The Midnight Sky*

Abstract

SURELY if ever there were an Astronomy made easy, here it is: if ever there were a sensible Christmas present for a boy, here it is. In fact, it is impossible to commend Mr. Dunkin or the Religious Tract Society too highly for the work which they have jointly produced. It is an honest, scientifically sound, beautiful book, with appeals both to the eye and the mind: one in which the magnificence of the heavens and the deep teachings of modern science go hand in hand, until at last the unscientific reader will certainly find himself deeply interested in the discussion of questions, and the following-out of reasonings, which but a few short years ago were generally supposed to furnish day-dreams to solitary astronomers, who dwelt in towers far removed from the ken of their fellows, and still further removed from their pursuits and interests.