Pictures of the ever-varying transformations, for instance, which took place in the appearance of the celebrated Morehouse comet of 1908, opened out new vistas in cometary wonders, hitherto beyond our ken. Successive photographs taken during the course of a night, pictured for us the unfolding of the comet’s train, its spreading outward like a gigantic fan of gauze-like texture, and eventual closing up till it resembled a sheaf. By means of the revelations thus made by the camera, we became aware of the marvelous quick-change effects produced in the appearance of this comet not only from night to night, but sometimes during the brief interval of less than an hour. Nevertheless, as seen with a telescope, the Morehouse comet appeared inconspicuous and was invisible to the naked eye. The first attempt at taking a photograph of a comet was made by Bond at Harvard College Observatory in 1858, in connection with the magnificent comet of that year, but his efforts only met with partial success. The next venture was made in 1881, by Sir William Huggins, in our country, and Dr. Henry Draper, of New York, but entirely satisfactory photographs of a comet were not obtained until 1882, when the great Daylight comet became a conspicuous object in southern skies. This comet was first seen on September 3, by some employees of the railroad in Auckland, New Zealand, and by other persons whose duties required them to rise before daylight. The names of these fortunate observers are unknown, but what a privilege to obtain the first glimpse of the comet. [Illustration: PHOTOGRAPH OF MOREHOUSE COMET, 1908 C Taken on November 19, 6 h. 4 m., at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich ] Anyone acquainted with the clear, limpid blue of the skies at dawn in New Zealand, and the brilliancy of the stars despite the near approach of sunrise, may gain some idea of the vivid appearance of the little comet in their midst as seen on this occasion. The writer, who spent a year in New Zealand (1913–14), has vivid recollections of the beauty of the dawn ushering in daylight during the course of her travels to and fro, and has almost an envious feeling with regard to those fortunate people “whose duties required them to rise before daylight,” thus enabling them to obtain the first view of the comet. As in the case of the brilliant star in the East, which guided the three wise men of old to Bethlehem, doubtless they likewise “rejoiced and were exceeding glad.”