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Death of Ricbard A. Proctor.— Mr. Kich- 

 ard Anthony Proctor, the distinguished writer 

 and lecturer on astronomy and other subjects, 

 died in this city, September 12th, of yellow 

 fever. He had left his home at Oak Lawn, 

 Florida, to go to England and fulfill some 

 lecture engagements, and had engaged pas- 

 sage on one of the steamers appointed to 

 sail on the following Saturday. He was ap- 

 parently in good health, and there had been 

 no yellow fever at Oak Lawn ; but very soon 

 after reaching his hotel he complained of 

 being ill. A doctor was sent for. His dis- 

 ease rapidly developed. He was transferred 

 to the Willard Parker Hospital, and died 

 there, in less than sixty hours after he was 

 first taken. A portrait of Mr. Proctor and 

 a sketch of his life up to that time were 

 given in the " Monthly " for February, 1874. 

 His life has been a very busy one since 

 then. He has written incessantly, contribut- 

 ing to journals of every kind, on a great va- 

 riety of subjects, but always with the most 

 interest on those relating to astronomy. A 

 few years ago he started a periodical, first 

 weekly, afterward monthly, called "Knowl- 



