{"product_id":"evenings-among-the-stars","title":"Evenings Among the Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003eCloth backed marbled boards, 16mo, 90pp. Heavy rubbing exposing corners and joints, tidemark and discoloration throughout text, occasional marking. Pastedown inscribed \"No. 46, S. Canaan S. S. S. 1852.\" 3 copies in OCLC (Clements, Brown, Amer. Congregationalist Society).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAn anthology of poetic musings worked into a narrative of young stargazers connecting their awe of the night sky with awe of God and promise of their souls. In contrast to the growing number of illustrated astronomy texts being produced for juvenile audiences, \u003cem\u003eEvenings Among the Stars\u003c\/em\u003e is a strictly literary and descriptive tour of the heavens. The lack of pictorial elements is even emphasized by having a half-title for a frontis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopyright Christopher C. Dean; text signed \"E. V. N.\" Literarature quoted in the text includes \"The Northern Lights,\" by Park Benjamin; \"The Occultation of Orion,\" by H.W. Longfellow; \"The Lost Pleiad,\" and, \"The Cross of the South\", by Mrs. Hemans; \"The Ursa Major,\" by Rev. H. Ware, Jr.; \"Address to Lyra,\" by Mrs. Sigourney; \"The Star of Bethlehem\" and \"The Guiding Star.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[juvenile astronomy]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46395943649430,"sku":"Q2355","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-65_d3e27db9-3b96-49fc-96c5-cc3157a8481c.jpg?v=1779763822","url":"https:\/\/alsobooksbooks.com\/products\/evenings-among-the-stars","provider":"Haec City \/ Also Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}