Table of Contents

The Brook
How a Brook Drops Its Load
Crystal Growth
Salt
How To Study Minerals
Quartz
Feldspar
Mica
Granite
Calcite, Marble, and Limestone
The Magnet
The Soil
Water Forms
The Weather
Experiments To Show Air Pressure
The Barometer
How To Read Weather Maps
The Story of the Stars
How To Begin Star Study
Cassiopeia's Chair, Cepheus, and the Dragon
The Winter Stars
Aldebaran and the Pleiades
The Two Dog Stars, Sirius and Procyon
Capella and the Heavenly Twins
The Stars of Summer
The Sun
The Tropic of Cancer and Planting of the Garden
The Zodiac and Its Signs
The Relations of the Sun to the Earth
How To Make a Sundial
The Moon