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KNOWLEDGE. 



rSEPTEirBEB 1, 1899. 



No. 2. 



By P. G. L. F. 

 Bun (6). 



White (i). 



White mates in three moves. 



CHESS I NTELL IGENCE. 



" Chess Miniatures " is the title of a collection of fifty 

 two-move chess problems by Henry Bristow. Some of 

 Mr. Bristow's problems have appeared in this column 

 before this. Though occasionally a little too exuberant 

 in the matter of forces, they are always full of point, and 

 generally exhibit considerable originality. The booklet, 

 which is "the first production of an amateur printer," 

 and, as such, certainly very creditable, may be obtained 

 from the author, IG, Wesley Terrace, Hyde Park Road, 

 Mutley, Plymouth. The price, post free, is Is. 



The British Chess Company, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 

 ofl'er to supply, gratis, to any chess club or reading room 

 a copy of the rules of the British Chess Code, mounted on 

 linen (about twenty inches by sixteen), suitable for hanging 

 on the wall. 



Messrs. George Routledge and Sons are the publishers 

 of the " Modern Chess Primer," by the Rev. E. E. 

 Cunnington, m.a. (Price Is. 6d. boards, or 23. cloth.) 

 This is an extremely useful handbook for beginners. The 

 feature of the book lies in the fact that the writer has 

 succeeded in looking at the game from the standpoint of 

 the beginner, and not, as is too often the case, from his 

 own point of view. The writer takes the whole of chess 

 for his province, and the three hundred and fifty pages are 

 most usefully filled. The moves of the men, and the 

 various notations are first explained; then numerous 

 examples of check-mates are given, including both standard 

 ending check-mates, and mates of the kind likely to occur 

 during the middle-game in actual play. Pawn play is next 

 considered, and there in an instructive chapter on traps 

 and stratagems. The openings occupy about thirty-five 

 pages ; then follow general hints, annotated games and 

 end games, and about thirty problems. A brief history of 

 chess and chess literature leads to the British Chess Code 

 at the end. Perhaps the most useful novelty is the chapter 

 on easy check-mates in two or three moves. We ourselves 

 recently composed a collection of " Check-mates on a 

 Castled King," showing the most likely ways of bringing 

 the middle game to an abrupt termination. Some of 

 Mr. Cunnington's mates are naturally the same, or similar ; 

 but some of them strike us rather as ordinary problems, 

 the Black King often being in the centre, than as mating 

 positions likely to occur in actual play. The games are 

 very well annotated for beginners, the objects of the 

 various moves being clearly explained. On the whole, the 

 book strikes us as the best introduction to chess which has 

 yet appeared. 



Contents of No. 165 (July), 



Sponsres and the Sponge Trade. By 



R. Lydekker. {Jlliistrated.) 

 The Kuergy of Ruutgen Rays. By Dr. 



J. G. Macphersou, f.k s.e. 

 The Story of the Orchids.— I. By 



the Rev. Alex. S. Wilson, ma., 



B.sc, (niustvated.) 

 Microbes in Co-operatiou. By G. 



Clarke Nuttall, b.sc. 

 Distribution of Stars in Space. By 



Gavin J. Bums, B.sc. (Diugrams.) 

 The Zodiacal Coins of the Emperor 



Jahangir. By E. Walter Maunder, 



p.R.A.s. (Plate.) 

 Galileo's Tower at Florence. By 



W. Alfred Pan*. {TlUistfated.) 

 Science Notes. 



British Ornithological Notes. Con- 

 ducted by Harry F. Witherby, 



F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



Notices of Books. 



The Mycetozoa, and some Questions 

 which they Suggest.— IV. By the 

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

 LL.D.. F.B.S., and Agnes Fry. {Illus- 

 trated.) 



Electricity as an Exact Science.— 

 IV. Experience, its Value and its 

 Danger. By Howard B. Little. 



The Teeth on the Labella of the Blow 

 Fly. By Walter Wesche. (lUtts- 

 trated.) 



Microscopy. By John H. Cooke, 



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



Notes on Comets and Meteors. By 



W, P. Denning, f.r.a.s. 

 The Face of the Sky for July. 



By A. Fowler, f.r.a.s. 

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



Plate.— Zodiacal Coinage of the 

 Emperor Jahangir. 



Contents of No, 166 (Aug;ust). 

 On the Treatment and Utilization of 

 Anthroi>olopical Data.— IV- Height. 

 By Arthur Thomson, m.a., m.b. 



The Karkinokosm, or World of Crus- 

 tacea.— X. Weapons and Wiles. 

 By the Rev. Thomas R. R. Stebbing. 

 M.A., f.r.s,, F.L.S., F.z.s. (Illus- 

 trated.) 



A Contrast in Nosea. By R. Lydekker. 

 (Plate.) 



Some Suspected Variable Stars. By 

 J. E. Gore, f.r.a.s. 



The New Algol Variable in Cygnus 

 + 45*3062. By Edward C.Pickering. 



British Oruith ©logical Notes. Con- 

 ducted by Harry F. Witherby, 



F.z.s., M.B.O.U, 



Science Notes, 



Obituary. — Sir William Flower. 



Letters. 



Notices of Books. 



Two Months on the Guadalquiver. — 

 III. Reeds and Rushes. By Harry 

 F. Witherby, f.z.s., m.b.o.u. (illus- 

 trated.) 



Secrets of the Earth's Crust.— IV. 

 A Caldron of the Rocks. By Gren- 

 ville A. J. Cole, u.r,i.a., f.g.s. 



Microscopy. By John H. Cooke, 



F.L.R., P.G.S. 



Notes on Comets and Meteors. By 



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

 The Face of the Sky for August. By 



A. Fowler, f.r.a.s. 



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



Plate. — A Contrast in Noses, 



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