Biography of Percival Lowell
A. Lawrence (Abbott Lawrence) Lowell
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. ILLUSTRATIONS4. CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH5. CHAPTER II FIRST VISIT TO JAPAN6. CHAPTER III KOREA7. CHAPTER IV HIS FIRST BOOK, “CHOSÖN”8. CHAPTER V THE COUP D’ETAT AND THE JAPANESE MARCH TO THE SEA9. CHAPTER VI THE SOUL OF THE FAR EAST10. CHAPTER VII SECOND VISIT TO JAPAN11. CHAPTER VIII JAPAN AGAIN—THE SHINTO TRANCES12. CHAPTER IX THE OBSERVATORY AT FLAGSTAFF13. CHAPTER X MARS14. CHAPTER XI THE PERMANENT OBSERVATORY—INTERLUDES AND TRAVELS15. CHAPTER XII ILLNESS AND ECLIPSE16. CHAPTER XIII MARS AND ITS CANALS17. CHAPTER XIV THE SOLAR SYSTEM18. CHAPTER XV LATER EVOLUTION OF THE PLANETS19. CHAPTER XVI INTERLUDES20. CHAPTER XVII THE EFFECT OF COMMENSURATE PERIODS The Asteroids and Saturn’s Rings21. CHAPTER XVIIII THE ORIGIN OF THE PLANETS22. CHAPTER XIX THE SEARCH FOR A TRANS-NEPTUNIAN PLANET23. CHAPTER XX PLUTO FOUND[46]24. APPENDIX I25. APPENDIX II THE LOWELL OBSERVATORY by Professor Henry Norris Russell26. FOOTNOTES27. Transcriber’s Notes