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Richard Proctor

RICHARD A. PROCTOR.

STORIES OF STARLAND

BY
MARY PROCTOR
(Daughter of late Richard A. Proctor)


NEW YORK
POTTER & PUTNAM COMPANY
LONDON
G. W. BACON & CO., Limited

Copyright, 1898,
BY
POTTER & PUTNAM COMPANY.

THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS,
RAHWAY, N. J., U. S. A.

DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF MY BROTHER
HARRY.

The heavens declare the glory of God; and thefirmament sheweth his handiwork.—Psalms.[7]

PREFACE.

This book has been a labor of love from the beginningto the end, and I have thoroughly enjoyed conversingwith my little friends Harry and Nellie. Now that thebook is finished, I leave it with regret.

It is impossible to give all the authorities for mylegends of the stars. Many were told to me by myfather when I was a little girl, or I found them amongbooks in his library, which is now scattered far and wide.Others are from Grecian mythology, Japanese folk-lore,Hindoo legends, while some of the American Indianstories were found in musty volumes of the Bureau ofEthnology at the Smithsonian Institution.

As for the descriptive astronomy, among my authoritiesare Professor C. A. Young, Professor Barnard,Agnes M. Clerke, Professor R. S. Ball, Schiaparelli,Flammarion, Professor Todd, Mr. Lowell of Flagstaff,Ariz., and my father, the late Richard A. Proctor.

With the kind permission of Houghton, Mifflin & Co.I have been allowed to use the following selections:"Why the Stars Twinkle," by Oliver Wendell Holmes;[8]"The Evening Star," by Longfellow; "Lady Moon,"by Lord Houghton; and "The New Moon," by Mrs.Follen. The editor of St. Nicholas has kindly given mepermission to include the poems "The Four Sunbeams,"by M. K. B.; "Estelle's Astronomy," by Delia HartStone; and "Seven Little Indian Stars," by Mrs. S. M.B. Piatt. I am indebted to the editor of Child-StudyMonthly for the little poem "Is It True?" by MorganGrowth. The poem on "The Solar System" is takenfrom the Youth's Companion, with the kind permission ofthe editor. The verses about "Wynken, Blynken, andNod" are so familiar to every child that my book ofStories of Starland would seem incomplete withoutthis poem by Eugene Field. The illustration of a Partof the Milky Way is from a photograph taken by ProfessorBarnard at the Lick Observatory. Mr. PercivalLowell has also very kindly allowed me to make use ofhis excellent illustration of the Canals of Mars, takenfrom Todd's "New Astronomy," published by theAmerican Book Company.

I now submit this little book to my young readers,sincerely hoping its pages may inspire them with a renewedinterest in the wonders of Starland.

Mary Proctor.

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