Griffith. The Stars and Their Stories

Today's free book is The Stars and Their Stories: A Book for Young People by Alice Mary Matlock Griffith with illustrations by Margaret Boroughs. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

THE STARS AND THEIR STORIES
The Volume of the Skies — William Habington
My Star — Robert Browning The Stars and Their Stories
The Song of the Stars — William Cullen Bryant

THE TWO BEARS
The Two Bears .......
Ursa Major — Thomas Hood
Hymn to the North Star  — William Cullen Bryant

THE WINGED HORSE
The Winged Horse
The Chimaera — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Pegasus in Pound — Henry W. Longfellow

THE SUMMER TRIANGLE GROUP
The Lyre, the Eagle, the Swan, the Arrow, the Dolphin
The Finding of the Lyre — James Russell Lowell
Orpheus and Eurydice — Alfred Noyes

THE ROYAL FAMILY
The Star Club — Julia E. Rogers
Andromeda — Charles Kingsley
Orion
Astrology
Taurus — Bayard Taylor
The Lost Pleiad — Mrs. Hemans
Orion — Charles Tennyson Turner
Canopus — Thomas Moore
Canopus — Thomas Carlyle
Canopus — Bayard Taylor

AURIGA AND GEMINI
To Castor and Pollux — Homer (Shelley's translation)
The Battle of Lake Regillus — Thomas Babington Macaulay

THE TWO LIONS AND THE CRAB

BERENICE'S HAIR
Berenice's Hair — Catullus (Martin's translation)

BOOTES—ARIADNE—HERCULES
Bootes, Virgo, and Hercules
Bootes and Virgo — Aratus
The Three Golden Apples — Nathaniel Hawthorne

ARIADNE'S CROWN
The Champion of Athens — R. E. Franeillon
Ariadne's Crown — Nonnus (Mrs. Browning's translation)

CENTAURUS AND THE SOUTHERN CROSS
Alpha Centauri and the Southern Cross
Constellations — William Cullen Bryant

OTHER STORIES OF THE STARS
Selected from "Birth and Growth of Myth" by Edward Clodd
Darkness — Lord Byron
Death of Worlds — Richard A. Proctor
An Ode — Joseph Addison

ASTRONOMY THROUGH THE AGES
Astronomy Through the Ages
Astronomical Observatories — Edward Everett
"Marching on a Star" — R. Weatherhead
The First Telescope—From Galileo's "Astronomical Messenger," translated by E. S. Carlos

APPENDIX
The Magnitudes
Stars of the First Magnitude
Star Names

Plunket. Ancient Calendars and Constellations

Today's free book is Ancient Calendars and Constellations by Emmeline Mary Plunket.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. Although the chapter titles are very general, this book has a useful layout where there are running subject notes along the top of every page, so you can learn a lot about the contents of the book by just paging through it and reading those notes on the page tops.

The book is available at  Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

1. The Accadian Calendar
2. The Constellation Aries
3. Eleventh Constellation of the Zodiac
4. The Median Calendar and the Constellation Taurus
5. Astronomy in the Rig Veda
6. Ahura Mazda and Other Notes
7. Ancient Indian Astronomy
8. The Chinese Calendar, With Some Remarks With Reference to That of the Chaldeans

Chadwick. The Storyland of Stars

Today's free book is The Storyland of Stars by Mara Louise Pratt Chadwick. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive and Google Books.

Astronomy
Early Astronomers
Ptolemaic and Copernican Systems
Kepler's Laws
Galileo
Some Old Time Maps
The Moon
The Silver Boat
Colors of the Stars
A Disappointment
Why the Stars Twinkle
Shooting Stars
Planets
Comets
Pictures in the Sky
The Great Bear
Stars
The Dragon
Cepheus and Cassiopeia
The Zodiacal Constellations
Andromeda
Perseus
Pegasus
The Ram with the Golden Fleece
The Milky Way
The Seven Sisters
Taurus
Orion and Sirius
Orion
The Twins
The Swan
The Lyre
Aquila or the Eagle
The Archer
Berenice's Hair
Bootes the Hunter
Hercules
The Lion
Legend of the Star Fish
Child's Dream of a Star
Star-Gazing

Allen. Star-Names and Their Meanings

Today's free book is Star-Names and Their Meanings by Richard Hinckley Allen. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. The book is something like a dictionary or encyclopedia of star names, so make sure to use the index at the end of the book if you are looking for a particular star!

