From the series, The Library of Romance, the reader is introduced in this book to the modern astronomy of 1911. The author discusses our solar system, including the planets known at that time, comets, the stars, the origins of the universe, and a few famous astronomers.
Chapters
1 Our Place in the Universe 16 min 2 Effects of the Earth's Motions 22 min 3 The Orb of Night 20 min 4 The Fountain of Light 21 min 5 The Sun's Family of Worlds 20 min 6 Mercury, The "Sparkling One" 11 min 7 The Evening Star 18 min 8 Mars, The Red Planet 29 min 9 The Asteroids 20 min 10 Jupiter, the Giant Planet 18 min 11 Saturn, the Ringed World 17 min 12 The Boundaries of the Solar System 18 min 13 The Sun's Family of Comets 19 min 14 The Messengers of Space 20 min 15 The Nature of Comets 15 min 16 The Shooting Stars 16 min 17 Eclipses and Transits 22 min 18 The Suns of Space 20 min 19 The Revelation of Starlight 21 min 20 Systems of Stars 14 min 21 The Motions of the Stars 11 min 22 The Fire Mist 10 min 23 The Galaxy 12 min 24 The Origin of the Universe 19 min 25 The Romance of the Tides 16 min 26 Light and its Mysteries 12 min 27 How to Know the Stars 21 min 28 Telescopes and Observatories 22 min 29 The Romance of Discovery: The Early Astronomers 19 min 30 The Romance of Discovery: Galileo and Kepler 25 min 31 Newton and his Successors 34 min 32 The Conquest of the Stars 13 min 33 A Final Survey 17 min
