- 1Preface to Original Edition
- 2Note to This Edition
- 3List of Illustrations
- 4Chapter I — The Astronomical Observatory
- 5Chapter II — The Sun
- 6Chapter III — The Moon
- 7Chapter IV — The Solar System
- 8Chapter V — The Law of Gravitation
- 9Chapter VI — The Planet of Romance
- 10Chapter VII — Mercury
- 11Chapter VIII — Venus
- 12Chapter IX — The Earth
- 13Chapter X — Mars
- 14Chapter XI — The Minor Planets
- 15Chapter XII — Jupiter
- 16Chapter XIII — Saturn
- 17Chapter XIV — Uranus
- 18Chapter XV — Neptune
- 19Chapter XVI — Comets
- 20Chapter XVII — Shooting Stars
- 21Chapter XVIII — The Starry Heavens
- 22Chapter XIX — The Distant Suns
- 23Chapter XX — Double Stars
- 24Chapter XXI — The Distances of the Stars
- 25Chapter XXII — Star Clusters and Nebulæ
- 26Chapter XXIII — The Physical Nature of the Stars
- 27Chapter XXIV — The Precession and Nutation of the Earth’s Axis
- 28Chapter XXV — The Aberration of Light
- 29Chapter XXVI — The Astronomical Significance of Heat
- 30Chapter XXVII — The Tides
- 31Appendix
The Story of the Heavens
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