Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Fixed Stars: Maps for Out-Door Study, First Lessons in Astronomy, Adapted to Use in Schools
This little work is offered as an easy introduction to a study of the Heavens. It exhibits the relative positions of the most prominent stars; and the most natural method of arranging them in groups, to agree With the generally accepted division into constellations. It Will be found very convenient in the out-door exercise of comparing the map With its original in the sky. The book may be used alone.
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