IV 



♦ KNO^VLEDGE ♦ 



[October 1, 1887. 



GEyEnA.L — continued. 

 TxDiAX myths : dawn, 52 ; thunder, 32 



Javes, Lewis G. : his work on the birth and growth of 



Cbristinnity, 158 

 January, the face of thesby for, 70 ; the sonthern night 



skies ill. 6, 35. 86 

 Japanese, the, masic mirror (illustrated), ISG, 207 

 Josephus and the life of Christ, notes ou, 137 

 Josephus pnzzle, notes on, 115, 116 

 Josephus question, notes on, 43 

 Jubilee Jeremiad, Tennyson's, 73 

 Julv, the face of the sky for, 216 ; the southern night, 



skies in. ISD. 197. 225 

 June, face of the sky for, 191 ; the southern night, 



skies in, 154, 180, 197 

 Juniority of beasts, the, 123 



Kedzte, Mr. : notes on his book on gravity, 282 

 King Arthur's court, a Yankee at, 64 

 Ksowi,EDOE. the conduct of, note on, 116 ; 



Qodd on the, 189 ; corrections for, 282 

 Krishna, Jezeus, notes on, 42, 91 



Mr. 



Laboratory, the naturalist's, 16, 50. fillastrated) 80, 



160 ; furniture. 60 ; requisites (illustrated), 278 

 Lansuage. evolution of : roots and their development* 



54 ; the origin of roots, 129 

 Languages, origin of, 201 

 Latin and Greek quotations, notes on, 257 

 Lecturer, Mr. Proctor as a, note on an unpleasant 



experience, 258 

 Letter ''H" in England, 156 

 Lick, the great, telescope. 203 ; notes on objections to 



Mr. Proctor's article, 209. 210 

 Life, human, 265 ; wild youth's tax on, 147 

 Life-forms, the origin of, 74 

 Light and dense matter, notes on, 42 

 Lilly, Mr. : his criticism of Prof. Huxley's " Science 



and Morals," nnte on. 67 

 *' Locksley Hall," 73 ; note on, 92 

 Lockyer, J. N. : the Tn/i^i record of "Science iu 1886," 



note on, 115 

 Lottery, tbe Louisiana, 160 

 Luck, the Sa!urday Review on, 228 ; notes on, 256, 257 



Magic mirror, the Japanese (illustrated), 186, 207 



Man in the moon. 273 



Man, the antiquity of, notes on, 42 



Maps and charts. See " Atla'', a one-scaled ; " 

 " Columbu?, voyages of, charted ; " and *' Skies, 

 southern night, the " 

 March, the face of the ?ky for, 118 ; the southern night 

 skies in, 62. 86, 105. 133 



Martingales ; or sure (?) gambling systems, 29 



Mastiff, wolf, and spaniel, 2-il 



Mathematical recreations, 10, 132. 153 ; note on, 189. 

 See al=o " Puzzles, our " 



Mathematics and science, notes on, 257 



M«tliew-i on whist, 22. 71, 167, 238, 287 



Matter, notes on, 42, 188 



Mas Mdller, P. : his science of thought. 187 



May, mathematical recreations for, 153 ; the face of 

 the skv for, 168 ; the southern night skies in, 133, 

 154,180 



Measurement, minute (illustrated). 78, 109 



" Mephisto ": our chess column, 23, 47, 72, 95, 120, 142, 

 165,191, 214, 239, 262, 287 



Meteorology : Mr. Proctor's contributions in ''American 

 CycIopaBtUa," 210 



Meteors, Professors Young and Newton and the origin 

 of, note on, 116 ; and comets, origin of, 64 



Microscope, pleasant hours with the (illustrated), 107, 

 267 



Mind, evolution of, 220 



Minute measurement (illustrated), 78, 109 



Mirror, the Japanese magic (illustrated), 186, 207 



Misdeals, singletons, and shufflings, notes on, 188 



Mistakes, notes on, 138 



Modesty, mock, notes on, 235, 236 



Moon, the man in the, 273 



Morals, evolution of, 243 



Moths, clothes-, and their allies, 177 



Mountains, the origin of, 136 



Museum bottles for the naturalist's laboratory (illus- 

 trated), 279 



Myths: Indian* about dawn, 52 ; Indian, about thun- 

 der, 32 ; man in the moon, 273 ; night and winter, 

 112, 125 ; the wild winds, 182 ; wind, 232 



Naturaltst's laboratory, the, 16, 59, (illustrated) 80, 



160. (requisites) 278 

 Newton, Prof., and the origin of meteors, note on, 115 

 Night and winter, myths of, 112, 125 

 Night skies, the southern. See " Skiei, southern night, 



the" 

