Half-Hours with the Stars
Reading edition
A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations
SHOWING, IN TWELVE MAPS, THE POSITION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF THE PRINCIPAL STAR GROUPS NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WITH INTRODUCTION AND A SEPARATE EXPLANATION OF EACH MAP.
TRUE FOR EVERY YEAR
MAPS AND TEXT SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR AMERICAN STUDENTS
BY
RICHARD A. PROCTOR, F.R.A.S.
AUTHOR OF "HALF HOURS WITH THE TELESCOPE," "EASY STAR LESSONS," "A LARGER STAR ATLAS," AND THE ARTICLE ON ASTRONOMY IN THE "AMERICAN CYCLOPÆDIA" AND THE "CYCLOPÆDIA BRITTANICA." ETC., ETC.
"Here I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that Heav'n doth show."—MILTON.
The Heavens declare the glory of God; and the Firmament showeth His handiwork.—PSALMS xix: 1.
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker press 1911