This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...the circumference of a hotel liquer-glass--hardly visible to the naked eye. Now the white spaces representing this moon and these stars, had been scratched out at random, and as I am not competing with Sir Robert Ball or the Astronomer Royal, I left this trivial embellishment to the maker of the lantern slides, and I ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...the circumference of a hotel liquer-glass--hardly visible to the naked eye. Now the white spaces representing this moon and these stars, had been scratched out at random, and as I am not competing with Sir Robert Ball or the Astronomer Royal, I left this trivial embellishment to the maker of the lantern slides, and I must admit that the moon and the stars in this scene appeared, to my eye, quite as true to nature as any I have seen in melodrama on the stage. In fact, this moon effect was, if anything, truer to nature, for there was only one, while in theatrical scenery, if the " Star" is on the stage there are generally three or four moons. But I received a rude shock from the criticism, carefully wrapped up in the following polite note, written by a learned stranger: --. "Dear Sir, --I was present at your lecture to-day, which I thoroughly enjoyed. There is one picture to which I should like to call your attention, and that is the view of the Houses of Parliament by moonlight. Nowadays an artist is expected to give correct science as wTell as correct art, and I think I can give you three reasons why you should consult some one skilled in practical astronomy (which I am not) if, as I think, the stars in the picture represent the "Plough" (1) In the bright light of the moon the stars so near it wouldn't be visible; (2) looking west the Plough couldn't be in the position you place it; and (3) I doubt if the moon could be so high." Three reasons! and yet the letter was not from Mr. Gladstone either! This reminds me that Sir Robert Ball tells an amusing story of one he received apropos of his lecture on "Invisible Stars," asking him to explain how he could possibly say anything about objects he could not see! With his inim...
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Very good(+) Written and illustrated by Himself. Profusely illustrated, 271pp. + ads. Large 8vo, original gilt decorated burgundy cloth; hinges reinforced. London: Unwin, 1904. Very good (+). By "one of the most talented black & white artists of his time"--Houfe p. 311.
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