Wonders of the Moon

The year is 1873, and curiosity about The Moon abounds! What were the astronomical theories and opinions of the day? As you read this book written almost a hundred years before we actually went to the moon, you might be thinking, “What will they be saying about the moon 100 years from now?” ― “There it is, separated from our globe by 140,000 miles, accompanying it unceasingly in its annual revolution, as if drawn toward it by an invincible bond of sympathy, turning always toward the Earth the same face, alternately dark and bright, but which no cloud ever sullies, as if to invite us to solve the enigma of this celestial sphinx.” This illustrated eBook edition of the 1873 original has been carefully edited for scanning and spelling errors, and is as true to the original as possible. The spelling conventions of the time have generally been left intact. [EDB Pubs]