VIU 



♦ KNOW^LEDGE ♦ 



[October 1, 1886. 



Reviews — confimted. 

 Sun-spots. See " Solar Heat " 



Swinton, A. A.C., the elementary principles of electric 

 lighting, 364 



Tanyard, from the, to the White House, by Wm. M. 



Thayer, 69 

 Tarn, H. C. : mag^netism and electricity, 134 

 Teal], J. J. Harris : British Petrography, 257 

 Textile fabrics, -lyeiug of, by J. J. Hummel, 134 

 That very Mab, 69 



Theal, Geo. McCall : Kaffir folk-lore, 192 

 Thomson. William : algebra for the use of schools and 



colleges, 365 

 Time and Times. A: ballads and lyrics of east and 



west, by A. Werner, 192 

 Tiryns, by Dr. Henry Schliemann, 102 

 Trigonometry for beginners, by J. B. Lock, 259 

 Trouessart, E. L. : microbes, ferments, and moulds, 



341 

 Tytler, Sarah : comrades, 317 



Unity, partiality in ; or a view of the univei-se, 365 



VAMBfeBY, Arrainius : hie life and adveutures, 192 

 Vanity Fair, 317 



Vaughan, J. : plain talk for plain people, 342 

 Vegetable garden, the, by Mil. "Vilmorin-Andrieux, 



259 

 Vertebrates, elements of the comparative anatomy of, 



adapted from the German of Professor Wieders- 



heim, by W. Newton Parker, 364 

 Voice, the, musically and mediaUly considered, by 



Armand Semple, 292 



Wales, Prince Albert and Prince George of, cruise of 



H.U.S. Bacchante, 315 

 Walford's Antiquarian, edited by Edward Walford, 



M.A., 254 

 Wallace, Alfred Rnssel : bad times, 125 

 Webb, R. : the definitions of Euclid, with explanations 



and examples, 259 

 Werner, A. : a time and times : ballads and lyrics of 



east and west, 192 



Western Paci6c, the, and New Guinea, by Hngb H. 

 KomUly, 292 



Wheatley, H. B. : how to form a library, 292 



When I was a child, by Linda Villari, 69 



Whetenall, G. : Echetlas, 341 



Whitman, C. 0. : microscopical anatomy and embry- 

 ology, methods of research in, 102 



Whist, modem, by Clement Davies, 258 



Wiedersheim, Professor, elements of the comparative 

 anatomy of vertebrates, 364 



WiUsou, J. B. : handy guide to Norway, 317 



Wit and wisdom of B. Disraeli, Eai'l of Beaconsfield, 

 342 



Wit and wisdom of Rev. Sydney Smith, 342 



Wood, Rev. J. G., horse and man, 69 



Wood-engraving, a practical manual of, by William 

 Norman Bro\\"'.i, 364 



Woodward and Gray : seaweeds, shells, and fossils, 317 



Worthington, A. M. : a first course of physical labora- 

 tory practice, 102 



Youxa, Alex. : a short history of the Netherlands, 69 



nVLISGELLJLn^EJ^. 



