Dec. 22. 1682.] 



KNO^^/'LEDGE ♦ 



487 



bad war, von and I. But. supposing we are wrong yet (as ^™ l^o"^) 

 honest lA our belief, and are to suffer untold pams and Penalnes for 

 being wrons, then would I, for one, rather submit to snch puna.h- 

 ment than^ offer to the Being they describe as so powerful, so 

 S.Tnst,andso cruel-the hideous idol f^^'^r'^ .f ' " J^^^^: X^" 

 heids, and no more holy than any other wooden idol-the unclean 

 sacrifice of a Ue. I a^ee with them pretty nearly ^^^^^^S 

 evolution will not be more accepted forty years hence than no« 

 for it cannot be much more fully accepted by all who kno,c, and 

 the multitude of those who do not know will be always great 1 he 

 ignorant, like the poor, we have always with us.— P- A. i otkebgill 

 Thanks ; shall appear. How fooUsh are the Pfvalent preindices 

 on the subject l-E. Gukney, writing on behalf of the Society for 

 Psychical Kesearch, would be obliged if Mr Smclaar (letter boO) 

 would give him the address of Dr. GoodaU Jones, of Liverpool, or 

 enable Mr. Gumey to get first-hand information respectmg the 

 interesting case touched on in ilr. Sinclair's letter.-A. IN. S. We 

 think with vou the passage quoted from De Morgan's lette.^ ambi- 

 gnous : probablv it was meant to be so. In the illustration you give 

 of the syllogisii, the inference is fairly di-awn from the premisses. 

 If there arS as manv non-sculptor artists as there are painters 

 (sculptors or otherwise), and some sculptors are painters, there 

 must be non-sculptor artists to match the sculptor pamters numer- 

 ically ; as many artists as remain— that is, as many as there are 

 non-sculptor painters-mav be painters; but this number among 

 the artists (that is, as many as there are sculptor painters) must 

 certainly not be painters. Put definite numbers, and the matter is 

 simple enough. There are 531 painters and o31 non-sculping 

 artists, and 119 sculptors are painters ; then at least 119 artists are 

 not painters, for there are only 412 non-sculping painters, while 

 there are 119 more non-sculping artists.— Sexes. Jlr. Lt. r . 

 Chambers is quite right. Kepler had supposed there could be no 

 transit of Venus in 1639. Horrox took the time of conounction 

 from Kepler's tables, rejecting Lansberg-s ; but he inferred 

 a transit from his own observations of Venus, the same 

 which had shown him the worthlessness of Lansbei^s tables. 

 — G. St. CuiR. What is the theory ?— Jacobite. (1) It was 

 never supposed to be Newton's comet. (2) The changes have 

 arisen chiefly from doubts as to what part was the true nucleus ; 

 this misled us aU— Hind, Pickering, Smythe, Chandler, and— yours 

 trulv. (3) The rapid working of the machine necessitates rapid 

 combustion, therefore quick breathing. (4) Will see about erra.a 

 idea (5) The cheapest edition of any of my works is that begun 

 in first three volumes of Knowledge Library. — Jcles Magn-i. 

 (1) Some of mv works have been translated mto French, as 

 "Other Worlds than Ours" and "School Star Atlas, by niy 

 friend, M. I'Abbe iloigno; but I do not know who ^e the pub- 

 lishers of the French edition. (2) I do not know the Kobertsoman 

 method of learning language.— J. E. Clakk, Bootham York, would 

 hke anv information about the meteor (?) seen at b.lO on I«ov. 1/ ; 

 in part"icular the place where "A. G." (letter, p. 431) made his 

 observations.-B. J. S. Difference of distance and of conditions 

 under which seen would account for difference of size.— L. Ji. 

 Mawek wishes for instructions as to setting a Fitzroy barometer 

 ri-'ht which has had a fall, air having been thus introduced mto the 

 tube — M. B. A. Astronomv k-nows nothing yet of condensations 

 from the aether of space.— P. D. I do not myself understand how 

 Mr W M. WUliams makes out " matter " and ■ motion to be con- 

 vertible terms ; it seems to me that "hours" and "boots" are as 

 readUy convertible.— Another of Toue Sc^scribers. Your letter 

 forwarded to a telescopic friend. 



