Excerpt from The Stars in Song and Legend
I have attempted in this little volume to present the legendary lore of the heavens in such a way as to attract the unprofessional reader. By numerous poetical quotations I have tried also to show the intimate connection of the stars with the best and highest in literature. The book embodies to a considerable extent the material that I have collected on this subject in the course of many years" lecturing to college classes, though I have made free use also of that encyclopedic work on Star Names and their Meanings, by R. H. Allen, published only a year or two ago. So exhaustive is the treatment of the constellations in Mr. Allen"s book, that there might seem small excuse for again presenting the subject; but the very completeness of that volume will render it less useful to many who might be interested in a briefer and more popular account of the star legends.
I wish also here to record my indebtedness to Sir Norman Lockyer"s Dawn of Astronomy for much interesting information concerning sun worship among the ancients. I have consulted, besides, many of the older standard works on mythology and on the constellations.
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