Abram, the migration of, 129 

 Ants, Sir John Lubbock on, 70 



Bible, the, 31. Renan on, 261 ; Mr. Ruskiu on, 2Gli 

 Blackfoot Indians, sun-worship among, 319 

 British race, the, of to-day, 21 

 Buckle on grasp of science, 47 



CoLDLESS cold, land of, 332 

 Critic, a malevolent, 368 



Crusader, American barque, successful trip, with cargo 

 of refined petroleum, US 



Dauwin at Cambridge, 31 

 Drinking, moderate, 47 



Eddy, Mr. W. A., on the study of tornadoes, 37 

 English farmer, a future for the, SO 

 " Everlasting," an, good shot, 332 



Farmer, English, a future for the, 80 

 Fishes, little, the little naps of, 13 

 Fool, a, defined, 33 



Galaxies, two external, 163 

 Good shot, an '' everlasting," 332 

 Granite slab, an enormous, 113 



HcxTiNG as sport, 203 



Huxley on Jewish theology, 256 ; on theology as a 



science, 256 

 Hydrogen in zinc dust, 66 

 Hyenas, jackals, and panthers, 188 



Indians, Blackfoot, sun-worship among, 319 



Jackals, panthers, and hyenas, 188 

 Jewish theology, 256 



Land, a, of coldless cold, 332 



Linn, approaching extinction of the, 241 



London Institution, lectures by the editor at the, 168 



Lubbock, Sir John, on ants, 70 



Malevolent critic. 368 



Mars, a message from, 13 



Marseilles, the rag-stores of, 65 



Metropolis, the, of the north, 70 



Modern Science, an old mistake corrected by, 260 



North, a metropolis of the, 70 

 Novelties, seasonable, 103 



Pantheks, hyenas, and jackals, 188 



Petroleum, transportation of in bulk, 65 



Poker pickings, 350 



Positivist, view of a, on the Sermon on the Mount, 130 



Predictions of appearance of tornadoes, 57 



Rag-stores of Marseilles, 65 



Religious records and weaker theologians, 215 



Renan and the Bible, 260 



Ruskin on the Bible, 261 



Royal Victoria Hall, 97, 113 



St. Kilda, the Sabbatarians of, 67 



Salt, Sir Titus, memorial to, 47 



Science and theologians, 263 ; Buckle on grasp of, 47 ; 



modern, an old mistake corrected by, 260 

 Seasonable novelties, 103 



Sermon on the Mount : a positive view of the, 130 

 Slab, an enormous granite, 113 

 Sport, hunting as, 203 

 Stellar lustre, measurement of, 261 

 Sun-worship among the Blackfoot Indians, 319 



Theologians and science, 253; the weaker and ancient 



religious records, 215 

 Theology as a science, 250; fixed ideas regarding, 



60, 159; Jewish, 256 

 Tornadoes, predictions of appearance of, 57 

 Turpentine, transportation of, in bulk, 65 



Victoria Hall, Royal, 97, 113 



ZiNi: dust, hydrogen in, 66 



ILLTJSTI^^^TZOISrS. 



Americans, scientific, composite portraits of, 289 

 Andromeda, the new star in : section from chart of 

 32i,198 stars, showing where the new star ap- 

 peared, 44 ; key to ditto, 15 ; the great nebula in 

 Andromeda, 45 

 Are sunspots hollows ? diagrams illustrating, 358 

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



explanatory diagrams, 120, 121 

 Australasia, the sky in, and the southern sky In 

 England, 189 



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



diagrams illustrating, 120, 121 

 Charts of the solar system, 9 

 Coal, specimen of, 271 

 Constellation Cygnus, photograph of a '' rich region " 



in the, 213 

 Counting unconsciously, diagrams illustrating, 312 

 Cnix, the coal-sack in, 224 



Dragons, sea-serpents and, diagrams illustrating, 302, 

 303, 304 



Electricity at home : electric machines, figures 



iUnstrating. 24. 25, 156, 157, 158 

 Elephant, something about the, diagram illustrating, 



253 

 Ellipses, drawing, diagrams illustrating, 291 

 England, the, southern sky in, 189 



Films, soap-bubbles and, figures in illustration of, 148 

 Fisherman attacked by octopus, 302 



Galaxy, our : letter to .Sir J. Uerschel, illustrative 



figures, 19. 81,82 

 Grace's patent epicyclic elUptograph, diagrams of, 167 

 Great cluster, rriistiun of a cone enveloping the, 224 

 Great ring in 1870, 187 

 Great spot in 1877 and 1883, 187 

 Great nebula, the, in Andromeda, 45 



Herschel, Sir J., letter to : our galaxy, illustrative 



figures, 19. 81, 82 

 H\Tierbola, the, 291 



Jupiter. See " Mars " 



