one for facing north and one for facing south for each month of the year with much descriptive matter on the different visible stars.
By the use of this information, one can go out doorson a clear night and derive much appreciation from the skies and what they contain, at any time of the year.
Instead of the skies containing a mass of stars about which we know nothing, a knowledge of the position of the various stars is obtained, their names, mythology in connection with them, groups or constellations, the bright stars of the months, etc.
The skies are made a thing of greater beauty because of the ability of greater appreciation.
Aside from this practica! as well as fascinating part of the booklet, there is also to be found here other information; a table of the solar system which shows for each of the planets its distance from the sun, its diameter, mass, volume, density, number of moons, its year, day, and its mean orbital velocity; a table showing astronomical distances; and a description of a planetarium.
The booklet may be taken as a practical handbook directly contributing to that thing sometimes termed "culture," a general knowledge of things about us that makes for more enjoyment of life.
Ii. II. OPPERMANN.