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Written just eighty-four years before Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon, this is a Victorian collection of moon lore: myths, folklore, superstitions and just plain whimsy from all lands.
Although contemporary astronomers had fairly well wrapped up the question of whether there was water and air on the moon, Harley still suspected that the moon was inhabited.
However, there was still much that was unknown about the moon until the first probes were crash-landed on it (for instance, whether the surface was covered with vast, deep layers of dust).
So we shouldn't feel too smug, even though we've played golf there.
The universe will continue to surprise us.

Title Page

Quotations

Table of Contents

Preface

List of Illustrations

Moon Spots

I. Introduction

II. The Man in the Moon

III. The Woman in the Moon

IV. The Hare in the Moon

V. The Toad in the Moon

VI. Other Moon Myths

Moon Worship

I. Introduction

II. The Moon Mostly a Male Deity

III. The Moon a World-Wide Deity

IV. The Moon a Water-Deity

Moon Superstitions

I. Introduction

II. Lunar Fancies

III. Lunar Eclipses

IV. Lunar Influences

Moon Inhabitation

Moon Inhabitation

Appendix

Notes