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♦ KNOVV^LEDGE ♦ 



[Nov. 23, 1883. 



our answers to I. K. R., Berrow, and M. T. Hooton. If 1 

 B to R2. 2. K to Kt4, B to Q6 I Or if 1. Kt takes P 

 2. Q to B3 (ch), K to K4! and in neither case is there 

 the move. 



PKOBLEir Xo. 105. 



By J. W. Parsons. 



Black. 



P to K3, 



B to E2. 



a mate ou 



White. 

 Wliite to play and mate in three mores. 



PROBLEM Xo. IOC. 



By C. T. Gk.iy. 



Black. 



f^: *-!" m I 





White to pliiy and mate in three moves. 



PROBLEM No. 107. 



By Frederick W. Maekwick. 



Black. 



- ^m^m 



White. 

 White to play and mate iu two moves. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 *»* Please addres Chess Editor. 



A. de Watteville. — You send the following position : — White. — 

 K, K3; R, KB sq; Kt, KR8 ; Ps, QB:i and 4. Black.— K, Kl; 

 PK2. We assume you intend the White Pawns to be on QB-i and 5, 

 as otherwise the K could escape by way of Q3. If then, 1. Kt to 

 Kt6 (ch), K to K3. 2. Kt to BS (ch), K to Kl. Now for his 

 waiting move in order to force Black to play P to K3. The White 

 R has /oi«- moves, viz., to B2, B3, B4, and B7 ; or White can also 

 play K to Q3 with the same object. Finally, in reply to P to K3, 

 White can mate either by Kt to Q7 or Kt to kt6. You have there- 

 fore five duals, a most serious objection to a problem. 



Berrow. — We regret to find your other problem too easy. 



F. W. M. — The solution of No. 1 is rather too obvious. 



J. Hughes. — Both your problems are incorrect. One can bo 

 solved by Q.to Kt4 (ch), the other by Kt to Kt4. 



Tom. — No. 1. P takes R spoils the mate. No. 2. R takes B. 

 P. G. R. — W., 31. T. Hooton, best thanks for correction. 



G. Woodcock. — Regret the delay of your letter of 3rd inst. The 

 five prize problems correctly solved. We shall be pleased to find 

 you an opjjonent for correspondence games. 



Problem 104 correctly solved by W., W. Furnival, G. Woodcock, 

 Rev. W. Anderson, H. A. N. 



H. S. Simon, B. Gleam. — Solutions incorrect. 



MR. R. A. PROCTOR'S COURSE OF LECTURES. 



1. LIFE OF WORLDS. 



2. THE SUN. 



3. THE MOON. 



4. THE PLANETS. 



5. COMETS. 



6. THE STAR DEPTHS. 



See Advt. Pages for fidl Syllabus. 

 The following arrangements are complete: the numbers in 

 brackets referring to above list. 

 Stockton, Nov. 26 (1). 

 Edinburgh, Nov. 28 (G). 

 Rothesay, Nov. 29 (1) 

 Morningside, Dec. 4 (4). 

 Falkii-k, Dec. 5(6). 

 Alexandria, Dec. 6. 

 Altrincham, Dec. 10 and March 11. 

 Carlisle, Nov. 27, 30 ; Dec. 3, 7 (1, 2, 3, 4). 

 Perry Bar, Jan. 29 (6). 

 King's Heath, Jan. 30 (1). 

 Colston Hall, Bristol, Feb. 18, 21, 25, 2S ; March 3,6 (the full 



course) . 

 Assembly Rooms, Cheltenham, Feb. 5, 8, 12,15 (1,2,4,6). At 



3 o'clock, Feb. 5 and 12 (3, 5). 

 Assembly Rooms, Bath. Four Morning i/ectures at 3 o'clock, Feb. 



6, 9, 13, 16 (1, 3, 4, 6) ; two Evening, Feb. 6, 13 (2, 5). 

 Birkenhead, March 10. 



Note. — All coinmv.nications respecting Lectures should be ad- 

 dressed to Mr. John Stuart, Royal Concert Hall, St. Leonards. 



Contents of No. 107. 



FAGS TJiei 



A Naturalist's Year. Bv Grant , Sea Anemones. VIII.— The Dahlia. 



Allen ■ 297 By Thomas Kimber. [Illut ) ...305 



Strangle Coincidences. Bv R. A. ' Reviews ; Miracles — Some Christ- 

 Proctor ; 298 . mas Works 307 



The Birth and Growth of Myth. Correspondence ; A Moonlight 



XX. Bv Edward Clodd 299 Ascent in a Balloon— Perforated 



Tricycles iii 1883. By J. Browning 330 Stones in India— Ordnance Map 



The Sun's Distance. By Prof. > Measurements— Silent Li<:htnin;; 



R. S. Ball, LL.D 301 —Luminosity of Plants and 



On Lunar Delineation. By the Animals— Discovery of America 



Rev. T.W.Webb 302 —Three Times .Greater Than, &o. 308 



Pretty Proofs of the Earth'sRotun- Our Whist Column 311 



dity. By R. A. Proctor. (Illus.) 303 Our Chess Column 311 



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