Produced by Juliet Sutherland, eagkw and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE STAR PEOPLE [Illustration] THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. Toronto THE STAR PEOPLE BY GAYLORD JOHNSON WITH DRAWINGS ON SAND AND BLACKBOARD BY "UNCLE HENRY AND THE SOCIETY OF STAR-GAZERS" "Why did not somebody teach me the constellations, and make me at home in the starry heavens, which are always overhead and which I don't half know to this day?" --_Thomas Carlyle._ New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1921 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT, 1921 BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Set up and electrotyped. Published June, 1921. TO BABY ANNE WHAT HAPPENED IN STARLAND PAGE FIRST EVENING-- In which the Society of Star Gazers is formed and discovers Two Bears, one with a stretched tail 1 SECOND EVENING-- The Herdsman's Dogs chase Ursa Major and the terrible Dragon wriggles away in fright 12 THIRD EVENING-- Uncle Henry's magic turns the Lyre into a Ukelele, and the Archer's arrow misses the Swan and hits the Scorpion 24 FOURTH EVENING-- The Virgin is too busy feeding her Sky Poultry, so Cassiopeia gets the Ukelele to play 31 FIFTH EVENING-- In which a Dolphin with an ear for music saves a Poet's life--and Uncle Henry puts two birds in one poem 41 FIRST WINTER EVENING-- The "Society" learns why Orion needs a club to keep Frisky Taurus in order, and why we say "By Jimini!" when we're excited 52 SECOND WINTER EVENING-- In which the dogs of Orion and Gemini follow their masters, Pegasus escapes as usual, and Andromeda gets a nice soft bed of hay in place of her hard old rock 61 THIRD WINTER EVENING-- The Sky clouded over, but Peter found the Star People hiding in the Almanac--Paul found that his head was the World--and the "Society" found out about the Swastika and the Zodiac, and how you tell when a Dipper is a Plough and when it's a Wagon 78 FOURTH WINTER EVENING-- In which the "Society" meets the last of the Star People and the beginning of Astronomy--and Betty proposes a "Note" of thanks 99 _TO HELP YOU FIND THE STAR PEOPLE IN THE SKY_ _Whenever Uncle Henry draws a line to point out one of the star people you will find a figure, close to what he says, like this: (10)._