DREAMS OF AN ASTRONOMER DREAMS OF AN ASTRONOMER _By_ CAMILLE FLAMMARION _Translated from the French by_ E. E. FOURNIER D’ALBE D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK MCMXXIII PUBLISHED, 1923, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY _All rights reserved_ PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AMERICA CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. A VOYAGE IN THE SKY 9 (1) TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND MILES FROM THE EARTH 12 (2) THIRTY-SEVEN MILLION MILES FROM THE EARTH 15 (3) AT SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION MILES 18 (4) TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED MILLION MILES FROM THE SUN 20 (5) AT TWENTY-FIVE BILLION MILES 36 (6) AT SIXTY THOUSAND BILLION MILES 44 (7) IN INFINITE SPACE 49 II. THE WORLD OF LONG AGO 65 III. THE WORLD TO COME 79 IV. VENUS THE BEAUTIFUL 95 V. THE PLANET MARS 111 VI. THE GIANT WORLD OF JUPITER 123 VII. HEARTBEATS ACROSS SPACE 131 VIII. IDEAS CONCERNING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE WORLDS 141 IX. STABS AND ATOMS 157 X. ARE OTHER PLANETS INHABITED? (A DISCUSSION OF SCHEINER’S ARGUMENTS) 179 GENERAL REMARKS 182 HISTORICAL 184 THE ORIGIN OF LIFE 193 THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE 196 THE PLANETS OF OUR SYSTEM 201 THE POSSIBLE EXISTENCE OF BEINGS OF DIFFERENT CHEMICAL CONSTITUTION 210 REMARKS 215 INDEX 223 I. A VOYAGE IN THE SKY CHAPTER I A VOYAGE IN THE SKY