VI 



♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



[October 1, 1886. 



General — continued. 

 Meteors, comets and, origin of, 123 ; movements of. 102 

 Microscope, pleasant hours witli the (illustrated). 48. 75, 



144, 246, 350 

 Military life, notes on. 293 



Milky Way in space, figure of the (illustrated). ISl 

 Mind acting on bndy, 175, 220, 278, 3UG 

 Minute writing. 361 

 Mi-:prnnunciation, 31 



Mogul : our whist coluum, 33. 72, 103, 198, 230 

 Mongoose, anecdote about a, 363 

 Moon, story of the, 145 

 Morin, the last astrologer, note on, 204 

 Mnths. clothes, 309 

 Munich, notes on, 253, 293 

 ^[useum of the Geological Society, 128 ; of natural 



history, Sooth Kensington, 128 ; practical geology, 



Jermyn street, 128 

 Music. 51 



Music-memory, notes on Pachmann's loss of, 194 

 Myuas, sumethiug about. 66 

 Myths, Indian, 22, 57, 88, 121, 244, 274, 333, 351 



Natural history museum. South Kensington, 128 

 Naturalist's laboratory, the, 247, 313. 337 

 " Neptune," a Grenville street, notes on, 294 

 New TesUiment, the. 281 



Night ekies, the, in Australia, Cape Colony, &c. 

 (illustrated), 189 



Oils, paraffin, inventions for purifying. 36 



Optical recreations : colour and light (illustrated), 16, 



48, 95,115, 331 

 Origin of language, 26 

 Our galaxy: letter to Sir J. Herschel (illusfci-ated), 



17.80 



Pachmaxn's loss of music-memory, 194 



Paraffin oils, invention for purifying. 36 



Passovers, the two, Mr. Proctor on. 131 



Photograph of Saturn (illustrated), 361 



Photographic study of a stellar spectra, Henry Draper 

 memorial, 256 



Photography, amateur, 250 ; and the heavenly bodies, 

 notes on, 255 ; and the printing press, 276 ; recent 

 celestial, example of (illustrate 3), 212 



Pickering. Mr. E. C, on Henry Draper memorial, 256 



Pictures, 92 



Planck, C, English problem chess composer, 319 



Planets, movements of the (illustrated), 8, 54 



Pleiades photographed, the (illustrated), 243 



Politics and science, 240 



Pope, the. Galileo, and Darwin, 272 



Portrait, the editor's, and luxotype (illustratcil), 21 



Portraits, composite. 288 



Positivism and Mr. Prottir, 165 



Practical geology, museum of, 128 



Preyer, Professor W., counting unconsciously, 311 



Priesthoods, Mr. Herbert Spencer on, 59 



Printing-press, photography and the, 276 



Pritebard, Prof, and Genesis, notes on, 195 



Proctor, Richard A. : American wit and Englishmen, 

 67 ; Americanisms. 1 59, 178, 249, 275, 332, 352 ; notes 

 on, 196 ; Astrologer, the last, notes on, 294 ; 

 Astronomy, literature of, notes on, 339 ; Austra- 

 lasia, Cape Colony, &c., the night skies in (illus- 

 trated), 120 ; Belt trial, notes on, 229 ; Bethlehem, 

 the star of , and a Bible comet, 90; Biela's comet, 

 fulfilment of prediction regarding, and the move- 

 ment of meteors, 102 ; Boat race, notes on the, 

 229; Books, the best hundred, 133; "Cheap 

 critic" and the Topical Tim^s, notes on, '227; 

 Chicago, social riots in, note3 on, 340 ; Clodd 

 (Mr.) and Mr. Williams, their theories con- 

 trasted, 100 ; Comets and ineteors, origin of, 123 ; 

 Comma and ita uses, 68, 102 ; Darwin, observa- 

 tions on Ruskin'B opinions about, 165; Dead 

 world, a, 209, 283; "Dichotomy." ap.dogy for 

 omitting the sweet word, 69 ; Earthquakes, notes 

 on, 117 ; Earth's past, tlie, 154; Edtorial gossip 

 resumed, 67 ; English wit and Scotsmen, 67 ; Evo- 

 lution and astronomy, notes on, 339; theory of, 

 and Messrs. Labouchere and Harrison, 133; Force 

 and energy, mathematically mechanical sense of the 

 words, 102, 132; Free-trade, notes on, 340; Gos- 

 sip, 67, 99, 131, 164, 193, 227, 253, 293, 294. 314, 

 339 ; Galileo, Darwin, and the Pope, 272 ; Genesis, 



the Book of, 29 ; Hereditary rulers, note on Mr. 