0ur 51331) iet Column. 



By " Five of Clubs." 



Note. 

 A 



KEEPIXG BACK THE BEST OF A PLAIN SUIT, 

 r. The Hands. B. 



Spades-6, 5. 4. /\ Spades-Kn, 9, 3. 



Hearts— Kn, 10. '.'. / \ Uearts-6. 



Clubs- Q, Kn, >. 

 Diamonds — Q, S, 



Spades— A, K, 7. 

 Hearts— Q, 7, 5, 4. 

 Clubs— A. K, 3. 

 Diamonds — A, 10, 



^ Clubs— 10, 7. 5, 4, 2. 

 B \ Diamonds— K, 9, 5, 



y Z. 



Spmif-— Q, 10. S, 2. 

 Hearts — A, K, 8, 3, 

 Clubs— 9, 0. 

 Diamonds — Kn, 3. 



l^_dla 



THE PLAT. 



-The card underlined wins the trick, and c»rd below leads neit r««id. 

 V B Z MB. LEWIS'S NOTES. 



1 . With snch all-round strength, 

 t rump is the proper lead. It 

 luethat where the lead is not 

 1..J111 numerical strength in trumps,. 

 the leader declares general 

 strength, and gives the adver- 

 saries the opportunity of finessmg 

 against him in plain suits. But 

 with such a hand, it is worth while- 

 running the risk. If the trump 

 had not been led, A must have- 

 opened the Heart suit, '" ■«'f!<=^ 

 snlv his partner's weakness (which 

 might have been defeated) coulA 

 have helped him. 



2. Z opens a suit of five, heade* 

 by Ace, King. Some players, act- 

 in" upon the analogy of a smt of 

 fiv°e headed by the Ace, lead the^ 

 Ace first. But I do not approve 

 of this play. If the Ace is 

 trumped, the position of the Kmg- 

 is unknown. If the King on the- 

 second round is trumped, it simu- 

 lates the lead of Ace. King, only. 



4. Although void of Hearts, B 

 properly returns the trump. Z 

 leads the nine, as the eight was. 

 turned. . 



5. A continues trump, satisfied 

 to make his Heart Queen later on. 

 i is in a difficulty what to discard. 

 As his partner led from three 

 trumps only, he is uncertain of his: 

 suit. He keeps his numencai 

 strength in Clubs. 



9 1 properlv refuses to win 

 the trick. With the long trump 

 in Z's hand, he would be freemg 

 his other Hearts. 



12. The success of holding back 

 the Queen is now apparent. A 

 and B win the game. 



FoBciXG.— Speaking of the rule, 

 "When weak in trumps do not 

 force vour partner," Col. Drayson 

 makes" the foUowing sound re- 

 marks:—" It does not mean never 

 force vour partner if weak in 

 trumps yourself ; but it means, it 

 vou see a good chance of making 

 more tricks by not forcing your 

 partner than you could make by 

 forcing him, then refrain from the 

 force ; but you should always re- 

 member it does not follow that your 

 take a force, even 



+ A* 



partner 



though you offer it him. He may 

 conclude, and erroneously, that 

 vou are strong in trumps ; but he 

 Would not conclude so unless he 

 were considerably impressed with 

 the importance of the advice, 'do 



not force vonr partner it weak m 



trumps.' Many players, influenced by this "==°»7«"^»n' ^ 

 frequently tjirow away a game in consequence of thcur tertue 

 imagination." ^_ __^ 



JJJrr Drydto. 

 • Three Pens for three essential virtues famed. 

 The Piehriek, Orl. and JTarerlty were named. 

 The first in fleiibilitv snrpassed. 

 In ease the next, in elegance the last. 



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< Let those write now who never wrote before ; __ 

 And those who always wrote now write the more. —Oian J imtt. 

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