How still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by:
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee to-night.

--Phillips Brooks.




[Illustration: A Wonderful Night]




[Illustration: A Wonderful Night]




I. An Age of Wonders


[Transcriber's note: The first letter of each chapter is in the form of
an illustrated dropped capital.]

We live in an age of wonders. Great discoveries and startling events