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THE author observes in his preface that “the chief charm of astronomy with many does not reside in the wonders revealed to us by the science, but in the lore and legends connected with its history, the strange fancies with which in old times it has been associated, the half-forgotten myths to which it has given birth,” and further remarking that in our own times myths and fancies, startling inventions and paradoxes have also found place, he has framed the present volume to meet the tastes of the class of readers which he believes to be specially interested in such matters.
Myths and Marvels of Astronomy.
By Richard A. Proctor. (London: Chatto and Windus, 1878.)
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Myths and Marvels of Astronomy . Nature 17, 180 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/017180a0
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