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Introduction
of the earliest times, and fanciful though the constellation figures seem, our stars bear the same names that were given to them in the very dawn of civilisation.
In conclusion, it is hoped that the history of the heavens here set forth will awaken fresh interest in the stars, and will secure for them the attention that is their just due on the part of all lovers of the beautiful.
W. T. O.
Norwich, Conn, January, 1911.
