♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



How to riJe * triovcic, 67 



HufiBinj. Dr. W ■. K.H.S.. pholosraphic spfHnim i 



J&oo, Will. an. K.C.S., crT!,liiU, 2'^, '•-: »*ur cl 



Jtpmif . die' of Iho. 139 



J<-Il<<n.-J. Kiobunl. I Us sun Slid the brook, 331 



.I^wfl, sI.ili^til'H relatiTe to the, 255 



July II.. xfr.. Ill 



ii-hino, trinl of, tOO 

 tnr,»i!o-3d«»rr. n, 314 

 K».-o '. farm in the (reiiew) , -150 

 Ki-» Evot, 3;0 



Kc« OarJ.-n.. 335, 319. 33). 309. H2 

 tnowlrdi-. .Mttthi-* .\moia on. 193 



L-.-af-cpvui.;, :U;. l'* 



Lr»rn ui lan^.i....;,-.. »27. 161, 49" 



UarniD.; to ■..iiu.. 1TS». Hi. 308 



UclMih ■•. 0«)r_-e«. 3 n 



L4*igh. RicbAKl, M.R.C.3., destruction of rare auimnb 



ud plants, 4SI 

 l^mon-iuic.^. prfs*rTation of, 493 

 l.'wis. Dr. Uio. ronota anil health, 493 

 Lerlaiid, J.'hn, the humour of the Aryan race. 177 

 l.:)>rar ,-< of Kabvlonia and Assyria, 414 

 L '.r.v :, of B-nNition, 4,-.j 

 I, f,- I,- ri- of a plant, 361 

 Lijhlii..!,;, effects of. on a house, 325 

 I,;l<-ni-_v .Tork tiad iosantty, 304 



LUard. the poisonous, 263 



London ColL-ge of Practical EnfnnMring, 336 



longevity in Krusnia. 293 



Louire. Chaldean antiquities at the (illustrated), 167 



t,o«e. Dr. F. R. Eaton, n glass of vrine, 209 



Luminous -hark, a (illustrated), 197 



M*cBFTit. Ladr, by Madame Ristori, 112 



Matniei 

 Magn 



411 



"tism aud electricity (review), 34.1 



ia in New RnKUnd, I'M 



antiquity of, in Western Europe, 87 



Manganese ore, 476 



Margale, sea-bathing ioflrmarv at, 263 



Maatodon. the, 330 



Mathematical column :— inverse probabilities, It; 

 problems, l.i : the Una of probabilities, 30, 46. U2 : 

 t.j our readers, b3; the problems of " Y " solved, 

 31, 269, 333; easy lessons in the differontiul 

 caloilus. 83. 101. 120, 136. 154, 171, 188, 203, 237, 

 318, 346, 395. 412. 459, 473, 600 



Uathematics and Science, 129 



Meat supplies of the world, 319; product of the L'niled 

 Stales, 476 



Menacini: comet, the (illustrated) , 303, 327, 331 



Mela- — 



Meieors, the Augusi 



! at, 412 



MidUnd accident, the, 385 



Million Tears, a, 49 



Mineral protiuclions in Rurope, 2»7 



Minute l.fe. a study of, 37, 1U7, 259 



Mirmce. in Sweden, 223 



Modem dress (reriew), 193 



Monk<h'.od, 289 



Moon, has it an atmosphere ? (illustrated), 214. 'iV 



420. i.T3 

 Monsan, Prrifessor D- (review), 4.35 

 Moliis and llull-rniel, 9, 24, W, 95, 113, 217, 21! 