 Noble, Capt. W., his studies with a small telescope, 166 

 North Polar regions, on the equidistant projection 



(illustrated), 58 

 November, the face of the sky for, 24 ; the southern 



night skies in, 272 



October, tlie face of the aky for, 286 ; the southern 

 night skies in, 251, 272 



Oil stores, the, of America, 175 



Oranges and the honeycomb cell-ends problem, an odd 



coincidence in connection with, note on, 163 

 Origin of lang\iages, 20i 

 Origin of mountains, the, 136 



Paleontology and the antiquity" of man, note on. 

 42 



Paley and the "Annals" of Tacitus, notes on, 162 



Pans, preserving and macerating, for the naturalist's 

 laboratory, 278 



Parnell, J., on the Japanese magic mirror. 207 



Pattison, S. R., his theory of creation and evolution, 

 notes on. 115 



Philology and the antiquity of man, note on. 42 



Pleasant hours with the microscope (illustrated), 107, 

 267 



Poems, Shakespeare's, 169 



Polar, north, regions, 58 



Prison-cell puzzle, notes on, 43, 92, 115, 116 



Prize competitions, 122 ; note on, 139 



Proctor, Richard A. : Allen, Mr. Grant, and the 

 Sifunlau Review, note on, 19 ; American astrono- 

 mers and large telescopes, notes ou, 209; "American 

 Cyclopedia." contributionsto, noteon, 210; Ameri- 

 cau mistake, note on a curious, 91 ; Americanisms, 

 14, 38, 113, 183, 230, 274 ; notes on the Sa'urday 

 Ri'vitno criticisms of, 41, 66 ; Angle, trisecting the, 

 note on, 116 ; Astronomy at hi* American 

 home, 88 ; Astronomy, his forthcoming work 

 on general, note on. 210, 282 ; Atlas, the one-scale, 

 34, 58, 88, 106. 134, 155, 181, 210, 224, 250 ; Augiis- 

 tine. St., notes on. 66 ; Bekker's view of Tacitus, 

 notes on, 162; Bafehall, curves in, play, 254; 

 Blauket-fish, the, 270 ; Carlisle, the Bishop of, 

 notes on, 43 ; Chances, strange, 278 ; Chess, 

 Knight's tour at, note ou, 116 ; Christianity and 

 the "Annals" of Tacitus, notes on, 162; Chris- 

 tianity, the beginning nf, 49 (notes in reply to 

 criticisms on, 137) ; Columbus, the voyages of, 

 charted, 202 ; Comets and meteors, origin of, G4 ; 

 Comets, the new, 135 ; Comets, notes on, 138 ; 

 Comets' tails, note on, 257; Copernicas, a life of, 

 note on, 91 ; Correspondent, an enigmatical, note 

 on, 42, 91 ; Creation and Evolution, the Chrisfiot 

 World on, notes ou, 115 ; Crichton, " Admirablp," 

 note on, 257; Cricket, notes on double-figare 

 innings, 18,19; Cricket, a "perfect innings" at, 

 252; Cricket and baseball, 207; Critics, anony- 

 mous, notes on. 66 ; Earthquakes, a correction, 

 notes on, 66 ; Earthquake predictions, notes on, 

 18; Egyptian belief and Christianity, notes ou, 

 162,163; English, old, notes on, 66, 67; Ethical 

 religion, note on, 13 ; Evolut'onary philosophy, 

 notes on, 42, 43 ; " Flattand, a wail from," note on, 

 116; Gospels, the authorship of, notes on. 137; 

 Gossip. 18, 41, 66, 91, 115, 137, 162, 188, 209,235, 

 256,282; Gravity, note on a work on, 282; Great 

 circle sailing, 100, (charts for) 19S. 199 ; Guille- 

 miu's heavens, note ou, 188 ; Haggard, Mr. 