 Labouchere and. 195; Historical puzzle, 109; 

 reply to criticism on, 164, 193 ; Josephus and 

 Christ, notes on, 193, 254, 362; Josh Billings's 

 philosophy. 67 ; " Kalee's Shrine," notes on. 293 ; 

 Knowledge, on the conduct of, 99, 100, lO-i, 314 ; 

 , Lecturing tour, notes on close of, 229 ; London 



Stereoscopic Company, 196 ; Longest day, note on, 

 255 ; Loyalty, notes ou, 228 ; Luxotype portrait of, 

 21 ; Mark Twain and English criticism of " Inno- 

 cents Abroad," 68 ; Mars and Jupiter (illustrated), 

 186 ; Meteors, movement of, 102 ; Milky Way in 

 space, figure of the (illustrated), 181 ; Military 

 life, notes ou, 293 ; Mind acting on body, 175, 220, 

 278, 306 ; Munich, notes on visit to. 253 ; remark- 

 able phenomenon at. notes on, 293 ; Music-meoaory, 

 Pachmann's loss of, 194 ; "Neptune," a Grenville 

 street, notes on, 294 ; Our galaxy : letter to Sir J. 

 Herschel (illustrated), 17, 80; Photographing 

 fifteen million stars. 140 ; Photography and the 

 heavenly bodies, notes on, 285 ; Planets, move- 

 ments of the (illustrated), 8, 54 ; Posttivisoi and, 

 165; Pritchard, Prof., and Genesis, observations 

 on, 195 ; Punctuation, 68, 102 ; " Religion and 

 Science," remarks on a misprint in, 131 ; Romanes, 

 Mr., and the Times, notes ou, 364 ; Royalty, notes 

 on, 340 ; Siiturdny Review and. notes on, 363 ; 

 Saturn and Easter, note on, 229 ; Science, the 

 dignity of. 93, prize-pig honours for, 215; Sea- 

 serpent, the, 191 ; Sidereal system fathomless, tlie 

 (illustrated), 223; Skies of the southern hemi- 

 sphere (illustrated), 13, 65, for January (illus- 

 trated), 88 ; Spencer, Mr. Herbert, on priesthoods, 

 59 ; Star, the new, in Andromeda (illustrated), 43 ; 

 Star-clouds in the Pleiades, 334 ; Stars, universe 

 of, extracts from Sir John Herschel's letters to 

 (illastrated), 83 ; Sulphurous acid, no-es on, 362 ; 

 Sun-worship, 137; Sun-worship and Christianity, 

 132; Sun-worship a Jewish ceremonial, remarks 

 on the Spectator's criticism, 227 ; Tabernacles, 

 Feast of, remarks on, 131 ; Trade, depression of, 

 Mr. Wallace on. 132 ; Universe, notes on the, 254 ; 

 LTnknowable, the, or the religion of science, 1, 37, 

 73, 105, 169. 201, 2.33, 265, 297, 321, 345 ; Victoria 

 Institute, criticisms of Mr. Boscaweo's lecture 

 M d^liver^'d at, 131. 195 ; Williams (Mr. M.) and Mr. 

 V* Clo Id, their theories contra5ted, 100 ; Wit, the 

 decline of, notes on, 285 



Punctuation, Mr. Proctor ou, 68, 102 



Puzzle, historical, 109 



Puzzles (illustrated), 305, 336, 359 



Races of Britain, the, 185 



Recent inventions. See "Inventions, recent" 



