The moon iswakens a feeleven an infantthis beautifulchildren. Evenman, she has uis a very familiar figure to all of usfeeling of love and tenderness in our hensinfant in arms stretches out its hands totiful thing. Nor is her appeal confined onlyEven since the stirring of the poetie facultyhas furnished a theme for poets and artists. Theon and the cresent moon always played anfull moon and thimportant part in literature.science has a different tale to tell about the moon itveals to us that the moon has no light of her own. Thatsoft silvery brightness, which forms her principal charm tous is borrowed solely from the light of the sun. Out of thevast flood of light which the sun pours forth, the moongrasps a little, and of this little she reflects a smallfraction to illuminate the earth. When, on a clear night,we look out on the magic of moonlight, it is often difficultfor us to realise that the moon is shining in borrowedfeathers. A very simple observation, however, will sureto show the truth of this. Look at the pale moondaylight, and she will seem like a dim gheseul, hardly distinguishable from the clome. You will then understand that sheher light on the charity of the sun.​