The comet was seen for the first time with the naked eye at the Yerkes Observatory on April 29, the nucleus being bright and of the second magnitude. The tail was visible for a couple of degrees, but with field-glasses it could be traced for four or five degrees. On May 3, at 3 h. 40 m. (civil time), the comet was seen for about one minute in a thin streak of clearer sky, but the next morning at about the same hour it was a beautiful object with a long tail streaming upward toward the right, as shown on the magnificent photograph obtained by Professor Barnard. The photograph facing Chapter VI, taken at the Union Observatory, Johannesburg, on May 5, 1910, may give some idea of what was expected but not realized by watchers of the sky in England. When it was announced on April 29 that the comet had come within range of naked-eye observations, it occurred to the writer, who was in New York City at the time, that a desperate attempt must be made to see the comet, despite the smoke, and electric lights turning night into day. “When there’s a will there’s a way,” and while walking along Broadway on the afternoon of April 30, wondering how these difficulties might be overcome, a glance in the direction of the _Times_ Building solved the problem. On explaining to Mr. Van Anda, the assistant editor of the _Times_, what a very desirable spot the summit of the _Times_ Building would be for observing the comet, a permit was obtained to be handed to the janitor the next morning at 3 A.M. on May day. It was indeed a case of “Call me early, mother dear,” but an alarm clock served the purpose equally well on this momentous occasion. Promptly at three o’clock the permit was presented to the janitor, and the writer, ascending in the lift, was transported to the twenty-third story, and escorted up a spiral staircase leading to the tower. The door was unlocked by the janitor, and the writer, stepping out on to the parapet surrounding the tower, gazed eastward for the comet, which failed to materialize, owing to a dense haze. Awaiting until dawn, the idea of seeing the comet was given up, but, nothing daunted, the same program was carried out at the same hour on May 2, and May 3, but without avail. [Illustration: HALLEY’S COMET Photograph taken on May 4, 1910, by Professor E. E. Barnard at the Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin ]