Chapter I: Front Matter

DREAMS OF AN
ASTRONOMER

DREAMS OF AN
ASTRONOMER

_By_ CAMILLE FLAMMARION

_Translated from the French by_ E. E.
FOURNIER D’ALBE

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

NEW YORK MCMXXIII

PUBLISHED, 1923, BY

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

_All rights reserved_

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A VOYAGE IN THE SKY 9

(1) TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND MILES FROM THE EARTH 12

(2) THIRTY-SEVEN MILLION MILES FROM THE EARTH 15

(3) AT SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION MILES 18

(4) TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED MILLION MILES FROM THE SUN 20

(5) AT TWENTY-FIVE BILLION MILES 36

(6) AT SIXTY THOUSAND BILLION MILES 44

(7) IN INFINITE SPACE 49

II. THE WORLD OF LONG AGO 65

III. THE WORLD TO COME 79

IV. VENUS THE BEAUTIFUL 95

V. THE PLANET MARS 111

VI. THE GIANT WORLD OF JUPITER 123

VII. HEARTBEATS ACROSS SPACE 131

VIII. IDEAS CONCERNING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE WORLDS 141

IX. STABS AND ATOMS 157

X. ARE OTHER PLANETS INHABITED? (A DISCUSSION OF SCHEINER’S ARGUMENTS) 179

GENERAL REMARKS 182

HISTORICAL 184

THE ORIGIN OF LIFE 193

THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE 196

THE PLANETS OF OUR SYSTEM 201

THE POSSIBLE EXISTENCE OF BEINGS OF DIFFERENT CHEMICAL CONSTITUTION 210

REMARKS 215

INDEX 223

I. A VOYAGE
IN THE SKY