From a critical study of the available evidence, the author has prepared a review, chiefly of the more controversial problems relating to the surface structure of our nearest neighbors in space—the moon, Mars, and Venus. The task is similar to that of solving a crossword puzzle; the answer must agree with, or at least not contradict, all the existing data. In many respects the conclusions differ from those conventionally accepted and quoted in standard textbooks.

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