INDEX TO VOLUME X. 



NEW SERIES.— Volume II. 



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Allen, Grant, the complexity of thiug?, 121 ; on 

 natural selection, 98; and th,e Saturday Review 

 critic, note on, 19 



Alpenstock puzzle, the (illustrated), 153 



America, civil war in, 346 ; earthquake in, 1 ; another 

 foretold, note^ on, 18 ; oil stories of, 175 ; how 

 Englislitnea view, 234 



America's growtb (illustrated), 128 



American astronomers and lar^e telescopes, notes on, 

 209 



*' American Cyclopneiia," Mr. Proctor's contributions to 

 the, note on, 210 



American home, our eiitor's, a"tronomy at, 88 



Aoaericin mistake, note on a curious, 91 



Americanisms, 14, 38, 113, 183, 230, 274 ; Saturday 

 Review and, notes on, 41, 66 



Americans, how, view England, 233 



Ancient solar festivals, 150 



Angle, trisectin? the, note on, 116 



"Ann Us" of Tacitus, the authenticity of, notes on, 

 162, 163 



Antarea : astronomy at our editor's American home, 8S 



Anthropology and the antiquity of man, note on, 42 



April, the face of the sky for, 144 ; the southern 

 night skies in. 105. 133, 154 



Archajology and the antiquity of man, note on, 42 



Arts, useful, the evolution of, 222 



Astronomy at our clitnr's American home, 83 ; his 

 forthcoming work on general astronomy, uotes ou, 

 210, 282 ; author ot articles on astronomy and 

 meteorology in American cyclopedia, 210 



Atlas, a one-scaled : southern index map, 34 ; map i., 

 North Polar regions, 58; mapii., 88, 106 ; mipiii., 

 134; map iv., 155; map v., 181; map vi., 210, 

 224; map vii., 250; map viii., 271; a uniform 

 (UlU3trated), 8; public schools, 114 



August, the fac? of the sky for, 238; the southern 

 night skies in, 197, 225, 251 



Augustine, St., notes on, 66 



Bacon" and Science, 217 



Balliu, Ada S. : evolution of language ; roots and 

 their development. 54; the origin oE, 129 



Baseball, cricket and, 207 



Baseball play, curves in (illustrated), 254 



Beasts, the juniority of, 123 



Beech and Hanlan, notes on, 19 



Beecher, Henry Ward, his wild youth's tax on life, 

 147 ; the Saturday R^vietn on, 159 



Bekker's view of Tacitus, not? on, 162 



Benvolio : improving Shakespeare, 226 ; note on, 282 



Bethlehem, the star of, 194 ; note on, 235 



Bible and the solar system, note on, 91 



Biology and the antiquity of man, note on, 42 



Blackburnc's skill as a chess-player, a few examples 

 of (illustrated), 47 



Blanket-fish, the, 270 



Blasphemy and Mr. Talraage, note on, 43 



Boscawen, W. St. Chad, ancient solar festivals, 150 



Boss, Mr., anil tlie comet of 18S2, notes ou, 138 



British association, evolutionary philosophy at the 

 Birmingham meeting, note on, 42 



Brown, Alfred, his theory of trisecting tlie angle, note 

 on, 116 



Butler, E. A., on clothes-moths and their alUes (illus- 

 trated), 177 



Butler, Rev. George, public schools atlas, 119 



Oarlislb, the bishop of, note on, 43 

 Chances, strange, 276 



Charts for great circle sailing (illustrated), 193, 199 

 Chess, Knight's tour at, note on, 116 

 Obess Column, our : 

 Alternating games, 287 



Blackburne's skill, a few examples of, 47 

 Blackburne v. Zukertort, 214 

 British chess club tournament, 191 

 " Ohess problem," the, 165 

 Drawn games, 23 

 End games, useful, 95 

 End-games for actual play, 120 

 Endings for actual play, 239 

 International chess congress, 165 

 International chess tournament, 262 

 Problem, an old, 72 



Vicissitudes of pawn and two openings, 142 

 Christi'tn, the, on Sir William Dawson aud evolutionary 



philosophy, notes on, 42, 43 

 Christian \Vorld, the, its attack ou evolution, notes on, 



115 

 Christianity and Tacitus, notes ou, 162 ; the beginning 

 of, 49. (notes in reply to criticisms on) 137 ; birth 

 and growth of, 158 

 Circle, great, sailing. 101 ; charts for, 193, 199 

 Civil war, the, in America, 246 

 Clodd, Edward, on Air. Pro::tor'3 family afflictions, 



notes on, 189 

 Clodd, Edward : the story of creation, a plain 

 account of evolution, part ii. : explanatory, 27 ; 

 life, .and life-forms, the origin of, 51, 74 ; species, 

 the origin of, 97, 145 ; derivation of. facts in sup- 

 port of, 173. 219 ; social evolution, 220, 24:S ; 

 summary, 245. See also "Evolution: a plain 

 account of" 

 Ciothe5-moths ami their allies (Ulustrated), 177 

 Cloudberry, the, 25 

 Clouds, height of, 26S 

 Coal. 2. 54. 99, (illustrated) 143, 222 ' 