 Rider, novels, notes on, 235, 2S2 ; Honeycomb 

 cell-ends problem, an odd coincidence iu connec- 

 tion with, note on. 163 ; Human life, 266 ; "Jose- 

 phus question," notes on. 43 ; Josephus and the 

 life of Christ, notes on. 137 ; Kxowledge, note on 

 the " get up '' of, 116; Kvowled(}e. note, by Mr. 

 Clodd, on the conduct of, 189 ; " Krishna Jezeus," 

 notes on, 42, 91 ; Latin and Greek quotations, note 

 ou, 257 ; Lecturer, note on an unpleasant experi- 

 ence as a, 25S ; Louisiana lottery, the, 160 ; Luok, 

 notes on, 256, 257 ; Man, antiquity of, science 

 and the, notes on, 42 ; Mathematics and 

 science, notes on, 257 ; Matter, notes on, 42, 

 188; Meteors, the origin of, note on, 115; Mis- 

 deals, siugletons, and i^hufflings, notes on, 188 ; 

 Mistakes and their correction, notes on. 138 ; 

 Mock modesty, notes on, 235, 236 ; Pa'ey and 

 Tacitus, notes on, 163 ; Prison-cell puzzle, notes 

 on 43, 92, 115, 116 ; Prize competitions, 122, (note 

 on) 139 ; Punch, on a recent controvei^y, note on, 

 139 ; Puzzles, our, note on, 19 ; Quartndeciman 

 controversy, notes on, 137 ; Religion and the un- 

 known, 193 ; Religious festivals and astronomy, 

 notes ou, 91 ; Ross, Col. Horatio, notes on, 92 ; 

 Rowing, notes on, 19 ; St. Joseph, notes on, 258; 

 Sfiturdaij R-vi<^ir, the, on luck, 228 ; Science and 

 morals, note on Prof. Huxley's article, 67 ; " Science 

 in 1386," note on the Tirnes record of, 115; 

 Sorapis, the worshippers of, note on, 163 ; Shake- 

 speare, improviog.noteon, 282; Skies, the southern 

 night, 6, 35, 62, 86, 105, 133, 154, 180, 197, 225, 

 251, 272 ; Socrates and the cross, note on, 163 ; 

 Soul-business correspondents, note on, 117; Star 

 of Bethlehem, 194 (note on), 235; Sun's motion 

 in space, note on, 91 ; Symmetrical figure, note on 

 a, 116 ; Talmage, Mr., on evolution, notes on, 43 ; 

 Telescope, the great Lick, 205, (note on) 209 ; 

 Theology and science, notes ou, 18 ; West Indian 

 seal, note on, 139 ; Whist, note on a *' Yarborough," 

 19; good hands at, 'note on, 115; Whist -players, 

 the sixteen, note on a solution, 91 ; Whist pro- 

 blem, a, 213 ; Wolf, mastiff, and spaniel, 241 

 Public Schools Atlas, 114 

 Punch, on a recent controversy, note on, 139 

 Pozzies, our, their solutions, and notes concerning : 9, 

 39, (the whist player's) 40,60,61,83,108,109, 130, 

 132, 151, 153,186; nineteen trees, the, 9, (note 

 on) 19, 39, 92; prison ceU, the, 43, 92, 115, 116 ; 



schoolgirl's, the, 11, IS, 83. See also " Mathematical 

 recreations " 

 Pyramid, building a triangalar (illustrated), 151 



QUARTODECiMAN controversy, note? on the, 137 



Rkade, M., his work on the origin of mountauis, 136 

 Recreations, mathematical, 10, 132, 153; note on, 189. 



