♦ KNOWLEDGE 



[JCLT 10, 188-. 



t' iiiM ii\ J,,uii I , \[i.s-,i,,u i\r a| t to l„> ,,v,r- 

 nid , Ml, ilic „iini„ of the «ov,is to «lnch tlu^ 

 >. t. uiitt.n Who at lirst sight -(voald iniacciiic 

 ../ Ill Us I'tymoloffual meaning is a somdlmtii 

 loia thi Inuit. Professor 8.iycc has beautifully 

 (it tins ttndenry in the -words, "Language is tlie 

 e-hou^e of ^\orn-out similies— a living testimony 

 n!,tinet of man to find likeness and rcsemblanee 



Me. H. R. Goodwin, of the North Manchester B.C., has recently 

 completed perhaps the most remarkable ride ever yet accomplished 

 on the bicycle. Leaving Land's End on June 1, be rodo to John o' 

 Groats ; having reached which point in seven and a half days, he at 

 once tnmed southward, and arrived again at Land's End on the 

 16th, having completrd the double journey from one extremity of 

 England to the other, or about l.SOO miles, in less than sixteen 

 days. From Land's End 5fr. Goodwin rode to London, where he 

 arrived on the 19th, the total distance ridden being 2,050 miles, in 

 exactly .nineteen days, or an average of about 108 miles per day. 

 He rode a 40 in. "Facile," which carried him well from start to 

 finish, and he arrived in London fresh and well. 



Thx London Stereoscopic and PiiOTaGBAPinc Companv, Limited. — 

 For many years this well-known photographic business has existed 



"Con 



1 the 



rdinar 



1 of t) 





le only. It has latterly been pretty generally understood that 

 tne enterprise was a proprietary one, carried on by tlie lato Lord 

 Mayor, with the assistance of bia son, Mr. Charles G. Nottage, 

 Mr. Howard Kennard also being a partner. The recent death of the 

 first-named gentleman, however, has induced the surviving partners 

 to convert the business into a " Company," in the fullest financial 

 sense, and a prospectus (which .ippears in another part of this 

 number) has been issued, setting forth that the recjuired capital is 

 e o£ 18.000 BhareB of So each. We 

 th the financial aspect of the ques- 

 mbersof amatei 



photographers, and the 

 Company would largi'.ly 

 seem to be a speculation 

 of view, and one offerin 

 opportunity of forn 



applying their wants^ 



of the proposed 



rould 



: often 



idvantageons i 



reliance is justified, inasmuch as I 

 actually existent, not merely estir 

 nird of tie purchase-money in ehar 



n paid tn ordinary shareholdi 



■aith ii 



purely financial intereat, unt 

 pages only because we knc 

 large number of amateur 



prospectus alluded to. 



cs.sful 



rorking of the Compai 





FIRST STAR LESSONS. 



By Richard A. Proctok. 



THE constellations included in the twenty-four maps < f 

 this series are numbered throughout as follows (the 

 names being omitted on the maps, to clear these as far as 

 possible from all that might render the star-grouping less 



5. rer^eus, the Champion (/?, 



Algol, famous variable). 



6. Aituqa, the Charioteer (a, 



Capella) 



7. Ursa ilajor, the Greater 



Bear {a, ji, the Pointers). 



8. Canes Venatici, the Bwiting 



Dogs (a, Cor CaroH). 



9. Coma Berenices, y«cen 



Berenice's Hair. 

 10. Bootes, the Herdsman (a, 



, the Nor. 



us). 



11. Coiona Boreal 



them Crou'n. 



12. f^erpens, the Serpent. 



13. He,cuU-,th&Kneeler. 



14. Lvta, the Lyre (a, Vega). 



15. Cymu^, the S«an (a, 



Artdfd; li,Albires). 



16. Pegasus, the Wtnged Horse. 



17. Andromeda, the Chained 



" ~ ■ ila, the Triangles. 



19. . 



s, the Km; 



20. Tanrus, the Bull (a, Aide- 



baran; ij, Alcyone, chief 

 Pleiad). 



21. Gemini, the Ttvins (a, 



Castor ; fi, Pollux). 



Holder. 



27. ^9ia7a,the Eagle (a,Altair). 



28. Delphinvs, the Dolphin. 



29. Aqvarivs, the Water Carrier. 



30. Pisces, the Fiahe*. 



31. Cetus, the Sea Monstfr (o, 



Mira, remarlcable va- 

 riable). 



32. Eridanns, the River. 



33. Orion, the Giant Hunter 



{a,Bete.loeux; fi, Rigel). 



34. Corns ilnor, the Lesser Doc^ 



{a, Procyon). 



35. Hydra, the Sea Serpent ( ., 



Alphard). 



36. Crater, the Cup (a, Alkes). 



37. Coj-VK.s the Crete. 



i. Scorpio, the Scdrpion (a. 



39. Sag, 



40. Cap 



41. Pise 



■es). 



tarius, the Archer. 

 icornvs, the Sea Goat. 

 s Australis, the Sou.. 

 ■rn Fish (a, Fmnal- 

 ut). 



42. Lepiis, the Hare. 



43. Columba, the Dove. 



44. Canis Maj(yr, the Greah 



Dog (a, Sirius). 



45. Argo, the Ship. 



60^£{lp, 



. I HAVE read letter 1,7-10, by '•Commentator," will 

 intense pain — ehiefly because it TvaK my own action ii 

 forwarding an extract from the New York Trilune whii.'l 

 elicited " Commentator's " ill-judged remarks. I 

 understand how anyone can im 



r lie 



tl ]U.^ 



ifv 



veiitnred to say to George Eliot 

 has unfortunately been allowed 

 At least, I hope Hot, for his (o: 

 o|iinion was formed by all wlios, 



that the expreseioji 



objurgation in 



hut he (o'r she) 

 fliest> columns, 

 n sake. What 

 w.-is best worth 

 a matter of 

 ircd by the 

 the Queen 

 ijiortant t" 

 ud the best. 



It 



.St. 



ed, she 



Ob' the relations between George Lewes and George 

 Eliot it becomes none to judge, unless it can he shown 



