To Mars Via the Moon: An Astronomical Story (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Science fiction novel from 1911 by Mark Wicks (1852-1935) who also wrote Organ Building for Amateurs (1887). "IN the course of my experience as an occasional lecturer during the past twelve years, I have been much impressed by the keen interest evinced, even by the most unlettered persons, when astronomical subjects are dealt with in plain untechnical language which they can really grasp and understand. "