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KNOWLEDGE. 



[July 1, 1899. 



not yet had time to examine. If sound and good, it will 

 receive early publication. 



TF. Clufifton. — Thanks for the two problems, which shall 

 be examined shortly. 



J. K. M. [Repton), — Problem withdrawn as requested. 

 The other two appear below. 



Towers. — In No. 2 the Black Pawn can cover. There is 

 a solution to No. 1, as you will see above. It is difficult to 

 apply the method of exhaustion to a chess problem, unless 

 the process is absolutely complete. 



PKOBLEMS. 

 By J. K. Macmeikan. 

 No. 1. 



Black (ti). 



Whitb (9). 



White matea in two moves. 

 No. 2. 



Black (4). 



White (ti). 



White mates in two moves. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



The Kent Chess Association inaugurated a successful 

 congress during Wbitsun week. Messrs. Blackburne, 

 Gunsberg, Laaker, Pillsbury and Tinsley, took part in 

 simultaneous and blindfold displays, and in some con- 

 sultation games, in which Mr. Pillsbury was both times 

 on the winning side. The Kent Cup was won by Mr. P. 

 Hart Dyke, the well-known Cambridge University expert, 

 who from necessity plays sans voir. 



Those insatiable opponents, M. Janowski and Mr. 

 Showalter, have arranged yet another match to take place 

 next October. Meanwhile both are playing well in the 

 London tournament which commenced on May 30th. 



The entries in the two-round tournament are not quite 

 so representative as was hoped. Notable absentees are 



Dr. Tarrasch, M. Charousek, and Herr Lipke. Mr. Burn 

 entered but declined to play. The competitors are Lasker, 

 Janowski, Pillsbury, Maroczy, Cohn, Schlechter, Sho- 

 walter — who are at present ahead of a trio of veterans 

 consisting of Steinitz, Blackburne, and Tcbigorin— the 

 rear being brought up by Messrs. Mason, Tinsley, Bird, 

 Lee, and Teichmann, the latter of whom has been com- 

 pelled to retire owing to ill-health. Much may yet 

 happen to change the present order, but it seems fairly 

 certain that Janowski, Lasker, Maroczy and Pillsbury, 

 will all be in the first six, and that the first three prizes 

 will fall to three of these four. Steinitz will no doubt 

 improve as he gets into better practice, but some of the 

 Englishmen are evidently out-classed, and it is difficult to 

 see why they were selected in preference to Herren Marco 

 and Mieses, who, possibly from choice, are playing in the 

 minor tournament. 



Mr. F. J. Marshall, the now American master, who 

 played at Board No. 8 in the recent cable match, at 

 present holds the lead in the minor tourney. The other 

 competitors are Messrs. E. M. Jackson, E. 0. Jones, 

 0. C. Muller, H. Erskine, T. Physick, and Dr. Smith, all 

 of England ; the foreign element being represented by 

 G. Marco, J. Mieses, M. Tabountschikofif, J. Esser, and 

 J. 0. Klimsch. In this competition the English players 

 are holding their own very well. 



Result of the Minor Tourney :— 1st, F. J. Marshall; 

 2nd and 3rd (equal), G.Marco and T. Physick ; 4th and 

 5th (equal), E. 0. Jones and J. Mieses. 



KNOWLEDGE, PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



Contents of No. 163 (May). 



Mother-of-Pearl and its Sources. By 

 R. Lydekker. {Illustrated.) 



Electricity as nn Exact Science. — 

 III. Arbitrary Assumptious and 

 Expressions. Scientific Speculation 

 as opposed to Hysteria. By 

 Howard B. Little. 



The Acetylene Industry. — II. By 

 George T. HoUoway, assoc.k.coll. 



sc, F.I.C. 



Clouds. By James Quiet. (JWustrated 

 and Plate.) 



A New Star in Sag-ittarius. By Ed- 

 ward C. Pickering. 



An Anglo-Saxon *' Story of the 

 Heavens." By E. Walter Maunder, 



F.R.A.S. 



Letters. 



Science Notes. 



Notices of Books. 



AVhat is a GeoloErical Catastrophe ? 

 By N. A. Graydon. 



The Mycetozoa, and some Questions 

 which they Suggest. — III. By the 

 Eight Hon. Sir Edward Fry, d.c.l., 

 LL.D., P.K.S., and Agnes Fry. 



Notes on Comets and Meteors. By , 

 W. F. Denning, f.r.a.s. I 



Microscopy. By John H. Cooke, I 



F.L.S., F.G.S. 



The Face of the Sky for May. 



By A. Fowler, f.b.a.s. | 



Chess Column. By C, D. Locock, b.a. ' 



Plate. — Classification of Clouds. ' 



Contents of No. 164 (June). 



The Hereford Earthquake of 1896. 

 By Charles Davison, sen., f.g.s, 

 {Diagram.) 



The Discoloi'ation of Cut Apples. By 

 G. Clarke Nuttall, b.sc. 



On the Ti-eatment and Utilization of 

 Anthropological Data. — III. Racial 

 Proportions. By Arthur Thomson, 

 M.A., W.B. (DiagraiH.) 



Secrets of the Earth's Crust.— III. 

 The Makers of Fhnt. By Granville 

 A. J. Cole, M.R.I. A., f.g.s. (Illus- 

 trated.) 



A New Satellite of Saturn. By 

 Edward C. Pickering. 



Nebulous Kegiou round the Cluster 

 N. G. C. No. 2239 Mouocerotis. By 

 Isaac Roberts, d.sc, p.r.s. {Plate.) 



Letter. 



Science Notes. 



British Ornithological Notes. Con- 

 ducted by H. F. Witherby, f.z.s. 



Notices of Books, 



Obituary. 



Wireless Telegi'aphy. 



The Karkinokosm, or World of Crus- 

 tacea.— IX. La Digniti^ du Chez-soi. 

 By the Rev. Thomas R. R. Stebbiug, 



M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S. (lilus- 



trated.) 

 Microscopy. By John H. Cooke, 



F.L.s,, F.G.S. {Illustrated.) 

 Notes on Comets and Meteors. By 



W. F. Denning, f.r.a.b. 

 The Face of the Sky for Jnue. By 



A. Fowler, f.r.a.s. {Illustrated.) 

 Chess Column. By C. 1>. Locock, b.a. 



Plate. — Phototrraph of the Nebula 

 N.G. C. 2237-9 Mouocerotis. 



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