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, andmake me at home in the starry heavens, which are alwaysoverhead 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 discoversTwo Bears, one with a stretched tail | 1 |
| Second Evening— | |
| The Herdsman’s Dogs chase Ursa Major and the terribleDragon 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 theScorpion | 24 |
| Fourth Evening— | |
| The Virgin is too busy feeding her Sky Poultry, soCassiopeia gets the Ukelele to play | 31 |
| Fifth Evening— | |
| In which a Dolphin with an ear for music saves aPoet’s life—and Uncle Henry puts two birds in onepoem | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |