Front matter

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THE ROMANCE OF COMETS

Professor E. E. Barnard

The Romance of Comets

By MARY PROCTOR, F.R.A.S., F.R.Met.S.

(Daughter of the late Richard A. Proctor)

Author of “Evenings with the Stars,” “Stories of Starland,” “Giant Sun and His Family,” “Legends of the Stars,” “The Children’s Book of the Heavens,” Etc.

ILLUSTRATED

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMXXVI

THE ROMANCE OF COMETS: MADE IN

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY HARPER

AND BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

NEW YORK AND

LONDON

E-A

Dedicated

TO THE MEMORY OF

my kind and helpful friend

PROFESSOR E. E. BARNARD