CONTENTS.

Chapter. Page.
I. The Earth One of a Family, 13
II. The Head of Our Family, 24
III. What Binds the Family Together, 34
IV. The Leading Members of Our Family.—First Group, 46
V. The Leading Members of Our Family.—Second Group, 55
VI. The Moon, 62
VII. Visitors, 73
VIII. Little Servants, 83
IX. Neighboring Families, 95
X. Our Neighbors’ Movements, 106
XI. More About the Solar System, 122
XII. More About the Sun, 133
XIII. Yet More About the Sun, 148
XIV. More About the Moon, 157
XV. Yet More About the Moon, 164
XVI. Mercury, Venus, and Mars, 180
XVII. Jupiter, 199
XVIII. Saturn, 214
XIX. Uranus and Neptune, 225
XX. Comets and Meteorites, 240
XXI. More About Comets and Meteorites, 246
XXII. Many Suns, 267
XXIII. Some Particular Suns, 278
XXIV. Different Kinds of Suns, 291
XXV. Groups and Clusters of Suns, 304
XXVI. The Problem of Sun and Star Distances, 310
XXVII. Measurement of Star Distances, 320
XXVIII. The Milky Way, 329
XXIX. A Whirling Universe, 337
XXX. Reading the Light, 344
XXXI. Stellar Photography, 355
XXXII. The Dawn of Astronomy, 363
XXXIII. Modern Astronomy, 375
XXXIV. Sir Isaac Newton, 382
XXXV. Later Astronomy, 393