 Columbus, the voyages of. charted (illustrated), 202 

 Comets, and meteors, origin of, 64; the new, 135; 



notes on, 133 

 Comets, tails, note on, 257 

 Competitions, prize, 122 ; note on, 139 

 Complexity of things, the, 121 

 Copernicus, a life of, note on, 91 

 Corrc-iponilc'ut, an enigmatical, note on. 42, 91 

 Corr..!sp indents' soul-bnsiuess, note ou, 117 

 Creation, evolution and, notes on, 115 

 Creation, the story of : explanatory, 27 ; life, and life- 

 forms, the origin of, 51, 74; social evolution, 220, 

 243 ; species, the origin of, 97, 145 ; species, deri- 

 vation of, facts in support of, 173, 219 ; summary, 

 245. See also *' Evolution : a plain account of " 

 Orichton, " Admirable." note on, 257 

 Cricket, and baseball, 207; "perfect innings" at: a 

 chance problem, 352 ; double-figure innings, notes 

 on, 18 

 Critics, anonymous, ignorance of, notes on, 66 

 Curves in baseball play (illustrated), 254 



Darwinism, Sir Wm. Dawson's antipathy to, note on, 42 

 Dawn, Indian myths about, 52 

 Dawson, Oswald : the juniority of beasts, 123 

 December, the face of the sky for, 48 ; the southern 



night skies in, 35 

 Dissecting dish, the, for the naturalist's laboratory 



(illustrated), 278 

 " Don't," 185 



Earth, evolution of, 28 



Earth's globe, varying aspect of the (illustrated), 279 



Earthquake, the, in America, 1; another foretold, 



notes on, 18 ; a correction, 66 

 Eclipse, solar, the recent total, 4 

 Egyptian belief and Christianity, notes on, 162, 163 

 Electric Ught, its use in naturalist's laboratory, 17 

 Energy, force and, 196 



England, how Americans view, 233 ; the letter "H " in, 

 156; the southern skies in. See "Skies, the 

 southern night " 



English, old, notes on, 66, 67 



Englishmen, how they view America, 234 



Entomology : clothes-moths and their allies (illus- 

 trated), 177 



Ethical religion, the three classes of, note on, 43 



Ethnology and the antiquity of man, cote on, 42 



Evolution, the Christian on Sir Wm. Dawson and, 

 notes ou, 42, 43 ; the Christian W^orkVs attack, 

 notes on, 115 ; Mr. Talmage on, notes on, 43 



Evolution, a plain account of : of arts, 222 ; of the 

 earth, 28 ; inorganic, 27 ; of language, 222 ; of 

 mind, 220 ; of morals, 243 ; of sciences, 222 ; 

 social, 220 ; of society, 220 ; of the solar system, 

 2S ; of the stellar system, 27 ; of theology, 243. 

 See also " Creation, the story of" 



Evolution of language : roots and their development 

 54 ; the origin of roots, 129 



Evolutionary philosophy, notes on, 42, 43 



Faroar, Canon, ou Josephus and the life of Christ, 



note on, 137 

 Febi-uary, the face of the sky for, 94 ; the southern 



night skies in. 35, 86, 105 

 "Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society": sky, 



face of the, Nov., 24 ; Dec, 48 ; Jan., 70 ; Feb., 94 ; 



March, 118; April, 144 ; May, 168; June, 191; 



July, 216 ; Aug., 238 ; Sept., 261 ; Oct,, 286 

 Festivals, ancient solar, 150 ; religions, astronomy and, 



notes on, 91 

 Fifteen, the, schoolgirl's puzzle, 11, 88 

 Fif-e- worship, 269 

 Fish, the blanket-, 270 

 " Five of Clubs" : our whist column, 22, 48, 71, 96, 



119,143,167,189,213 238,263,287; a whist super- 

 stition, 57, (dispelled) 81 

 *' Flatland, wail from," note on a, 116 

 Force and energy, 196 

 Eraser, Mr. J., notes on his *' Mystery of (Gravity," 282. 



See also "Reviews" 

 Furniture, laboratory, 60, 80 



GAMBLisa systems, sure (?) ; or, martingales, 29 



Games, drawn, in chess (illustrated), 23 



Garbett, B. L., on the prison cell and the Josephus 



puzzles, notes on, 115, 116 

 Gas lamps and burners for naturalist's laboratory, 16 

 Gladstone, Mr., refutations of his theories on Genesis 



123 

 Gospels, the, notes on the authorship of, 137 

 Gossip, 18, 41, m, 91, 115, 137, 162, 188, 209, 235, 256 

 " Gravity, tlip Mystery of," notes on Mr. J. Fraser's 



and Mr. Kedzie's books, 282. See also " Reviews" 

 Great circle sailing, 100 ; charts for, 198, 199 

 Guillemin's heavens, note on, 183 



" n," the letter, in England, 15G 



Haggard, II. Rider, notes on his novels, 235 ; note ou 



Peter Wilkins, 282 

 Hall. Prof. Asaph, and Mr. Proctor, notes on, 210 

 Hanlan and Beech, notes on, 19 

 Henry, MM. : photographs of double stars and star 



clusters (illustrated), 76 

 History and the antiquity of man, note on, 42 

 Holden, Prof., and Mr. Proctor, notes on, 210 

 Honeycomb cell-ends, problems of (illustrated), 152 ; 



an odd coincidence in connection with, note ou 



163 

 Human life, 265 

 Hutchinson, Dr. R F. : clouds, height of, 268 ; magic 



mirror, the Japanese, 186 

 Huxley's science and morals, note ou, 67 



