29 JUNE 1895, Page 12

The Story of the Stars. By George F. Chambers. (G.

Newnes.) —This little book is written in a conversational style and in a way that makes the information given easily intelligible. Among the chapters is one on " The Brilliancy and Distance of the Stars," " The Grouping into Constellations," "The History of the Constellations," "Moving Stars," "Variable Stars," &c. Mr. Chambers's illustrations are often of a homely kind, but are not the less useful for that.