This 1997 article from the Phoenix Times gives a good overview of Burnham's life and demise - http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/1997-09-25/feature.html I keep a copy of this article in the back of Volume III of my copy of the _Celestial Handbook_. I recommend you grab a copy before it disappears off the net someday. I heard a net rumour that Lowell Observatory staff and Huachuca Astronomy Club member Brian Skiff has been working on an updated, revised edition of the _Handbook_ for sometime. - Canopus56 (Kurt) P.S. - I bought my copy of the Handbook about 5 months ago at Sam Wellers. Amazingly, they had a _new_ copy of the entire three volume set in hardback for about $30. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com