| PLATES | |||
| Mars’ Hill | Frontispiece | ||
| PAGE | |||
| The Hermitage | 8 | ||
| The San Francisco Peaks | 18 | ||
| Martian Maps by: | |||
| I. | Beer and Maedler. 1840 | 26 | |
| II. | Kaiser. 1864 | 26 | |
| III. | Flammarion (Résumé). 1876 | 27 | |
| IV. | Green. 1877 | 27 | |
| V. | Schiaparelli. 1877 | 28 | |
| VI. | Schiaparelli. 1879 | 28 | |
| VII. | Schiaparelli. 1881 | 29 | |
| VIII. | Schiaparelli. 1884 | 29 | |
| IX. | Lowell. 1894 | 30 | |
| X. | Lowell. 1896 | 30 | |
| XI. | Lowell. 1901 | 31 | |
| XII. | Lowell. 1905 | 31 | |
| South Polar Cap. 1905 | 42 | ||
| North Polar Cap. 1905 | 44 | ||
| Mare Erythraeum, Martian date, December 30 | 120 | ||
| Mare Erythraeum, Martian date, January 16 | 122 | ||
| Mare Erythraeum, Martian date, February 1 | 124 | ||
| Mare Erythraeum, Martian date, February 21 | 126 | ||
| Mars, on Mercator’s Projection | 384 | ||
| CUTS APPEARING IN TEXT | |||
| South Polar Cap in winter | 56 | ||
| Hellas in winter | 59 | ||
| White south of Nectar and Solis Lacus | 59 | ||
| Northern Cap hooded with vapor | 64 | ||
| Northern Cap unmasked | 65 | ||
| Deposition of frost | 70 | ||
| First northern snow | 72 | ||
| White in Elysium | 75 | ||
| White in the Pons Hectoris | 78 | ||
| Projection on terminator | 101 | ||
| Lines in dark area | 117 | ||
| Map of North America at the close of Archæan time | 132 | ||
| North America at opening of Upper Silurian period | 134 | ||
| Map of North America after the Appalachian revolution | 135 | ||
| North America in the Cretaceous period | 136 | ||
| North America, showing the parts under water in the Tertiary era | 137 | ||
| Earth’s Desert Areas, Western Hemisphere | 156 | ||
| Earth’s Desert Areas, Eastern Hemisphere | 157 | ||
| Showing the Eumenides-Orcus | 183 | ||
| Martian doubles | 206 | ||
| Martian doubles | 207 | ||
| Mouths of Euphrates and Phison. June, 1903 | 219 | ||
| Peculiar development of the Ganges | 228 | ||
| Djihoun, the narrowest double | 229 | ||
| The Sabaeus Sinus, embouchure for the double Hiddekel and Gihon | 232 | ||
| The Propontis, 1905 | 247 | ||
| Fons Immortalis, June 19 | 254 | ||
| Utopia Regio. 1903 | 256 | ||
| Ascraeus Lucus and Gigas. March 2, 1903 | 258 | ||
| Peculiar association of the Luci Ismenii with double canals | 260 | ||
| Lucus Ismenius. March, 1903 | 262 | ||
| Showing seasonal change. I | 285 | ||
| Showing seasonal change. II | 285 | ||
| Mean Canal Cartouches | 298 | ||
| Showing development of the Brontes: | |||
| I. | February 25 | 306 | |
| II. | March 30 | 307 | |
| III. | April 3 | 307 | |
| IV. | May 4 | 308 | |
| V. | May 7 | 308 | |
| VI. | July 18 | 309 | |
| Cartouches of the Brontes | 311 | ||
| Amenthes alone in February | 319 | ||
| Amenthes feebler and still alone in March | 319 | ||
| Appearance of Thoth with Triton and curved Nepenthes. Amenthes vanished, April 20 | 320 | ||
| Advent of the Lucus Moeris. May 29 | 321 | ||
| Amenthes with Thoth-Nepenthes. July | 322 | ||
| Cartouches of Amenthes, Thoth, and their combination | 323 | ||
| Phenology Curves—Earth | 342 | ||
| Phenology Curves—Mars | 343 | ||
About This Book
The book assembles telescopic observations of Mars’ surface and atmosphere, cataloging polar caps, seasonal whitening, dark and light regions, and a network of linear markings identified as canals. It reviews past observations, presents maps, photographs, and arguments rejecting optical-illusion explanations, and describes canal geometry, seasonal kinematics, and apparent development and hibernation. The author argues these features indicate systematic water management and supports a hypothesis of organized, planet-wide engineering linked to life and climate, concluding with a synthesis of observational evidence and proposed mechanisms for canal constitution and the distribution of oases.