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KNOWLEDGE. 



[December 1, 1899. 



PROBLEMS. 



By C. D. Locock. 



No. 1. 



Black (s). 



White (7). 



White mates in two moveB. 

 No. 2. 



Blaci (4). 



White (0}. 



White mates in two moves. 



[The publication of Editorial compositions signifies, as 

 usual, that the stock of problems sent in by the solvers of 

 Knowledge has once more become exhausted. Can the 

 deficiency be supplied ?] 



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CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



Messrs. J. L. Cope and J. W. Eussell, joint hon. secre- 

 taries of the recent London Tourney, inform us that " the 

 gold medal presented by the Ladies Chess Club for the 

 winner of the moat brilliant game in the recent Masters' 

 Tournament, has been awarded to Mr. Lasker for his 

 game against Mr. Steinitz in the second round. The 

 prize of Ten Guineas presented by Mrs. F. H. Lewis and 

 Mr. Harry Lewis for special brilliancy in any game played 

 in the recent Masters' Tournament, has been awarded to 

 Mr. J. H. Blackburne for his game against Mr. Lasker in 

 the first round." 



The Janowski-Lasker match appears to have fallen 

 through, owing to failure in agreement as to the number 

 of games to be played. M. Janowski may perhaps play a 

 match with Mr. Showalter. Failing that, Messrs. Steinitz 

 and Showalter will play a " series " of games. 



The International Tournament next year will take 

 place, as might have been expected, at Paris. It will be a 

 one-round contest, limited to twenty-four players. 



The appended game was played in the recent London 

 Tournament : — 



Contents of No. 168 (October). 



On the Treatmeiit and Utilization of 

 Anthropological Data. — V. Cranial 

 Form. By Arthur Thomson, m.a., 

 K.B. (Ulustyated.) 



Sir Michael Foster's Presidential 

 Address to the British Association, 

 September 13th, 1899. 



Two Months on the Guadalquiver. — 

 rV'. Scrub and Wood. By Harry 

 F. Witherby, f.z.s., m.b.o.u. 



The Karkinokosm, or World of Crus- 

 tacea. — XI. Taste and Try. By the 

 Rev. Thomas B. K. StebbiuK, m.a., 

 F.E.S., F.L.S., F.z.s. (Ulustrattjd.) 



Letters. Obituary. 



Science Notes. 



British Ornithological Notes. Con- 

 ducted by Harry F. Witherby, 



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



Notices of Books. 



Ben Nevis and its Observatory. — II. 



By William S. Bruce, f.k.s.g.s. 



(UlustraUd.) 

 Some Suspected Variable Stars. — III. 



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

 Secrets of the Earth's Crust. — V. 



The Great Earth-Mill. By Gren- 



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



(Tllustrated.) 

 Notes on Comets and Meteors. By 



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

 Microscopy. By John H. Cooke, 



F.L.fi., f.g.s. {Illustrated.) 

 The Face of the Sky for October. By 



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

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

 Plate.— Ai-ctic Shrimp and Oriental 

 River Prawn. 



Contents of No. 169 (November). 

 The Mycetozoa, and some Questions 



which they Suggest. — VI. By the 



Right Hon. Sir Edward Fry, f.b.s. 

 Shells us Ornaments, Implements, and 



Articles of Trade. By R. Lydekker. 

 Electricity as an Exact Science. — 



VI. The Relation of Modem 



Electrical Practice to its History, 



its Units, and its Keasoning. By 



Howard B. Little. 

 Ups and Downs in oiu- Daily Weight. 



By W. W. Wagstatfe, b.a., f.r.c.s. 

 Is the Stellar Universe Finite? By 



Gavin J. Burns, b.sc. 

 Photograph of Nebulse sorronnding 



the Star D.M. No. 1818 Monocerotis. 



By Isaac Roberts, d.sc, f.r.s. 

 The November Meteors of 1899. By 



Edward C. Pickering. {Illustrated.) 

 The "Seas" of the Moon, what are 



they, and what is the Cause of their 



Obsciu'e Appearance ? By J. G. O. 



Tepper. 

 British Ornithological Notes. 

 Science Notes. Letters. 



Recent Work of the United States 



Biological Survey. By Wilfred 



Mark Webb, f.l.s. 

 The Story of the Orchids.— III. By 



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

 On the Duty of a Field Naturalist. 



By E. A. S. E. 

 Microscopy. By John H. Cooke, f.l.s. 

 Notes on Comets and Meteors, By 



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

 The Face of the Sky for November. 



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

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



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