INDEX TO VOLUME IX. 



NEW SEEIES.— Volume I. 



G-EnNTEIoJ^L. 



Abbott, Charles C, M.D. : animal weather-lore in 



America, 184, 205 

 Alarm, electric, burglar, IGS 

 Allen, Grant: the liispersion of seeds, 3; Kalee's 



shrine, 293 

 American wit, notes on, 67 

 Americanisms, by K. A. Proctor, 169, 178, 190, 249 



276, 332, 352 

 Andromeda, the new star in (illustrated), 43 

 Animal weather-lore ill America, 184, 205 

 Anthro{)oid apes, lt]2 

 Apes, men and, 287 



Are sun-spots hollows ? (illustrated), 35G 

 Astronomy, the literature of, notes on, 33It 

 Australasia, Cape Colony, &c., the nijht skies in 



(illustrated), 120 

 Australasiftn^ the editor of, a difficult point in whist 



law, 366 

 Automatic pressure-changing gas governor, 35 



Ballin-, Ada S.: language, origin of, 26 ; evoUitlon of, 



85, 141, 218, 285 

 Barnard, discoverer of comets, 198, 226 

 Beasts or birds, which came fii-st ? 245 

 Belt trial, notes on, 229 

 Bethlehem, star of, and a Bible comet, 90 

 Biela's comet and the movement of meteors, notes on. 



102 

 Billings, Josh (Mr. Shaw), his philosophy, uot^ on, 



67 

 Birds or 1 easts, which came first ? 246 

 Boat-race, Univei*sity, notes on, 229 

 Body, mind acting oil, 175, 220, 278, 306 

 Books, the best hundred, notes on, 133 ; suggested 



pendent to Sir John Lubbock's list, 133 

 Boscawen's, Mr., lecture at Victoria Institute, notes 



on, 131, 195 

 Britain, races of, 185 

 Burglar alarm, electric, 168 

 Butler, E. A. : social wasps (illustrated), 51 ; wasps 



and horntails (illustrated), 161 : clothes moths, 



309 



Calabra, the earthquake of, 117 



Cape Colony, Australasia, &c., the night skies in 



(illustrated), 120 

 Carpenter, Dr. W. B., 61 

 " Cheap critics " : note on, 165 

 Chess coldmn', our : 

 Championship match, the eleventh game, 199 ; the 



nineteenth game, 263 

 Chess, an improved scale of odds at, 135 

 Chess, four-handed, 104 

 Chess-master, an hour with a, 70 

 Chess-players, dead and living, 295 

 Chess problem text-book, 367 

 English problem composers :— Planck, 319 ; A. E. 



Studd, 367 

 Game, a hard-fought, 231 

 Games played at the British Chess Association 



tournament, 342 

 Openings, examples of, 165 

 Steinitz v. Zukertort, 32 

 Chicago, social riots m, 340 

 Church and State, ilr. Herbert Spencer on, 7 

 Clock, electro-mechanical, 34 



Clodd, Edward : the story o£ creation, a plain account 

 of evolution : earth, the past life-history of the, 

 107, 138, 173 ; introduction, 13 ; Ufe-forms, e.xistius; 

 (plants), 203, 235 ; (animals), 266, 327, 347 ; space, 

 distribution of matter in, 76 ; universe, the stnflE of 

 which it is made, 41 

 Clodd, Edward, and W. Mattieu WUliams, 100 

 Clothes moths, 309 



Coal: Bituminous shales and the origin of , 1 1 1 ; busi- 

 ness of coal-mining, 329 ; cannel coal and boghead, 

 78 ; different kinds of, 30 ; measures above and 

 between the, 207 ; origin of coal-seams, 171 ; ter- 

 restrial carbon, the sources of (illustrated), 270 • 

 where found and when produced, 5 ' 



Colour and light, 16, 48, 95, 115 



Comet years, notes on. 294 



Comet, Biela's. and the movements of meteors, 102; 

 Fabry and Barnard's, 198, 220 



Comets and meteors, origin of, 123 



Comma, Mr. Proctor on the use of, 63 



Composite portraits (iUustr,ated), 288 



Counting unconsciously (illustrated), 311 



Creation, the story of— a plain account of evolution : 

 earth, the past life-history of the. 107. 138, 173 ; 

 introduction, 13 ; life-forms, existing (plants), 203, 

 235, (animals) 266, 327, 347 ; space, distribution of 

 matter in, 76 ; universe, the stuff of which it is 

 made, 41 



Curtains, hanging and drawing, 168 



Customs, death, of the Indians. 180 



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Daxcer, Mr. J. B., ojitician, appeal on behalf of, 31ir 



D.arwin, Galileo, and the Pope, 272 ; and Mr. Bnskiii 

 Mr. Proctor on. 165 



Dawson, Oswald, did birds or beasts come first? 245 



Dealers, London, in geological specimens, 129 



Dead world, a, 209, 283 



Death customs of the Indians, 180 



" Dichotomy," note on the word, 69 



Did birds or beasts come first ? Note respecting cer- 

 tain affirmations, ancient and recent, concerning 

 the questions of mammalian juniority, 245 



Diving belts, improvement in link-belting, 35 



Draper, Henry, memorial, 266 



Drawing ellipses (illustrated), 290 



E.tRTHQLTiKES, notes on, 117; earthquake of Calabra, 

 117; as a restoring power, 119; noises, 119; at 

 Riobama, 118 



Earth's ])ast. the, 154 



Editorial gossip, note on, 67 



Electric burglar alarms, 168 



Electric meters, 36 



Electricity at iiome : electric machines (illustrated), 

 24; experiments with an electric machine (illus- 

 trated), 155 



Elephant, something about the (illustrated), 251 



Ellipses, drawing (illustrated), 290 



Energy and force, notes on, 102, 132 



English, the well of, undeflled : ilr. Harrison and Mr. 