176. 4J1 

 Maeb ado al>-ut nothing. 384, 106 

 Hanoxti. Oallery, the. Hm 

 Hational game. >.tir. 161 

 Hational Portrait Callery, 334 

 ITatoralisfs year, autumn buds. 418; ants and nphide 



4at ; the mistletoe bouKh, 477 

 New b<iilding,«tone. 398 



Hew Pnnoe'own tele^^ope, the (illustrated; , :i3;i 

 ITicht-sifCnalliDg from captive balloons, 370 

 Highls with a three-inch telescope, 21, 14>, 310, 330 

 Ifoble, William, the division in the ring of Satun 



an. has the moon an atmosphere? 433 

 north Pole, i^Heotifle ol^ersations at the, I»2 

 Norwar, animals in, 295 

 novelist, death of a, 476 

 Oil 



lilli 

 Opiam. the use of, 2^49 

 Organic bodiew, preservation of, 223 

 Oriental manai>cri[its, 240 

 Our anceatora, the Hnal mixture, 4 

 Onr hodi<»— t)on<« (illustrated), 467 ; 

 Oar iiAti«iul game, 123, 164 



Parallel Ne>v Testament, 



Path of the comet (illustrated). 453 



Pearson, James, M.A., high tides, 294 



Pebbles, notes on, 240 



Photography for amateurs, 22; the gels 



65, 120,198 

 Pilot-engines, 303 

 Plain ways in science (review) , 377 

 Poisonous liiard, a, 230 



110; vej^elable poisons, 146, lUl 



Poker, 4*4 



Polytechnic Institute, the, 313 



Population of the oarth, 3 



Postal Union, statistics of, 239 



Potatoes, now use for, 39S 



Prevost. E. W., Ph D.. li'o-historv of h [iLint, 3«1 



Procession of icebergs (illustrated). 168 



Proctor. Richard A., winninj wagers, 5, 6; on some 

 critics, 43 ; thought-reading, 51, 68, 108, 128, 161 ; 

 the ores of science, 64 ; easy lessons in the differen- 

 tial calculus, 120, 154, 171, 18S, 2II3, 316, 366, 395, 

 ■159, 473, 600 ; stimulants nnd study, 125, 142 ; 

 mathematics and science. 129; the Aususr meteors, 

 175 ; forms of clouds. 178 ; clouds in tho air, 208 

 (illustrated). 278. 326: tho British Association, 

 224, 210, 257; Mi.-ju-.- in C:iiKula. 217; V.-uu- 

 nearing trmislt .;■:-■ [■■■.■■, j,l, ' ' ', T,'., i.| 

 418,451 ; the. 



type-writer, 1 '- , tl- I'- •- , '< ■ . i-ii'imi:; 



languages, 427. Hit. 11(7; .■..i-sel-ivwinnK, 12;i. Mr,; 

 sun-spot theories, 431; stayed weakness, 4711 ; the 



Public health, the, 183, 200, 231 

 Railway speed, French and English, 435 

 Kain-band, the,293,307, 375 



Barneses II , was he the Pharaoh of the oppression ? 1 

 31; the PhavHoh of Ji.<..|ili ? lij ; the .onsc.uliv 



Kale 

 Pa-Tum, »n 1 



Resear.li, I' I f, 295 



Review, tli.-, H:t 



Kings, fairy, 127 



Ristori, the Lady »facbeth of Madame, 112 



Hiver-drift man. Professor Dawkins on the, 212 



Ross, Lieut.-Col. W. A., R.A. (lesson V.), 23 

 Royal Academy, 1 



Royal Aquarium winter electric exhibition, the, 191 

 Russell, Percy, future sources of our food supply, OZ, 



143, 194; science in its application to domestic 



life, 245 

 Sands at Kirkcaldy, subsidence of, 350 

 Huod-storm, a remarkable, 223 

 Suturdny Recievi, the, aud Mr. Proctor, 239 

 Sutum. 'division in the ring of, 291; observation of 



(illustrated), 3i)7; ring of (illustrated), 329, 375, 



389,420. 

