THE STORY OF THE HERSCHELS

A FAMILY OF ASTRONOMERS.


SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL
SIR JOHN HERSCHEL
CAROLINE HERSCHEL.

"Stars
Numberless, as thou seest, and how they move;
Each has his place appointed, each his course."

MILTON.


1886




PREFATORY NOTE


From the best available sources have been gathered the following
biographical particulars of a remarkable family of astronomers--the
Herschels.

They will serve to show the young reader how great a pleasure may be
found in the acquisition of knowledge, and how solid a happiness in