Preface
1. Introduction
2. Local group membership
3. The Andromeda galaxy (M31)
4. The Milky Way system
5. The Triangulum galaxy (M33)
6. The Large Magellanic Cloud
7. The Small Magellanic Cloud
8. The elliptical galaxy M32 (= NGC 221)
9. The irregular dwarf galaxy NGC 6822
10. The starburst galaxy IC 10
11. Faint dwarf irregular galaxies
12. Spheroidal galaxies
13. The most luminous dwarf spheroidal galaxies
14. Dwarf spheroidals in the Andromeda subgroup
15. Faint dwarf spheroidals
16. The outer fringes of the Local Group
17. Intergalactic matter in the Local Group
18. Dynamical and physical evolution
19. Properties of the Local Group
20. Conclusions
Glossary
Bibliography
Object index.