INDEX TO VOLUME lY. 



GENERAL. 



Accident to Mr. Eichard A. Piocjlor, reference to au, 

 ill 



AckroyJ, William, the coloured curtain of the eye, 165 



Ally, iolin Ernest, the fisheries exhibition, natural 

 history department (illustrated), 8, id, 87, 12:!, 

 179, 253 



AKriculturo and geology, 4, 19 



Allen, Grant, a naturaUst's year, about variation, 1 ; 

 crabs and lobsters, 33 ; wasps and flowers, tio ; a 

 robin's skull, 97 ; wild peas, 129 ; the barn owl 

 flies, 161 ; blackberries are ripe, 193; the shrews 

 die, 22 1 ; chestnuts fall, 251 ; under false colours, 

 297 ; the reign of evergreens, 327 ; the robin 

 eumes for crumbs, 355 



Allinson, T. R., L.E.C.P., cheap and good food, 371 



Alps, the, and the Himalayas, 210, 270 



Amateur electrician, the (batteries, illustrated) , 6, 

 1U2, 133, 271, 333, 375 



American manners in travelling, 131 



Amerit-au trains, puzzle concerning, 318 



Amphioxus laneoolatus, the (illustrated) , 348 



Ancient comet, an, 392 



Anonymous critiiism, remarks on, 5!) 



Antiquity of man, the, 195 



Anthropologist and savage, 7 



Anthropometric oommiftee, observations of the, 209 



Arizona territory, the, 237 



Arnold, Mr. Matthew, as a lecturer in America, 292 



Association, the British, 200, for details Bee British 

 Association 



Astronomical collisions, 388 



Astronomical experiments at high elevations, 237 



Audiences, how and when they should applaud, 59 



Australian Ants. 21 



1Uli„ Professor 1!. S., LL.D., the sun's distance, 197, 

 S->''. 2.".7. -^ I. 3111 ; on the sun and the Times, 21s 



He(H.iit FilitiiiM i, [irinters and punctuation, 140 



Bei-l. -,'ni,.ilmp. ■■■liimt the, 28, « 



Birlh :, ,.\ r... I myth (illustrated), 37, 50, 82, 114, 



I ■.,, : ■, J il, J ;'i, 269,299 



Bi,h..; , Ml , , assumptions, 12 



Uri , W i. , I'i ills' comet, 331 



Bill 1! , etlecl on haiuhvriting, 223 



Br,. I, I , . , unit from, 313 



Brill. ' wiriitod), 5, 38,74, 106, 133 



Ucii. || \ , -iii;; observations of the 



A;ii bi .J. IN I M I ,,;ii: 1 1, -i^tho elements, meteoric 

 dust from the Himalayas, molten metals, the 

 origin and development of tlie rhinoceros, cats 

 with an abnormal number of toes, Mr. Adam 

 Sedgwick on tlje periodatus. Dr. Schuster on 

 motion of Swiss Iglacicrs, 209; mathematics 

 in our schools, 220 ; the efl'ect of brain disturbance 

 on handwriting. Mr. Q. i'. Culverwell on the 

 elfect of .h1 in siillin!.' iho waves in a storm. Dr. 



Stone on li I-..iii.,il ii. I I, til,. e of the human 



body, I'l,, I I I. Ill photography, 



223; .Ml I; I i I. (..| '.III tin astronomical 

 oxperimcnl t ::( livli ,.|t..,,tii..ii . Mr. Litton Forbes 

 on the Arizona territory, Mr. B. H. Inglis 

 Palgrave on the old age of working men, Professor 

 Janssen on the solar corona, Mr. Coutts Trotter 

 on Now niil.i,-ii ■ii7, --'lis 



lirowiiini;, ,l,,lti ntt.tlt m 1883 (small wheels t>. 

