• KNOWLEDGE 



,119 



Sittine up Ulc. rvnurs^ in 



Smokinj; uid i^rowtb. 315 



Soft-waier. hoir it is banlfncd, 4S<i 



SoUr corvin*. the, S15 



SoUr 5urffc-c, sludj of the, 83 



Soul, the hmnan. and eiolutioniat*, 220 



Sp<CT»Icre.tion. rem»rk«.>n. 3»» 



Spectrum. Til<r»tin(f periods of r«T« of, 13 



Spoed of trii\Tclisi* - 



iveUine bodiM, 61 : l>un>inc 

 >n inhabitate.) botlj, 203, 

 _• into the. 385 

 ' ' licht them. 10 » 



T»«. • <■■>. 2SJ 



Tirh.-U.M,.- ti„-.-Mi. ..T..v«J •< 



Todhunler.als'l-ra bv, 2»l ... , 



• ■ ■• '■ "'sproTed by Professor 



S53 



VnlsicTioir. cruediM of continental, 236 ; see also 



186.406 

 ValcanijtiiMr, methods of. 13t 

 WariB and elactricilv, 153 

 Wheels, antiquilT of. ITi 

 YiiST, alcohol in, is it dntro/ed in baking? 220 



\vn, the, and how 



Muddock. SimpV 



8ons, London, i*l 

 .Vnatomiol aliidies. Ml 

 Atlas, the botanical, bv 1). Mc.Upine, F.C. 



burgb, W. i A. K. Johnston, 216 

 .<lutumn le.T«8, by Francis George Heath. 



Low, Marston, 312 

 BOTUTT, ea^ lessons in, 21B 

 Chisk. a complete Ruide to the ^me or, br H. F. L. 



Mejer. 16 

 Concise cTclopaNJia. Cassell & Co., London, 361 

 Curiosities of n-grtation. by M. C. Cooke. 57 

 Doomed comet, the, 



Wyraan A Sons, 3;s 

 ELi!i-T«o-liOto»s,bTj. W. Urquhart. TriibneriCo., 



London, 436 

 Kthice, science of, by Leslie Stephen. 3S 

 Eiperimenlal physioloKV. its beneBts to mankind, by 



Richard 0«en, F.B'S. Longmans & Co., 147 

 Faui in the Karoo, 4.-|6 



Freaks and marcela of plant life, by M. 0. Cooke. 57 

 QciDK to Sopthampton and Deitfhl>ourhood. b^^ftllB. 



W. Shore, F.O.S. Out.h i Coi, S-outhampton, 



197 

 Hkit a '.I1....I ,..iir-e on, by W. Lardon, M.A. 



S.ii ■ - T, I M>--<Mn. iCo.,2«6 



Hou-' ' ■ ."V. 216 



Hutu. Il.tiry Albert Beeves. Smith, 



K - . I '. Ml 



LrvK.- ^-.1 • i. it.illiook of, by W.K. Brooks, 



LitoroLij Sbakc^ix*arc, the, Cassell Sc Co., 03 



Lower life forms. ] 47 



MtaXETijit and electricity, by Richard Wormell. 



Thomas Murbr, London, 343 

 Manuals of elementary science, hr Professor Ronlley. 



T. Fisher Unwin. Ixmdon, 216 

 Memoirof Aueustui de Morgan, bv his wife. Longmans 



A Co., London, 4.'J3 

 Modem dreM and cb^thiog in its relations to health 



ai.J disease, by T. Fnolerick Pearse, M.D. 



Wrmsn \ ^ons, London, 182 

 MuM-ii'n,. s'ori- of a, by the Rev. IL ^ 



1 remarkable one at Dakota, 1 

 Bactiiia, the diOlculties of, 433 

 Bees at South Kensington, 188 

 Bell Telephone Companv, the American, 61 

 Bell telephone patent, the, 417 

 Birds and telegraph wirce, 458 

 Book plates, 184 

 Books, prices of, 81 

 Boucicault, Mr., on actin;;, 171 

 Brepet, M. Antonine, death of, 133 

 Broken neck, recovery from a, 43 

 Burdens upon commeVce, 4a7 

 Burying places of Indians near Atures, 432 

 Caulks on the west coahl of America, 353 

 Canary, a phenomenal, 58 

 Castof'Otl plant obnoxious to flies, 135 

 Casts, substance for, 421 

 Chesterfield, the electric light at, 83 

 Children, comparative vitality of, under 



methods of feeding, 135 

 Coal in British India, 379 

 Coal under London, 9H 

 Coercive force, inJluence ofj 



mugnotieation, 3L)1 

 Colour-blindpess among snowHelds, 148 

 Comet, WolU', the, to the naked eye, 49 



C rK[i I'll 1 • 11 Mnvluiustible mine of. 1 



beat produced by 



Russia and the telephone, '4i)3 

 Salt mine, electric light iu n, 

 Saving life, 187 



Swans on the Thames, 1S7 

 Sea gulls at Salt Lake City, 149 

 Signalling by sunshine, 344 

 Smallpox, the stamping out of, 116 

 Southwnrk and eleilric lighting, 388 

 Speculation in el-ctrical companioe, 60 

 Sugar extracted from water-melons, S21 

 Sulphuric acid, bad ciTfcts of, 407 

 St. Gothard Tunnel, the, 184 

 Tea cultivation iu New Zealand, 187 

 Telegraph hnjineevs. Society of, 135 

 Telegraph statistics, international, 71 

 Telephone in Frnne, the, 71 

 Telephone wires in Birmingham, 438 

 Telephoning, long-distance, 83 



letor, a super-sensitive, 215 



Therm 



Time by t--lephoiie, ■ 



Time signalling, 58 



Toads, are tliey pois 



Tobacco-smoke, the poisonous constituents of, 102 



Toronto University and v 



I'rufessor, and the Am 



light in 



it wood Oliver. 