KiRCHHOFP's explanation of Sun-spot changes, 358 



Light, velocity of the, diagrams illustrating, 237, 239 

 Luxotype : portrait of the editor, Richd. A. Proctor, 21 



Mars and Jupiter : Jupiter in 1866 (De la Rue), Mars 

 in 1877 (Trouvelot), great ring in 1870, great 

 spot in 1877, Mars in 1877 (N. Green), great spot 

 May 17, 1883, great spot Sept. 10, 1883, 187 



Maia in the Pleiades, nebula extending from, 335 



Microscope, pleasant hours with a, illustrative figures, 

 48, 75, 76, 145, 246, 247, 35U 



Milky wav in space, figure of the, diagram illustratiug, 

 1S3 



Nebula extending from Maia in the Pleiades, 335 ; 



great, in Andromeda, 46 

 Night skies in Australasia, Cape Colony, &c., diagrams 



illustrating, 120, 121 



Octopus, fisherman attacked by, 302 



Optical recreations : colour and light, figures illus- 

 trating, 16, 17, 49,95, 96, 331, 332 



Our galaxy : letter to Sir J. Herschel, illustrative 

 figures, 19, 81, 82 



Photograph of Saturn, 361 



Planets, movements of the ; path of Saturn, from 

 conjunction in June 1885 to conjunction in July 

 1886, 9 ; chart of the solar system, showing the 

 movements of the four outer planets from Jan. 1, 

 1885, to Jan. 1, 1889, 9; path of Mars during the 

 oi>position of 1886, 55 ; movements of tlie terres- 

 trial planets from Oct. 1, 1885, to Jan. 1, 1687, 55 



Pleiades : chart of the, 242 ; map of, by Tempel, 334 ; 

 nebula extending from Maia in the, 335 ; photo- 

 gi-aph of the, 243 



Pleiades cluster, chart of the nine chief stars of the, 

 243 



Portrait, luxotype, of the editor, 21 



Portraits, composite, 289 



Puzzles, diagrams illustrating, 305, 336, 337, 359, 360 



Rotifers, aid to the study of, diagrams illustrating 

 pleasant hours with the microscope, 145, 246, 247 



Saturn, path of, from conjunction in June 1885 to 



conjunction in July ISSG, 9, self-photogi-apbed, 361 

 Sea-serpents and dragons, diagi'ams ill u strati n,L', 302, 



303, 304 ; seen by Bishop Egede in 1734, 303 ; seen 



by officers and crew of H.M.S. Daedalus in 1848, 



304 

 Sidereal system fathomless, diagrams illustrating, 224 

 Sixty-four sixty-five puzzle, diagrams illustratiug, 360 

 Skies, night, in Australasia, Cape Colony, &c., 



diagrams illasti'ating, 120 

 Sky, face of the, diagrams illustrating, 197 

 Soap-bubbles and films, figures in illustration of, 148 

 Solar system, chart of the, 9 

 Some puzzles, diagrams Illustratiug. 305, 306, 336, 337, 



359, 360 

 Southern hemisphere, the skies of the ; the stars seen 



towards the north from southern latitudes, and 



towards the south from northern latitudes, at 



10 P.M. Dec. 21, at 9 P.M. Jan. 5, and at 8 p.m. 



Jan. 20, 12 ; ditto at 10 p.m. Jan. 20, at 9 P.M, 



Feb. 4, and at 8 p.m. Feb. 19, 64 

 Southern skies for January, the, 89 

 Stars, chart of 324,198, showing where the new star 



appeared, 44 ; key to ditto, 45 ; diagrams of the, 



12, 64; the universe of, illustrative fignre and 



charts, 83, 84 

 Sun.spot changes, actual and theoretical, 358 ; Kirch- 



hoffi's explanation of. 358; Wilson's explanation 



of, 358 



Tempel, map by, illustrating Pleiades, 334 

 Terrestrial carbon, specimen oE, 271 



Wasps, the social, figures illustrating, -^3, 54 ; and 



homtails, diagrams illustratiug, 152. 153 

 Whist, diagrams illustrating, 135, 166, 295, 319, 344, 366 

 Wilson's explanation of sun-spot changes, 358 



