Of worlds, at whose immensity

Even soaring fancy staggers,

Here is thy fitting temple.

Yet not the lightest leaf

That quivers to the passing breeze

Is less instinct with thee."—Shelley.

CONTENTS.

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I.LIGHT[1]
II.SPACE[17]
III.THE INFINITELY MINUTE[31]
IV.THE MYSTERY OF GRAVITY[43]
V.THE END OF MANY WORLDS[56]
VI.THE AURORA BOREALIS[91]
VII.THE LUNAR HALO[114]
VIII.MOONLIGHT[125]
IX.THE PLANET MARS[149]
X.THE PLANET JUPITER[191]
XI.THE RINGED PLANET SATURN[215]
XII.FANCIED FIGURES AMONG THE STARS[236]
XIII.TRANSITS OF VENUS[273]