Dogs, how killed in Philadelphia, I-IS 

 Dynamite for breaking up iron, 294 

 £uisox and Swan lamps, the, 132; 



Australia, 198 

 Klectric coiniuunication on trains. 432 

 Electric light in the c tv, 83; at ChesterBeld, 83; cosi 



of, 8U : in u sail mine, 92 ;'at Waterloo-house, 3V4 



at Canterburv Cathedral, 407 

 Electric railways, 281 

 Electric tramway, un, 71 

 Electric tricycle, an, 379 

 Electrotypin i telegraph wires, 343 

 Elements of the comet, 344 

 English, 23 

 European postage, 3 )1 

 Fkrbanti dvnamo-niachine. the, 463 

 Fire caused by lightning, 73 

 Fire insurance and electric light, 163 

 Pint fruita, one of the (electric light companies), U 



d. 171 



.147 



Testament, 





FronijOTC 

 Free buna! 



Heart, mechanism ( 

 Hunting alligatora, 133 

 Hvo^na dens, 40 

 Hydrophobia, 218 



India.vs, clTcct of electric light on, 202 

 Infant feeding, 358 

 Innuit tribes, remarks on the, 135 

 Insect pests, 1-48 

 Intelligence in animals, 211 

 International telegraph statistics, 71 

 Ila ian asbestos, 484 

 .Iablocukoff light, the, 93 

 .Japan, cholera in, 187 

 Japan, military forces of, 187 

 Japan, population of, 1-46 

 Japan, vital sUtintics of. 187 

 KiBKWALL, lightning fatality at, 484 

 Knowing how to swim, the advantages c 

 s for the il)sane, 366 



Lady-. 



ome; its appliances and apparatus 

 Marion A Co., 313 



Plant life, frcsks and' curiosities of, by .M. C. Cooke, 



r,7 



Poker: and how to plar it, by one of its victims, 



GrifTith. A Farran. 481 

 Practi.-al l*tanT. Hon.ton's, 210 

 Hm-ra- Engli-h. the. by G. Washington Moon. 



Ifr,' > .r.t r. r„l.r, -JW 



ScIl•^ . ,..,.... ,,[ .. r,. by W. Maltieu Williams. 



SiiaL' ' .•vll4Co..)« 



^r-.'- ' V Thomis W. Shore, r.G.S. 



UISCELIABEOUS. 



Leatheroid, 193 



Lectures by Mr. Proctor, 26 



Life of a maxim lamp, 432 



of equal lengths at the 



' cllcct on New Orleans, 187 



M.-uu!:i.iuLni.K lu, cxc-rcise, 218 

 Nkw ocean cables, 1 IB 

 New South Welsh coal, 4W 



I'liuluKr-ilihiLal .Sucicty, a 1 



Population of Japan, 118 



Powder magazine s'luck by lightning, 



Tree 



,71 



ir.i/w*""* ^J' ''''l-l, tie, on Knowlkdgk, 4iM 



\Valcli-i;lii>.ses, coiwumijtion of, 498 



Water-power lor the electric light, 93 



Well, a myster.oua. H79 



Western Union T<-legrnpli Company, 428 



Whale snapping a lot-bnc, 483 



Wild coffee-plant, making rope from the, 140 



Wire-fencing in thi.uderstorms, 431 



Women and tlie TtomIo University, 148 



Women, dress of, 139 



YsLLOW fever, fatal etlects in Cuba, 187 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Amatkor electrician, the, inductor, 8, 9 ; ( 



■iiart of linglunU and Wales, 162 



n the air, 278, 279, 3ili | 



lie, as seen during the eclipse, 105 ; diagram | 



Diauu, the, •>!' the Loi 

 Dove flower, the. 481 



Fish, with phosphorescenl spots, 193 

 Forms of clouds, 178, 170 

 Grolooy of Llandudno, 305 

 Great sun-spot, 

 Griscom electri 



Muotor, the, 390 



g, the, 311 



How to gel strong, 180, 181, 311, 332, 388 

 Hyla versicolor, development of, 203 

 IcEDKKOs, a procession of, 106 

 Lacukih, diagram of, 463 

 Luminous i.liark, a, 198 

 Mii.tAClNa comet, the, 327, 351 

 Moon, partial sobir eclipse of, 247 ; has the moon an 



alinosphereP433 

 New Princetown telescope, the, 360 

 Nights with a three-inch telescope (0 flguros), 21, 144, 



146, 310, 339 

 Puotoohapuic spectrum of the comet (Wells'), 89 

 Procession of icebergs, 1(10 

 SATfttK, observation of, Mil- 

 Science of the horre's motion, 323 

 Sea-squirt (Amaliroiicinm), 

 Stars for July. 70; Augu 



October, 295 



September, 



419, 43 



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TaA^■•l 

 TrBn~>. 

 Vk.vi- 



Wahy TUMM.AT, map (. 

 WaisU, figures of. 467 

 Weather charts, 11 



