The Friendly Stars

ix, 264 pp. Illustrations of constellations throughout. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Rising and the Setting of the Stars; Concerning the Brightest Stars; Capella; Arcturus; Spica; Vega; Deneb, or Arided; Altair; Antares; Fomalhaut; Aldebaran; Orion's Bright Stars; The Heavenly Twins; The Two Dog Stars; Regulus; The Number of the Stars; The Light of the Stars; The Distances of the Stars; Double Stars; The Constellations; The Little Bear and Polaris; The Great Bear and the Seven Stars of the Dipper; Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and the Dragon; From the Hunting-Dogs to the Arrow--Canes Venatici; From the Winged Horse to the Bull; The Mystery of the Pleiades; From the Twins Back to the Hunter; Constellations Wholly or In Part South of the Equator; Individuality of the Stars; Index.