Recent celestial photography, example of (ilhn- 



trated), 212 

 " Religion and Science," note on, 131 

 Religion of humanity, Mr. Frederic Harrison on the, 



62 

 Riobama. earthquake at, 118 

 Riots, social, in Chicago, 340 

 Romanes, Mr. : notes on, 364 

 Royalty, notes on, 240 



Saturday Review blunders, 354 



Saturday Review and Mr. Proctor, notes on, 363 



Saturn, photograph of ( illustrated), 361 



Saturn and Easter, note on, 229 



School-girls, fifteen, 361 



Science, and Politics, 210 ; dignity of, 93 ; prize-pig 



honours for, 215 

 Science and religion, note on, 131 

 Sea-serpent, the. 191 



Sea-serpents and dragons (illustrated), 301 

 Seeds, the dispersion of, 3 

 Sidereal system fathomless (illustrated), 223 

 Sixty-four sixty-five puzzle (illustrated), 360 

 Skies of the southern hemisphere (illustrated), 65 ; for 



January (illustrated), 88 ; night, in Australasia, 



Cape Colony, &c, (illustrated). 120 

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



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



318; for September, 344 ; for October, 3G5 

 Slack, Henry J.: incombustible theatres, 283 ; pleji.sant 



hours with a microscope (illustrated), 48, 75, 144, 



246 

 Slingo, W. : electricity at homo— electric machines 



(illustrated), 24, 155 



Sloane, T. O'Conor : soap-bubbles and films (illus- 

 trated). 148 

 Soap-bubbles and films (illustrated), 148 

 Some puzzles (illustrated), 305 

 Southern hemisphere, the skies of the (illustrated), 



13,65 

 Southern skies for January, the (illustrated), 88 

 Sparrow, Indian, something about the, 163 

 Spc'cfat07\ the, and sun-worship, notes on, 227 

 Speucer, Mr. Herbert : on Church and State, 7 

 Star -clouds, the, in the Pleiades (illustrated), 334 

 Stars : photographing fifteen million, 140 ; universe 



of— extracts frooa letters to Richard A. Proctor by 



Sir John Herschel (illustrated), 83 

 " Stella Occidens " : Indian death custom?, 150, 180; 



Indian myths, 22, 57, 88, 121, 244, 274, 333, 351 

 Stellar spectra, photographic study of : Henry Draper 



memorial. 256 

 Stereoscopic Company. London, note on, 196 

 Studd, A. E. : English problem chess composer, 367 

 Student of divinity : how the Bible came to us, 212 

 Sulphur, a shower of', 293 

 Sulphurous acid, notes on, 362 

 Sun's distance, observations on a suggested method for 



measuring the, 69 

 Sun-spots, are they hollows ? (illustrated), 356 

 Sun-worship, 137 

 Sun-worship and Jewish ceremonial, notes on, 227 ; and 



Christianity, 132 



Tabernacles, feast of, Mr. Proctor on, 131 



Teutonic languages, origin of the, 177 



Theatres, iin-mnbustible, 288 



Times and Mr. Knuianes, note on, 364 



Tinn6's combined protractor and scale, 35 



Topical Times and a " cheap critic," notes on, 227 



Trade, depression of, and Mr. Wallace, 132 



Universb of stars, the : letter to Richard A. Proctor 

 from Sir John Herschel, 20 ; extracts from further 

 letters (illustrated), 83 



Universe, the, notes on, 254 



Unknowable, the ; or, the religion of science, 1 

 Buddha, a digression concerning the, 345 

 heavenly bodies, worship of, 265 ; introduction, 1 

 name and purpose of these papers, 233 ; planets, 

 worship of the, 201, 234 ; religion, evolution of, 37 : 

 religious ideas (early)- the hunter, the herdsman, 

 105 ; religious impressions, birth of, 37, 73 ; sun 

 god, birth of, myths of the, 346 ; worship of, 321 

 sun-worahip, tlie sun as god of the year, 169 

 influence of, on later religions, 297 



Velocity of light, the (illustrated), 237 

 Victoria Institute, criticisms on Mr. Eoscawen's 

 lecture delivered at, 131, 195 



Wallace, Mr., and the depression of trade, 132 

 Wasps, social (illustrated), 51 ; and horntails (illus- 

 trated), 151 

 Wbist as a recreation, 190 

 Whist Column, oub 

 Ace five, lead from, 103 

 Discarding, 72 



Five of clubs, 262, 295. 318, 343 

 Game 1, the hands (illustrate<I), 135 

 Game 2, the hands (illustrated), 166 

 Hands arranged by " Mogul," 199 

 Joke, a good, or none ? 262 

 Matthewson, 367 

 Original lead, 198, 230 

 Signals, protest against, 33 

 Whist law, a difficult point, 366 

 Williams, Mr. Mattieu, and Mr. Clodd, their theories 



contrasted, 100 

 Williams, W. Mattieu : coal, bituminous, and the 

 origin of, Ul; business ot coal-mining, 329; 

 canuel coal and boghead, 78 ; different kinds of, 

 39 ; measures above and between the, 207 ; origin 

 of the coal-seam, 171; terrestrial carbon, the 

 sources of (illustrated), 270 ; where found and 

 when produced, 5 

 Wit, notes on the decline of, 255 

 Writing, minute, 361 