 Iiir^'c). 1: I. I. I, i i , I wo-speed tricycles, 212, 

 ;ii;u, L'; t .1 I I ' , wrinkles, lubricants antl 

 brakes, .;iiti. int,:,. iiu:; inaelunes from weather, 

 inonding tyres, and riding in winter, 332; the 

 Rover, the new Rtickcr, the Cobweb, the Coventry 

 Tandem, and the llarsman, 387; weather fore- 

 casts ami li'wv (" nrikc them, the rainband 

 Bpectrii.1,...],.. liNii-ii Ij, 229 



lirnsh dyiuni I t 1 1 :, t , it imie, the (illustrated), 21 



liiirgiu djuii I iiuliine (illustrated) , .the, 



390 



Duller, E. A., B.A., ladybirds, 370 



Cables, submarine, 31.t 



Cat upon a Roman tile, a, 380 



Cats, heredity in, 209 



Cats with an abnormal number of toes, 209 



Caverns in earth and moon, 371 



Caylev, Professor A., the Philosophy of Mathematics, 



2111, 279 

 Census, the, occupations of the people compiled from, 



330 

 Cereals, chemistry of the, 18, 52, 03, 119, 131, 201 



Challenge, a, from the earth-flattening society, 36, 

 362 



Cheap and good food, 374 



Chemistry of cookery, 2, 33, 67, 98 ; frying m oil, 135, 

 105, 194, 223, 253, 235, 313, 342, 385 



Chemistry of the cereals, 18, 52,93; bread-making, 

 119, 151, 201 



Chess Column :— useful end game, 32 ; the interna- 

 tional tournament at Nuremberg, 03, 79 ; game 

 between Messrs. Bird and Rieiuami, 60 ; game 

 between Herr Tarasch and another at the second 

 Kuremberg international tournament, 128; problem 

 by Graz J. Berger, 160; position in a game 

 between Steinitz and an amateur, 176 ; one hundred 

 chess problems (review), 325 ; remarks on various 

 methods of chess-plaving, 235; the influence of 

 mind on chess-playing, 236, 266 ; problem tourna- 

 ment of the South duatralian CAroiiic/c (Adelaide), 

 266 ; ladies as chess players, 281 ; analysis of a 

 game, 282 ; game played in the London international 

 chess tournament, 334; book of the tournament, 



367 ; notes of a game played by Mr. Blackburne, 



368 ■ our Christmas bit, 398 ; see also 16, 48, 96, 

 112, 141, 191, 192, 208, 222, 250, 296, 311, 340 



Cliicai/o Tribune, the, and Mr. Richard A. Proctor, 



203 

 Chisholm, G. Geo., M.A., curiosities of the sub- 



tropical garden, 273 

 Cholera preventive, 60 

 Christmas works, review, 307 



Clodd, Edward, the birth and growth of myth (illus- 

 trated), 37, 50, 81, 113, 148, 182, 210, 239, 269, 299; 



evolution and natural theology (review), 331 

 Coincidences, strange, 298 

 Collisions, astronomical, 383 

 Colons and commas, 205 

 Coloured curtain of the eye, the, 153 

 Comma, the, 118 

 Commas and colons, 203 

 Conduct, the evolution of, 215 

 Constitution, remarks on the British. 228 

 Cook, Robert B., evidences of the glacial period, 37.3 

 Cookery, the chemistry of, 2, 35, 67, 98; frying in oil, 



135, 165, 194, 225, 253, 285, 313, 342, 385 

 Cope, E D., the evolution of human physiognomy 



(illustrated), 136, 163 

 Copeland, Mr. Ralph, on astronomical experiments at 



high elevations, 237 

 Copernicus, a new theory of (paradox), 77 

 Copper salts, are tliev poisonous ? 39 

 CorminI ph.iiiiTiiphv' without an eclipse, 223 



Co,;,!,,: ;,. , , he new series of, 13 



Con III • tti ,1 , Niagara (illustrated), 1.32 

 Cuhn". . . M. I. I'., un the ofl'ect of oil in stilling 



Miwo ..I .. „i_..iii, 223 

 Curiosities of the subtropical garden, 273 



I Mr. Proctor's lectures, 318 

 iig, 171 



Daru ',..i.:i.-.7 



Daw . W 11,1 I i.issiblo suspension of old age, 393 



Day 111. ., I't It. (illustrated), 230 



Dc'alli .1 Ciili.iu Webb, 108 



Death of Professor Tobin, 157 



Delineation, on lunar, 302 



Distance of the sun, 197, 226, 257, 234, 301 



Divided skirt, the, 28 



Dress reform, principles of, 51, 91 



Babth-elatieniso Society, a challenge from the, S36, 

 362 



Earth, pretty proofs of the rotundity of (illustrated), 

 08, 84, 100, 116, 139, 117, 171, 276, 303 



Earth, sim-views of the (illustrated), 57, 121, 183, ilo, 

 321, 377 



EcHpse of last May, the (illustrated), 3(3 



Klectrieal resistance of the human body, the, 223 



Electrician, the amateur, batteries, «, 102, (illus. 

