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THE
STORY OF THE COMETS
SIMPLY TOLD FOR GENERAL READERS.
BY
GEORGE F. CHAMBERS, F.R.A.S.
OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER- AT-LAW.
AUTHOR OF
"A HANDBOOK OF ASTRONOMY," "A CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH-FRENCH-GERMAN DICTIONARY," "THE TOURIST'S POCKET-BOOK," AND OTHER WORKS.
DISCOVERY FIELD OF BROOKS'S COMET OF 1895 (iii.).
"If there be aught throughout the pearly deep
Of Heav'n's unfathomable ocean wide,
That doth affect man's soul
With wonder and delight
Beyond the rest of vast Creation's wealth,
'Tis Thou, Mysterious Star."
(Anon., March, 1843.)
OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1909