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

Solar Zodiac
Lunar Zodiac
Constellations
The Galaxy

Martin. The Friendly Stars

Today's free book is The Friendly Stars by Martha Evans Martin. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

I. The Rising and the Setting of the Stars
II. Concerning the Brightest Stars
III. Capella
IV. Arcturus
V. Spica
VI. Vega
VII. Deneb, or Arided
VIII. Altair
IX. Antares
X. Fomalhaut
XI. Aldebaran
XII. Orion's Bright Stars
XIII. The Heavenly Twins
XIV. The Two Dog Stars
XV. Regulus
XVI. The Number of the Stars
XVII. The Names of the Stars
XVIII. The Light of the Stars
XIX. The Distances of the Stars
XX. Double Stars
XXI. The Constellations
XXII. The Little Bear and Polaris
XXIII. The Great Bear and the Seven Stars of the Dipper
XXIV. Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and the Dragon
XXV. From the Hunting  Dogs to the Arrow — Canes Venatici
XXVI. From the Winged Horse to the Bull
XXVII. The Mystery of the Pleiades
XXVIII. From the Twins back to the Hunter
XXIX. Constellations wholly or in part South of the Equator
XXX. Individuality of the Stars

Blake. Astronomical Myths

Today's free book is Astronomical Myths, Based on Flammarion's "History of the Heavens," by John F. Blake. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

CHAPTER I. THE FIRST BEGINNINGS OF ASTRONOMY
CHAPTER II. ASTRONOMY OF THE CELTS
CHAPTER III. ORIGIN OF THE CONSTELLATIONS
CHAPTER IV. THE ZODIAC
CHAPTER V. THE PLEIADES
CHAPTER VI. THE NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF THE HEAVENS ACCORDING TO THE ANCIENTS
CHAPTER VII. THE CELESTIAL HARMONY
CHAPTER VIII. ASTRONOMICAL SYSTEMS
CHAPTER IX. THE TERRESTRIAL WORLD OF THE ANCIENTS.—COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER X. COSMOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE CHURCH
CHAPTER XI. LEGENDARY WORLDS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
CHAPTER XII. ECLIPSES AND COMETS
CHAPTER XIII. THE GREATNESS AND THE FALL OF ASTROLOGY
CHAPTER XIV. TIME AND THE CALENDAR
CHAPTER XV. THE END OF THE WORLD

Olcott. Star Lore of All Ages

Today's free book is Star Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths, Legends, and Facts Concerning the Constellations of the Northern Hemisphere by William Tyler Olcott. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

Andromeda, the Chained Lady
Aquarius, the Water Bearer
Piscis Australis, the Southern Fish
Aquila, the Eagle
Aries, the Ram
Auriga, the Charioteer
Bootes, the Bear Driver
Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs
Cancer, the Crab
Canis Major, the Greater Dog
Canis Minor, the Lesser Dog
Capricornus, the Sea Goat
Cassiopeia, the Lady in the Chair
Cepheus, the King
Cetus, the Whale
Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown
Corvus, the Crow
Crater, the Cup
Cygnus, the Swan or the Northern Cross
Delphinus, the Dolphin
Draco, the Dragon
Eridanus, the River Po
Gemini, the Twins
Hercules, the Kneeler
Hydra, the Water Snake
Leo, the Lion Lepus, the Hare
Libra, the Scales
Lyra, the Lyre
Ophiuchus or Serpentarius, the Serpent-Bearer, and Serpens, the Serpent
Orion, the Giant Hunter
Pegasus, the Flying Horse
Perseus, the Champion
Pisces, the Fishes
Sagittarius, the Archer
Scorpio, the Scorpion
Taurus, the Bull
Ursa Major, the Greater Bear
Ursa Minor, the Lesser Bear
Virgo, the Virgin
The Galaxy, or Milky Way
The Hyades and Pleiades

The Minor Constellations
Argo Navis, the Ship Argo
Camelopardalis, the Giraffe
Columba Noae, Noah's Dove
Coma Berenices, Berenice's Hair
Lacerta, the Lizard
Leo Minor, the Lesser Lion Lynx, the Lynx
Monoceros, the Unicorn
Sagitta, the Arrow
Sextans, the Sextant
Scutum Sobiescanum, Sobieski's Shield
Triangulum, the Triangle
Vulpecula Cum Ansere, the Fox with the Goose