See also " Puzzle?, our" 

 Referee, the, and Mr. Proctor on rowing, note on, 19 

 Religion, and the Unknown, 193; etliical, the three 



classes of. note on, 43 ; science and, 171 

 Religious festivals and astronomv, notes on, 91 

 Reviews, 19, 44, 67, 92, 117, 139, 163, 189, 210, 236, 258, 



282 

 Ross, Colonel Horatio, notes on, 92 

 Rowing, notes on, 19 



St. Josetii, mock modesty at, notes on, 235 



St. Joseph, notes on, 258 



Safurdat/ R<^rieir, the, and Mr. Grant Allen, note on, 

 19 ; and Americanisms, notes on, 41 ; its criticisms, 

 notes on, 66 ; on Beecher, 159 ; on lack, 228 



Schoolgirl's puzzle, the fifteen, 11, S8 



Science, and the antiquity of man, notes on, 42; and 

 mathematics, notes on, 257 ; and morals, note on 

 Prof. Huxley's article, 67; and religion, 171 ; and 

 theology, notes on, 18 ; Bacon and, 217 ; concise 

 expression in, 82 ; iu 1886, the Times record of, 

 note on, 115 ; of thought, the, 187 



Seal, West Indian (Monachus tropica), recent discovery 

 of, note on, 139 



September, the face of the sky for, 261 ; the Southern 

 night skies in, 225, 251, 272 



Serapis, the worshippers of, note on, 163 



Shakespeare, improving, 226 ; note on, 282 



Shakespeare's poems, lt)9 ; sonnet s, 247 



Skies, Southern night, the (illustrated): Jan., 6, 35, 

 86 ; Feb., 35,86,105 ; March, 62, 86 105, 133 ; April, 

 105, 133, 154 ; May, 133, 154, 180 ; June, 154, 180, 

 197 ; Jnly, 180, 197, 225 ; Aug.. 197, 225, 251 : 

 Sept., 225, 251, 272; Oct., 251, 272; Nov., 272 ; 

 Dec, 35 



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

 94 ; March, 118 ; April, 144 ; May, 168 ; Jane, 19L ; 

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



Slack, Henry J , on freaks of the wind, 195 ; pleasant 

 hours with the microscope (illustrated), 107, 267 



Smith, Prof. P.. and the comet of 1882, notes ou. 138 



Socrates and the symbol of the cross, note on, 163 



Solar eclipse, the recent total, 4 



Solar festivals, ancient, 150 



Solar system, and the Bible, note ou, 91 ; evolution of , 

 28 ; Herr Kovesligethy's theory, note on, 91 



Soul-busiuess correspondents, note on, 117 



Southern hemisphere, the night skies in. See *' Skies 

 the Southern night " 



Spaniel, mastiff, wolf and, 241 



Species, the origin of, 97 



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



Star clustei-s, double stars and, photographs of (illus- 

 trated), 76 



Stars: Gemini, the great cluster in, 76; Vega and its 

 companions, 77 ; Ep^ilon Lyne, tin group. 77 ; 

 Mizar, the double star, path of, 77 ; k Bootis, 58 

 Corvi, and y Virginis, the doable, paths of, 77 



Stars of the Southern skies. See " Skies, Southern 

 night, the " 



" Stella Occidens" : myths : Indian, about dawn, 52 ; 

 Indian, about thundt-r, 32 ; man in the moon, 273 ; 

 night and winter, 112, 125 ; the wild winds, 182 ; 

 wind, 233 



Stellar system, evolution of, 27 



Strange chances, 276 



Studies with a small telescope, 156 



Sun, birth of the, 15 ; interior of the, 255 ; its motion 

 in space, noteon, 91 



Surnames, familiar, note on, 282 



Symmetrical figure, note on a, 116 



Tacitus on Christianity, notes on, 162 



Talmage, Mr., on the survival of the fittest, notes on, 

 43 



Telescope, studies with a small. 156 ; the great Lick, 

 205 ; note on American astronomers and the, 209 



Tennvson's jubilee Jeremiad, 73 ; Locksley Hall, note 

 on, 92 



Theology and science, notes on, 18 ; evolution of, 244 



Thomas, W. Cave : concise expression in scieuce, 82 



Thought, the science of, 187 



Thunder, Indian myths about, 32 



Trees, the nineteen puzzle, 9 ; solution, note on (illus- 

 trated), 92 



Twain, Mark : Yankee, a, at King Arthur's court, 64 



UsK.s'OWN, religion and the, 193 



Volcanoes, past and present, 84 



Voyages of Columbus, the, oharted (Illustrated), 202 



West Indian seal (Monachus tropica), recent discovery 

 of, note on, 139 



