Sidelights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science

Essays and addresses, first published in 1906. Insights about astronomy, written for amateurs. According to Wikipedia: "Simon Newcomb (March 12, 1835 – July 11, 1909) was a Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician. Though he had little conventional schooling, he made important contributions to timekeeping as well as writing on economics and statistics and authoring a science fiction novel.”