Excerpt from The Moon: Her Motions, Aspect, Scenery, and Physical Condition
Although I had long purposed to draw up a treatise on the Moon to form part of the series of volumes to which my works on Saturn and the Sun appertain. I originally proposed that this treatise should be the last instead of the third of that series. But Mr. Brothers being desirous of publishing three of Mr. Rutherfurd's magnificent lunar photographs, asked me to prepare some accompanying letterpress and the present work thus had its origin; for I soon found that if I supplied the required quantity of letterpress, I should to some extent injure the prospects of the more complete work which I had in view. Moreover, it seemed to me desirable not to take up the subject partially and resume it at some distant epoch, but to deal with it in a single effort. This will serve to explain the delay which ensued; for certain parts of my subject-matter required much time and close application, for their thorough and independent investigation.
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