Oct. 2, 1885.] 



♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



vAj, and he 

 nVlnck and 



soar from the elbow of the iiiuii \\ 

 sleeping. Knorr states that he miIVi 

 the head for half-an-hour, -svhi n it 

 fell asleep again. He awoke at alio 

 noticed, with wonder, hi.s ri'.,^li( ii.i 

 flex upon the arm. He tried 1.. lu.l 

 left hand, but failed. Then lils n- 

 ujj. Then his left upper and low 

 spectively, became affected in the 

 remembered being asked what was tlio matter, and thai 

 he could not speak, but screamed, and then lost con 

 Bciousness. The convulsive movements were so energetic 

 that the patient was thrown from his bed upon the floor. 

 The same day he went to work, but did not feel well. 

 The physician who attinded him duriiit,' my aliscnce 

 from the city lav.scriliu.l (Nviiitv -imIiis 'nf l.n.T.ii.l,. of 



MYSTERIES AND MORALITIES. 



By Edwakd Clodd. 



rpHE earliest known vei 

 1 . th,_-.ul.j.et,.f „„e,i 



n of the narrowing of Hell, 



lie <,ldest Eii-lisli Mysteries, 



" fuuud more than equal to the demand, from any 

 interest taken in this important and curious subject." 

 The Prologue invites all to hearken how Dominns or 



Jesus wes to belle ygan 



P'orte vacche (fetcli) thenne hys 



Ant bringen hem to Parays. ' ' 



.utiuiied to take tlic bromide in 

 siu the morniuo. and thirty grai. 



other 



Icplj 



whate> 



[• fur a 



afur 



,Ml,.f 1 



from tlie lio.spital lie noticed, in trying to keep iu mind 

 the orders for deliveries to customers, that his memory 

 was not so good as before the injury. He now follows 

 the same occui)atiou, and performs the same duties in it, 

 as before he was shot. He feels perfectly well, and. by 

 the test meuti-ui J uli.-ve, is sure that his uLcnun-y is 

 constantly grciw iii'4 nu rr n unlive. 



The openings m the skull are clos d simply by the .soft 

 parts. The posterior scar is depressed about three- 

 eighths of an inch, and pulsates to the tcnieh. The 

 anterior scar, which for a long time was very thin in two 

 spots, is constantly growing firmer. It is depressed one- 

 quarter of an inch, and visibly pulsates. Each scar 

 bulges about one-quarter of an inch above the sur- 

 rounding sui-face when_that portion of the head is made 

 dependent. 



The advisability of extracting from the brain a deeply- 

 lodged projectile follows, necessarily, from the case of 

 Knorr.— Jv'eu; York Mtdieal Journal. 



BuitNHAM Beeches.— Mr. Francis George Heath has presented 

 to the Queen a copy of the lioli<l;iv edition of liis " Burnham 

 Jiecchcs,-' whie.h she lias b.en i.lea>. a'.uiirteously to aerrpt. 



KOYAL VlCTOlM \ IlMl >,Mi C-.iiil T\\\a:\, W \ I I i;i o.l- 



Adam hungry com m 

 Mourado (homage) d 

 For on appcl ich gif i 



bought Adam's soul was 

 The appel 



gates" Jesus commands that they be 

 \ liiee the porter or " gateward " runs 

 I the gates open, and Satan, appa- 

 ll bound till "domesday." Adam, 



iiii, Dauid, Johannes, iloyses, all wel- 

 r in turn, and the play ends 



fith a prayer for gra 



The Coventry play comprises only six verses, but the 

 York and Towneley, which are so closely parallel as to 

 indicate derivation from a common original — perhaps 

 the Mystery referred to above — run to much greater 

 lenu-tli," InlnHluciu- mnneroiis characters. In the first 

 scene, \sliieli is laid eutsi.le llell-gate, Jesus declares his 

 intention tn unbind the inijirisoned souls whom he had 

 ransomed with his blood, and sends a light into the 

 murky darkness that they might know of his coming. 

 Adam and the others make a joyftrl noise thereat. 



r the d 



7. 1/ia 

 IT. Ui„ 



Ilelpf : Belsebub: to bynde tber boyes, 

 Sucli harrowe was never are herde in hellc. 

 Wliv rooris thou soo, rebalde ? tliou royis 

 Wliat is be-tid<k-, canne thou ought telle ? 



and so forth, till Belsebub calls " Satan ours sire " and 

 the other devils to council. The voice of Jesus is heard 

 without — 



■U.S pri 



Oppoi 







the treniMiii-- lien. Is disruss who it may be, when at the 

 HLl' suuuaons, AU.'ith , Ac, the gates yawn, and Satan. 

 ascending from hell-i.it, parleys with Jesus, as in the older 

 version, on the gross injustice of releasing the already 

 damned, and is at last allowed to retain the souls of 



