If you are especially interested in meteoritics, you already may have read some good books on general astronomy. There are many and most of them are not too advanced for the beginner. Unfortunately, these books devote but little space to meteoritics, the “Johnny-come-lately” of astronomy. Almost all of the writings on meteors and meteorites you will find largely profitable to read are in professional meteoritical publications. A selected list of such publications, containing much or at least a worthwhile amount of material you will now be able to understand, is given below. Your chief difficulty in using this list will be in finding some of the more important items in the holdings of your public library, unless it is a large and well-stocked one. Your librarian, however, may be able to help you get the item from some other library—perhaps from that of a nearby university or college. METEORIC ASTRONOMY MEBANE, A. D. “The Canadian Fireball Procession of 1913, February 9,” _Meteoritics_, Vol. 1, No. 4 (1956), pp. 405-421. Eyewitness accounts of the most famous fireball procession on record. OLIVIER, C. P. _Meteors_, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1925. An exhaustive survey of work done by visual meteor-observers. SCHIAPARELLI, G. V. _Shooting Stars_, a translation by C. C. Wylie and J. R. Naiden, published in the _Proceedings, Iowa Academy of Science_, Vol. 50 (1943), pp. 48-153. A pioneer treatise, dated 1867, which is basic to later work in this field. WHIPPLE, F. L. “Photographic Meteor Studies, I,” _Proceedings, American Philosophical Society_, Vol. 79, No. 4 (1938), pp. 499-548. Fundamental paper on the subject. Of the six meteors analyzed, five followed elliptical orbits and one, a strongly hyperbolic orbit. METEORITES FARRINGTON, O. C. “A Catalogue of the Meteorites of North America to January 1, 1909,” _Memoirs, National Academy of Sciences_, Vol. 13 (1915). Contains fascinating accounts of the phenomena connected with meteorite falls, interspersed with lengthy technical chemical and microscopic studies of meteorites. FARRINGTON, O. C. _Meteorites_ [published by the author], Chicago, 1915. The classic American work on meteorites. The first half of the book is popular; the last half is technical. HEY, M. H. and PRIOR, G. T. _Catalogue of Meteorites_, William Clowes & Sons, London, 1953. An exhaustive catalog of all recognized and also, unfortunately, of many doubtful meteorite falls and finds, from the beginning of the historical record up to December 1952. LAPAZ, LINCOLN. “The Achondritic Shower of February 18, 1948,” _Publications, Astronomical Society of the Pacific_, Vol. 61 (1949), pp. 63-73.