STAR-LAND
Reading edition
BEING TALKS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE WONDERS OF THE HEAVENS
BY
SIR ROBERT STAWELL BALL, F.R.S.
LOWNDEAN PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AUTHOR OF “THE STORY OF THE HEAVENS,” ETC.
Illustrated
NEW AND REVISED EDITION
Boston, U.S.A., and London GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS The Athenæum Press 1899
Entered at Stationers’ Hall Copyright, 1899, by CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
To THOSE YOUNG FRIENDS WHO HAVE ATTENDED MY CHRISTMAS LECTURES THIS LITTLE BOOK IS DEDICATED