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THE STAR PEOPLE
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
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THE STAR PEOPLE
BY
GAYLORD JOHNSON
WITH DRAWINGS ON SAND AND BLACKBOARD
BY “UNCLE HENRY AND THE SOCIETY
OF STAR-GAZERS”
“Why did not somebody teach me the constellations, and make me at home in the starry heavens, which are always overhead and which I don’t half know to this day?”
—Thomas Carlyle.
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1921
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1921
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
Set up and electrotyped. Published June, 1921.
TO
BABY ANNE
WHAT HAPPENED IN STARLAND
| PAGE | |
| First Evening— | |
| In which the Society of Star Gazers is formed and discovers Two Bears, one with a stretched tail | 1 |
| Second Evening— | |
| The Herdsman’s Dogs chase Ursa Major and the terrible Dragon wriggles away in fright | 12 |
| Third Evening— | |
| Uncle Henry’s magic turns the Lyre into a Ukelele, and the Archer’s arrow misses the Swan and hits the Scorpion | 24 |
| Fourth Evening— | |
| The Virgin is too busy feeding her Sky Poultry, so Cassiopeia gets the Ukelele to play | 31 |
| Fifth Evening— | |
| In which a Dolphin with an ear for music saves a Poet’s life—and Uncle Henry puts two birds in one poem | 41 |
| First Winter Evening— | |
| The “Society” learns why Orion needs a club to keep Frisky Taurus in order, and why we say “By Jimini!” when we’re excited | 52 |
| Second Winter Evening— | |
| In which the dogs of Orion and Gemini follow their masters, Pegasus escapes as usual, and Andromeda gets a nice soft bed of hay in place of her hard old rock | 61 |
| Third Winter Evening— | |
| The Sky clouded over, but Peter found the Star People hiding in the Almanac—Paul found that his head was the World—and the “Society” found out about the Swastika and the Zodiac, and how you tell when a Dipper is a Plough and when it’s a Wagon | 78 |
| Fourth Winter Evening— | |
| In which the “Society” meets the last of the Star People and the beginning of Astronomy—and Betty proposes a “Note” of thanks | 99 |
TO HELP YOU FIND
THE STAR PEOPLE IN THE SKY
Whenever Uncle Henry draws a line to point out one of the star people you will find a figure, close to what he says, like this: (10).
Find the same figure on one of the maps inside the front or back cover, and you will see the line that Uncle Henry drew—and find the star person or animal easily in the sky.
Numbers 1 to 17 can be located on the front cover maps. Numbers 18 to 32 can be found on the maps inside the back cover.
To Use the Maps
Face South and hold the map for the proper season over your head—with the top of the book toward the West and the bottom toward the East. You will then see the Star People in the same places they appear in the sky.
The maps are drawn for 9 o’clock on April 1st, July 1st, October 1st, and January 1st, but they will be found serviceable in the preceding and following month. When necessary consult the maps for the season coming before or after.
WHERE TO FIND THE “PEOPLE” YOU WANT
| Names of Star People | How to Pronounce | Where to Look in the Book | Where to Look on the Maps | When You Can See Them in the Sky | ||||
| Andromeda | (an-drom´-e-dä) | Page | 70 | Number | 25 | Sept. | to | Feb. |
| Aquarius | (a-kwā´-ri-us) | “ | 50 | “ | public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@37916@[email protected]#Autumn" class="pginternal" | |||