars. Map 2]138
X.[Mars. Map 3]154
XI.[Mars. Map 4]206
XII.[Mars. Map 5]224
XIII.[Mars. Map 6]256
XIV.[Mars. Map 7, showing the planet's southern snow-cap at its maximum]266
XV.[Mars as seen on August 16, 1909]}314
XVI.Mars as seen on October 29, 1909