 tratod), 132, 271, 333, 375 



Elements, the, 211 



Elsden,J. Vincent, B.Sc.F.C.S., geology and agricul- 

 ture, 4, 19 



Employers, inuniQcent, 276 



l!iierg,y of nature (review), 359 



Kpliciiiera, or day flies (illustrated), 230 



Ephemera, view "of, 231 



Evidences of the glacial period, 373 



Evcdulion and natural theology (review), 331 



Evolution of human physiognomy (illustrated), li% 

 168 



Evolulioa of conduct, 105, 138, 166, 199, 215, 251 



Extraordinary sunsets, the, 311 

 Eye, the coloured curtain of the, 155 



F.1.CE of the Slty, July 6 to July 7, 13; July 20 to 

 August 3, 43 ; August 3 to August 17, 77 ; August 

 17 to August 31, 109; August 31 to September 11, 

 l-Jl ; September 14 to September 28, 172; Septem- 

 ber 28 to October 12, 205; October 12 to October 

 26, 232; October 26 to November 9, 261 ; Novem- 

 ber 9 to November 23, 293 ; November 23 to Dec. 

 ember?, 318; December 7 to December 21,350; 

 December 21 to January 4, 379 



Figure conjuring, 28 



Fish and phosphorus, 246 



Fisheries Exhibition, the, the natural history depart- 

 ments, (illustrated), 8, 40, 87, 123, 149, 179, 255, 

 305, 329. 



Fish, the lancelet, (illustrated), 318 



Fiske, John, the evolution of conduct, 215 



Fixed stars, the, and Mr. Proctor, 43 



Flames, 242 



Flight of a vertical missile (illustrated), 10, 11, 58 



Polly and courage at Niagara (illustrated), 132 



Food, cheap and good, 371 



Forbes, Mr. Litton, on the Arizona territory, '237 



Foster,Thomas, the morality of happiness, 36; conduct 

 and duty, 66 • the evolution of conduct, 103, 138, 

 166 ; right and wrong, 199, 231, 283 



Geology and Agriculture, 4, 19 



Glacial period, evidences of the, 373 



God, the ivill of, 11 



Government, Mr. Herbert Spencer on the scientiflc 



aspects of, 228 

 Government of God, remarks on, 12 

 Great Britain, sun-views of (illustrated), 131 

 Green sun in India, the, 271 



Hanbwbiting, brain-disturbances on the, 223 

 Happiness, the moraUty of, introductory, 36 ; conduct 



and duty, 66; the evolution of conduct, 105, 138, 



166 ; right aud wrong, 199, 251, 2S3 

 Harvest moon, the (illustrated), 156, 161 

 Hastings, Dr., and the corona, 27 

 Henrici, Professor, mathematics in our schools, 320 

 Hersohel, Sir Wilham, analysis of papers of, by 



Messrs. Holden and Hastings, 94 

 Herschel, Sir William, the study of, 59 

 Himalayas and the Alps, the, 240, 270 

 How is a life-assurance society worked ? 333 

 How to get strong, reducing fat, 31, 4:), 70, 99, 117, 



143, 252 ; in middle and advanced lite, 345 

 How to see (review), 359 

 Human body. Dr. Stone on the electrical resistance of 



the, 2>3 

 Human physiognomy, the evolution of (illustrated), 



136 



IcELilfD and New Zealand, hot springs of, 247 



Imaginary, mathematics of the, *237 



Indian insects, beasts, and birds, ways of (review), 



300 

 India, the green sun in, 271 

 Infant, mind in the, 386 

 Infants, the senses in, 311, 313 

 Insects, a neglected variety of, 316 

 Instinct, Darwin on, 357 

 Irving, Mr. Henry, and New York newspaper criticism. 



Ischii 



id Vesuvius, 81 



Jack Kbtch, 188 



Jngo William, F.C.S., the chemistry of the cereals, 19, 



53, 93 (oread-making), 119, 151, 201 

 Janssen, Professor, on the solar corona, 233 



ElUDEil, Thomas, SI. A., sea anemones, Ac. (illus- 

 trated). 22, 89, 115, 187, 211, 2M, 259, 305, 329 

 King, E. M., i>riuciples of dress reform, 51, 91 



Knowlsdos, annouucjinenls for ISM, 319 

 Krao, 213 



Labour, produce of, divided in various countries, 27 



Ladybirds, 370 



Lancelet Ush, the (illustrated), 3 IS 



Laws of brightness, 5, 33, 71, 106 (illustrated), 133 



Lectures, holiday, ty Mr. Richard A. Proctor, 42, 303 



Life, and its criticism of Mr. Proctor, 173 



Life Assurance Society, working of a, 353 



Locusts, 217 



