Stories of Starland

About this eBook

Author

Proctor, Mary, 1862-1957

Credits

Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QB: Science: Astronomy

Subject

Astronomy -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54913

Release Date

June 15, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.STORIES OF STARLAND
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.STORIES OF STARLAND. — LIGHT.
5. 5.THE STORY OF GIANT SUN. — 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. — ON THE SETTING SUN. — THE FOUR SUNBEAMS. — THE SUN.
6. 6.THE FAMILY OF GIANT SUN. — WHAT IS A PLANET? — STORY OF PLANET MERCURY. — STORY OF PLANET VENUS. — ESTELLE'S ASTRONOMY. — VENUS. — THE EVENING STAR. — MERCURY.
7. 7.A RAMBLE ON THE MOON. — THE MAN IN THE MOON. — THE WOMAN IN THE MOON. — THE TOAD IN THE MOON. — SCENERY ON THE MOON. — THE HINDOO LEGEND. — THE NEW MOON. — LADY MOON. — A LEGEND.
8. 8.THE PLANET MARS AND THE BABY PLANETS. — STORY OF PLANET MARS. — STORY OF THE BABY PLANETS.
9. 9.STORY OF JUPITER AND HIS MOONS. — STORY OF JUPITER. — JUPITER AS SEEN THROUGH A TELESCOPE. — THE MOONS OF JUPITER. — ECLIPSE OF JUPITER'S MOONS. — JUPITER. — A LESSON IN ASTRONOMY.
10. 10.THE GIANT PLANETS. — THE PLANET SATURN. — THE PLANET URANUS. — DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PLANET AND A STAR. — THE DISCOVERY OF PLANET NEPTUNE. — "IS IT TRUE?"
11. 11.COMETS AND METEORS. — STORY OF COMETS. — STORY OF METEORS. — STORY OF A SHOOTING STAR. — STARLIGHT AT SEA.
12. 12.STORIES OF THE SUMMER STARS. — 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. — THE STARS AND THE VIOLETS. — THE NIGHTS. — THE CALLING OF THE STARS.
13. 13.STORIES OF THE WINTER STARS. — STORY OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. — STORY OF THE FISHES. — STORY OF THE PLEIADES. — STORY OF THE SEVEN LITTLE INDIAN BOYS. — WHY THE STARS TWINKLE. — THE FLOWERS OF HEAVEN. — NUMBER OF THE STARS. — DISTANCE OF THE STARS. — WHAT ARE THE STARS MADE OF? — OUR ISLAND UNIVERSE. — WYNKEN, BLYNKEN, AND NOD. — SEVEN LITTLE INDIAN STARS. — WHY THE STARS TWINKLE.
14. 14."GOD BLESS THE STAR!" — CROSSING THE BAR. — YE GOLDEN LAMPS OF HEAVEN.

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