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<h1 class="p6"> STORIES OF STARLAND </h1> BY MARY PROCTOR The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork.—Psalms. <h2 class="p4"> PREFACE. </h2> This book has been a labor of love from the beginning to the end, and I have thoroughly enjoyed conversing with my little friends Harry and Nellie. Now that the book is finished, I leave it with regret. It is impossible to give all the authorities for my legends of the stars. Many were told to me by my father when I was a little girl, or I found them among books in his library, which is now scattered far and wide. Others are from Grecian mythology, Japanese folk-lore, Hindoo legends, while some of the American Indian stories were found in musty volumes of the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution. As for the descriptive astronomy, among my authorities are Professor C. A. Young, Professor Barnard, Agnes M. Clerke, Professor R. S. Ball, Schiaparelli, Flammarion, Professor Todd, Mr. Lowell of Flagstaff, Ariz., and my father, the late Richard A. Proctor. With the kind permission of Houghton, Mifflin & Co. I have been allowed to use the following selections: "Why the Stars Twinkle," by Oliver Wendell Holmes; [8] "The Evening Star," by Longfellow; "Lady Moon," by Lord Houghton; and "The New Moon," by Mrs. Follen. The editor of St. Nicholas has kindly given me permission to include the poems "The Four Sunbeams," by M. K. B.; "Estelle's Astronomy," by Delia Hart Stone; and "Seven Little Indian Stars," by Mrs. S. M. B. Piatt. I am indebted to the editor of Child-Study Monthly for the little poem "Is It True?" by Morgan Growth. The poem on "The Solar System" is taken from the Youth's Companion, with the kind permission of the editor. The verses about "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" are so familiar to every child that my book of Stories of Starland would seem incomplete without this poem by Eugene Field. The illustration of a Part of the Milky Way is from a photograph taken by Professor Barnard at the Lick Observatory. Mr. Percival Lowell has also very kindly allowed me to make use of his excellent illustration of the Canals of Mars, taken from Todd's "New Astronomy," published by the American Book Company. I now submit this little book to my young readers, sincerely hoping its pages may inspire them with a renewed interest in the wonders of Starland. Mary Proctor. New York City, June, 1898. [9] <h2> CONTENTS. </h2> <hr class="l15" /> <table summary="Table of Contents"> <col style="width:40%" /> <col style="width:30%" /> <col style="width:10%" /> <tr> <td class="tdr s08" colspan="3">PAGE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Light,</td> <td>F. W. Bourdillon,</td> <td class="tdr">13</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="tdc"> The Story of Giant Sun. </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="tdh"> Ancient Stories of the Sun—Heat of the Sun—Distance of the Sun—Size of the Sun—The Sun in the Days of Its Youth,</td> <td class="tdr">13-33</td> </tr> <tr> <td>On the Setting Sun,</td> <td>Sir Walter Scott,</td> <td class="tdr">29</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Four Sunbeams,</td> <td> M. K. B., from St. Nicholas,</td> <td class="tdr">31</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">The Sun,</td> <td class="tdr">32</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="tdc"> The Family of Giant Sun.</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="tdh"> What Is a Planet?—Story of Planet Mercury—Story of Planet Venus,</td> <td class="tdr">34-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Estelle's Astronomy,</td> <td>Delia Hart Stone,</td> <td class="tdr">47</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Venus,</td> <td>Milton,</td> <td class="tdr">47</td> </tr> <tr> <td> The Evening Star,</td> <td>Longfellow,</td> <td class="tdr">48</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Mercury,</td> <td>Baker,</td> <td class="tdr">48</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="tdc"> A Ramble on the Moon.</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="tdh"> Story of the Moon—Story of the Man in the Moon—Story of the Woman in the Moon—Story of the Toad in the Moon—Scenery on the Moon—Hindoo Legend,</td> <td class="tdr">49-67</td> </tr> <tr> <td> The New Moon,</td> <td>Mrs. Follen,</td> <td class="tdr">65</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Lady Moon,</td> <td>Lord Houghton,</td> <td class="tdr">66</td> </tr> <tr> <td> A Legend,</td> <td>Taken from the New York Tribune,</td> <td class="tdr">67</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="tdc"> The Planet Mars and the Baby Planets.</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="tdh"> Story of Planet Mars—Story of the Baby Planets,</td> <td class="tdr">68-79 </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="tdc"> Story of Jupiter and His Moons.</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="tdh"> Story of Jupiter—Jupiter as Seen through a Telescope—The Moons of Jupiter—Eclipse of Jupiter's Moons,</td> <td class="tdr">80-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jupiter,</td> <td>Moore,</td> <td class="tdr">92</td> </tr> <tr> <td> A Lesson in Astronomy,</td> <td>Youth's Companion,</td> <td class="tdr">92</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="tdc"> The Giant Planets.</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="tdh"> The Planet Saturn—The Planet Uranus—Difference between a Planet and a Star—Discovery of Planet Neptune,</td> <td class="tdr">94-103</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Is It True?</td> <td>Morgan Growth, from Child-Study Monthly,</td> <td class="tdr">102</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="tdc"> Comets and Meteors.</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="tdh"> Story of Comets—Story of Meteors—Story of a Shooting Star,</td> <td class="tdr">104-114</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Starlight at Sea,</td> <td>Amelia B. Welby,</td> <td class="tdr">113</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="tdc"> Stories of the Summer Stars.</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="tdh"> Legends of the Great Bear—Stories of the Great Dipper—Story of the Dragon—Stories of the Northern Crown—Story of the Lion—The Milky Way—A Swedish Legend—Legend of the Swan—Meeting of the Star-Lovers,</td> <td class="tdr">116-146</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> The Stars and the Violets,</td> <td class="tdr">145</td> </tr> <tr> <td> The Nights,</td> <td>Adelaide Proctor,</td> <td class="tdr">145</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> The Calling of the Stars,</td> <td class="tdr">146</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="tdc"> Story of the Winter Stars.</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="tdh"> Story of the Royal Family—Story of the Fishes—Story of the Pleiades—Story of the Seven Little Indian Boys—Why the Stars Twinkle—Flowers of Heaven—Number of the Stars—Distance of the Stars—What Are the Stars Made of?—Our Island Universe,</td> <td class="tdr">147-179</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,</td> <td>Eugene Field,</td> <td class="tdr">177</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Seven Little Indian Stars,</td> <td>Mrs. S. M. B. Piatt, from St. Nicholas,</td> <td class="tdr">178</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Why the Stars Twinkle,</td> <td>Oliver Wendell Holmes,</td> <td class="tdr">179</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="tdc"> "God Bless the Star!"</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> "God Bless the Star!"</td> <td class="tdr">181-186</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Crossing the Bar,</td> <td>Tennyson,</td> <td class="tdr">185</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Ye Golden Lamps of Heaven,</td> <td>Doddridge,</td> <td class="tdr">185</td> </tr> </table> <div class="figcenter p6"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-011.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="392" alt="HARRY." /> "HARRY." </div> <h2> STORIES OF STARLAND. </h2> <hr class="l15" /> <h3 class="notop"> LIGHT. </h3> <div class='poetry-container'> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> Night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. </div> <div class="stanza"> The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one; Yet the light of the whole life dies When love is done. </div> <div class="stanza"> —F. W. Bourdillon. </div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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