CHAPTER VII ECLIPSES AND KINDRED PHENOMENA 61 CHAPTER VIII FAMOUS ECLIPSES OF THE SUN 83 CHAPTER IX FAMOUS ECLIPSES OF THE MOON 101 CHAPTER X THE GROWTH OF OBSERVATION 105 CHAPTER XI SPECTRUM ANALYSIS 121 CHAPTER XII THE SUN 127 CHAPTER XIII THE SUN--_continued_ 134 CHAPTER XIV THE INFERIOR PLANETS 146 CHAPTER XV THE EARTH 158 CHAPTER XVI THE MOON 183 CHAPTER XVII THE SUPERIOR PLANETS 209 CHAPTER XVIII THE SUPERIOR PLANETS--_continued_ 229 CHAPTER XIX COMETS 247 CHAPTER XX REMARKABLE COMETS 259 CHAPTER XXI METEORS OR SHOOTING STARS 266 CHAPTER XXII THE STARS 278 CHAPTER XXIII THE STARS--_continued_ 287 CHAPTER XXIV SYSTEMS OF STARS 300 CHAPTER XXV THE STELLAR UNIVERSE 319 CHAPTER XXVI THE STELLAR UNIVERSE--_continued_ 329 CHAPTER XXVII THE BEGINNING OF THINGS 333 CHAPTER XXVIII THE END OF THINGS 342 INDEX 351 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LIST OF PLATES PLATE THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN OF AUGUST 30, 1905 _Frontispiece_ I. THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN OF MAY 17, 1882 _To face page_ 96 II. GREAT TELESCOPE OF HEVELIUS " " 110 III. A TUBELESS, OR "AERIAL" TELESCOPE " " 112 IV. THE GREAT YERKES TELESCOPE " " 118 V. THE SUN, SHOWING SEVERAL GROUPS OF SPOTS " " 134 VI. PHOTOGRAPH OF A SUNSPOT " " 136 VII. FORMS OF THE SOLAR CORONA AT THE EPOCHS OF SUNSPOT MAXIMUM AND SUNSPOT MINIMUM RESPECTIVELY. (A) THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN OF DECEMBER 22, 1870. (B) THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN OF MAY 28, 1900 " " 142 VIII. THE MOON _To face page_ 196 IX. MAP OF THE MOON, SHOWING THE PRINCIPAL "CRATERS," MOUNTAIN RANGES AND "SEAS" " " 198 X. ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING REGIONS ON THE MOON " " 200 XI. THE MOON (SHOWING SYSTEMS OF "RAYS") " " 204 XII. A MAP OF THE PLANET MARS " " 216 XIII. MINOR PLANET TRAILS " " 226 XIV. THE PLANET JUPITER " " 230 XV. THE PLANET SATURN " " 236