VI. 



KNOWLEDGE. 



Eclipse, Crescent Images of the Sun during 

 the- 



Letter on ; by E. Pierce 204 



Eclipse of the Sun, The Comiog— 



By E. Walter Mavndek 4'.> 



Eclipse, The Total Solar, of May 28th, 1900- 



]5y E. Walter Maunder ... ... 145, J 75 



Eddie. Major L. A., F.R.A.S.— 



The Black Kain of August (i, 18!)!) ... I'J 



Editorial 265 



Electric Auto-Portraits— 



By Ale.\. Thurburn ... ... 51 



Elvins, A. — 



Letter on Lunar Seas 38 



Eros and the Astrographic Conference— ... 207 



Explosions in Coal Mines — 



By John Mills ... ... 4 



Faculse, Spots and Photospheric Reticulation. 

 Artificial — 



Letter on ; by A. A. Buss 252 



Fermentation, Some Early Theories on— 



1 5y W. St.^nley SmIth ... 



Flanery, David — 



Letter on S. S. Cygni 



Letter on Observations of Variable Stars 

 Letter on S. U. Cygni... 

 Letter on Mira Ceti 



154, 17!) 



39 



65 



134 



20(i 



Fowler, A., F.R.A.S.— 



The Constituents of the Sun ,. 11 



The Face of the Sky 23, 47, 71, 95, 118, 143, 



1C7, 191, 215, 289, 263, 286 



Fry, G. Cecil- 

 Chemical Evolution 



Garland, Chas. H.— 



High-speed Telegraphy 



18!) 



193 



Geographical Society, The Annual Awards of 

 the Royal . . ... 181 



Godden, William — 



Letter on The Phase of Venus seen with the 

 Naked Eye 275 



Gore, J E , F.R.A.S.— 



The Hundred Brightest Stars 202 



Green, Jos. F., F.Z.S.— 



Letter on Seal in Suttolk ... ... ''7 



Haddon, Prof. Alfred C, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S.— 



The Evolution of Simple Societies ; 



L The Hunters 29 



IL The Pastors of the Steppes 76 



in. The Pastoral Societies 100 



IV. The Beginning of Agriculture 171 



V. The Metamorphosis of Herders into 



Tillers 221 



VI. The Eevolution effected by Corn ... 269 



Hill, George H.— 



Letter on Is the Stellar Universe Finite? ... 15 



Holmes, Edwin — 



Letter on The Collins' Monoplane Telescope 275 



Indian Tribes, Some Wild — 



By K. Lydekker ... ... . . 67 



Indians, American — 



By R. Lydekker . ... ... ... 150 



Inglis, Charles E., B.A — 



Letter on Is the Stellar Universe Finite ? . . . 65 



Jupiter and His Markings — 



By W. F. Denninc, 200 



Letter on ; by W. F. Denning ... ... 229 



Karkinokosm, The, or World of Crustacea— 



By Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing. 



Little Wonders and Queer Blunders 73 



Fish Bears and their Kindred 162 



The Many-Twinkling Feet 211 



Crustacean Nurseries . . ... . 266 



Karst, The Borders of the— 



By Grenville A.J.Cole ... ... ... 218 



Kaulbars, Baron N. (Lt. Gen.) — 



Letter on The Nature of Sun-Spots ... .. 2.)4 

 Letter on High-Speed Telegraphy .. ... 254 