 S.ience and mathematics, 129 ; in Canada, 217 ; in its 



application to domestic life, 215 ; lectures for the 



people, IHl ; of the horse's motion (illustrotod) , 



323; of the Time., 312 ; the eyes of, 51 

 .Sea-bathing inBrmary at Margate, 203 

 Sea birds, 250 



Search lights for the navy, 32<i 

 Seaside health-resorts, English, 3, 18, 39, 91, 109, 1U2, 



176, 211, 300 

 Secondary batteries and accumulators, 322 

 Sensation, libration, of, 455 

 Severe gale and electric storm, 301 

 Shakespeare, the Leopold (review) , 93 

 Siemens, Dr., and the comet, 155 ; on tolar energy, 27 

 Silver-plated articles, bow to keep them bright, 192 

 Slack, Ilenry J., P,O.A,. a study <.f minute life, 37, 



107, 259 

 Smoke from wood, ntilisatioii of, 201 

 Smyth, C. Piaiii, tho rainbond, 2!13, 307 

 Snowstorms, their effect on public trallic. Mil 

 Society, ladies', dress, 49 

 Solar energy, Dr, Siemens on, 27 

 Southampton, guide to (review), 197 

 Hpa^-e, the atmosphere of, 451 

 Span of wire, the longest, in the world, 221 

 Spontaneous combustion of cotton, 231 

 Stanley, Mr., discoveries of, 376 

 Star in the East, the, 491 

 Stature, remarks on the human, 239 

 SUyed weakness, 479 

 StimuiantJi and study. 125, 1 12 

 Stinging tree, the, 2.'i;, 171 



Story of a museum (review), 67 



Straddling, Arthur, O.M.G.d., toads, are they poison- 

 ous? 277 



Strong, how to get, 23 ; tho ohest, 36, 69, 88 ; letter to 

 the editor, 125; to expand and deepen the oheat 

 I illustrated) . 180; to strengthen the musolea out- 

 side the chest (illustralcJ), 232; to strengthen 

 the upper back and the shoulders, 3-1 ; the dorsal 

 muscles (illustrated), 380; the waist, 451 



Study and stimulants, 12 s M2 



fuel of the, 391, 410, 43 i 

 spot theories, 131; theory 

 t; tho great sun-spot, 431, 



Telescope, nights with a three-inch, 21, Ml, 

 Tennyson, Alfred, as a dramutist, -ill 



Tonquin, flora of, 3.30 



Transits of Veuus (illustrated), 271, 200, 3->6, 404, 118 



Trees and tho Morlheru Pacilic Railway, 162 



Tree-toad, the (illustrated) , 261 



Tricycle, how to ride one, 07 ; for ladies, 95 ; as an iiiil 



to photography, 387 ; what mil be its future form ? 



196 ; see also 178 

 TrolL.p.., Anthony, 175 



Upheaving of land, 

 Vkgktation, curios 



355, 401, 41S (iUus- 



Watlle harii iii Auni, alia, 330 



Wcutlier charts, 11, 21, 41, 07, 74, 98, 116, 131, IW, 

 107, 183, 200, 217, 231 



Webb, T. W., tho great comet, 413 



Weils' Comet, the photographic spectrum of (illus- 

 trated), 89 



Whist column ; *' Yarboroughs," 16 ; Coelobs on whist, 

 16; third hand play, 3i ; playing to tho chonces, 

 ■17; with a bad partner, 221 ; a bumpor at whist, 

 61; the Milue cii ;;(....l play, 31, 104; returning 

 the lead .t ;i I irfii r, i(»i; double dummy 



problem, 1.1 I, 1 . . I K'lmos, 174,221; the 



chanc... .. I . .. .ards nt whist, 187; 



e, 401 



atcd), 467; joints, 



of the sun, 416 ; h* 



120 ; the atmosphere ol , 

 Wilson, Dr. Andrew, K,R.S.E., found links, 



121, 159; a poisonous lizard, 230; hair eels, 4 



our bodies (ton. 

 Wine, a glass of, 209 

 Winning wagers, 6 

 Wire guages, now scale for, 4^15 



Wood, water frim, 207 



Wrecks on the Iri«h i-oiibI. ho« 



COEEESPONDENCE. 



Ai CLMbtiTOa, an cCfeetive, 119 



.Vdvanec of science, 407 



Alcohol and inhcriU'd vice, 2:11; as a food, 250; in 

 relation to brain work, 250; hingular effects of, 

 283 ; the now use of, 314; sec also 3U0, 331, 438 



Animals, the artistic perception of, 169, 2.33 