 Freeman. 269 



Englisli problem composers, C. Planck, 319 ; A. E 

 Studd. 367 



Englishmen and American wit, note on, 67 



Etna's eruptions, 299, 324 



Evolution, a plain account of. See "Creation, the storv 

 of": and astronomy notes on, 329; theory of 

 notes on, 133 ' 



Evolution, the, of language, 85, 141, 218, 285 



Fabry, discoverer of comets, 198, 226 



Peast of tabernacles, notes on, 131 



" Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society " : Comets, 

 Fabry and Barnard, 198 ; Optical recreations, 

 colour and Ught (illustrated), 16, 48, 95, 115; 

 Sky, face of the, for April (illustrated), 196 ; tor 

 May, 226 ; for June, 261 ; for July, 294 ; for 

 August, 318 ; for September, 344 ; for October, 365 



Fifteen school-girls, 361 



Fire-escape, improved, 35 



"Five of Clubs": (Whist as a recreation), 190, 262, 

 295, 318, 343, 365 



Force and energy, notes on, 102, 132 



Foiu- Georges, the, 340 



Freeman, Mr., and Mr. Harrison, the well of English 

 undeflled, 269 



Free- trade, notes on, 3*0 



Froude, Mr., on Greater Britain, 322 



Galileo, Darwin, and the Pope, 272 



Gas governor, automatic pressure-changing, 35 



Genesis, analysis of, 21G 



Geology in London : London dealers in geological 

 specimens, 129 ; museum of the Geological Society, 

 128 ; museum of practical geology, Jermyn street, 

 128 ; natural history museum. South Kensington, 

 128 



Geological Society, museum of, 128 



Geological specimens, Loudon dealers in, 129 



Glass ornamenting, 168 



(Jossip, 67, 99, 131, 164, 193, 227, 253. 293, 294, 314, 339 



Gottrau, Baroness von : music, 64 ; pictures, 92 ; note 

 on her promised papers, 229 



Grace's Patent Epioyolio Elliptogi-aph (illustrated), 

 167 



Greater Britain, Mr. Froude on, 322 



Greek art, introductory studies in, 222 



Harrison, Mr. Frederic, on the religion of humanity. 

 62, 133 ; and Mr. Freeman, the well of English un- 

 defileil. 269 ; and the theory of evolution. 133 



H.arrison. W. Jerome : geology in London, 128 



Hepworth, T. C, amateur pho'tography, 260 



Herschel, Sir John, letter fi'om, 20 ; extracts from 

 his letters (illustrated), 83 



Historical puzzle. 109, 164, 193 



Horntails and wasps (illustrated). 151 



How the Bible came to us, 212, 281 



Humanity, religion of, 62 



Hundred books, the, 188 



Incombdstible theatres, 288 



Indian death customs, 150, 180 



ludi,an myths, 22,57, 88, 121, 244, 271, 333, 351 



Indian sparrow, something about the, 163 



"Innocents Abroad," Mr. Mark Twain and English 



criticism of, 68 

 Inventions, recent : burglar alarm, electric, 168 ; clock, 

 electro-mechanical, 34 ; curtain, hanging and 

 drawing, 168 ; diving-belts, 35 ; fire-escapes, 35 ; 

 glass, ornamenting, 168 ; Grace's patent epicyclic- 

 elliptograph (illustrated), 167 ; kitcheners, clean- 

 ingj 36 ; laryngoscope, 168 ; meters, electric, 36 ; 

 paraffin oils, purifying, 36 ; Tinnd's combined pro- 

 tractor and scale, 35 



Jermvn street, museum of practical geology, 1*8 

 Josephus and Christ, notes on, 193, 254, 362 

 Jupiter, Mars and (illostrated), 186 



" Kalee's shrine," notes on, 293. 363 

 Kitcheners, improved plan of cleaning, 36 

 KsowLEDGB, notes on the conduct of, 99, 100, 105,227, 

 314, 364 



LiBORATORT, the naturalist's, 247, 313, 337 



Labouchere, Mr., and the theory of evolution, note on, 

 133 ; and hereditary rulers, notes on, 195 



Language, origin of, 26 ; families : their differences 

 and similarities, 286 ; losses and gains in lan- 

 guage, 218 ; sense changes, 141 ; evolution of 

 ■ sound changes, 85 



Laryngoscope, 168 



Lester, Mr. C. F. G., on mispronunciation, 31 



Light, the velocity of (illustrated), 237 ; colour and, 16, 

 48, 95, 115 



Literature, the, of astronomy, 339 



London, geology in. See " (reology in London " 



Longest day, note on the, 255 



Loyalty, notes on, 228 



Luxotype and the editor's portrait (illnstrated), 21 



JiARK Twain, and English criticism, 68 



Mars and Jupiter (illustrated), 186 



Matthews on whist, 367 



Memorial, the Henry Draper, 256 



Men and apes, 287 



"Mephisto": our chess column, 32, 70, 104,135,165, 



199,231,263, 319, 312 

 Meters, electric, 36 



