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THE STAR PEOPLE

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED

LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.

Toronto

THE STAR PEOPLE

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

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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