KNOWLEDGE 



INDEX 



Abbott, G.. M.R.C.S.— 



Letter on ; " Deserts and tbeir Inhabitants " 



Acetylene Gas 



Note on 



Africa and its Animals 



By R. Lydekker 



Agriculture, A Classic Legacy of 



By John Mii,i.> 110 



Alexander, Boyd, M.B.O.U.— 



A Valley on Siio Nicolau, Cape Verde Islands 



Ant, The Gizzard of the — 



By Walter Wesche ... 



Antarctic Exploration — 



Note on... 



Antlers, Ancient Red Deer — 



By R. Lydekker 



Aurora Borealis, The— 



Letter on ; by J. MR. 



Aurora, Photographic Spectrum of the 



By Edward (,'. Pickering 



Aurora, The Great Sun spot and the— 



By E. W. M.\rNi)ER . 



Australasia, Vegetation of 



Letter on ; by Fred Whitteron 



Battersby, Frances I. — 



An Irish Superstition ... 



Bee, The Hooks on the Mandible of the Honey 



By W.^lter Weschi: .. 



Bees, British, I., II., and III.— 



By Fred. Knock 50,8 



Bees' Mandibles, Hooked Process on— 



Letter on ; by V/ alter Wesche 



Beet Sugar, The, Industry in England— 



By John Mills 



Letter on ; by Sigjiund Stein 



Besley, W. E.- 



Letter on ^'a^iable Stars 



Bessemer, Sir Henry — 



Obituary Notice of ... 



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 275 

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 229 

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 228 

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 256 

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2,97 



183 



241 

 277 



81 



80 



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Binary. A New Spectroscopic 



By EiiwAHi) C. Pickering ... ... ... 134 



Birds. Rare — 



Letter on ; by W. H. S. Monck ... .. 17 



Bird Song, Repetition and Evolution in — 



By C'nARi.E;- .\. Witchell ... .. ... 1116 



Letter on ; by W. Alfred Parr ... 277 



Books, Reviews of— 



Andrcp and hi? Bul'ooii. Bv Heui'i Liicliambri' 



and Alexis Maohurou .. .. ... 87 



Animals, Wild Traits in Tame. By Louis Robinson 64 



Astronomy, a New, for Beginners. By David P. 



Todd ... ... .. ... . . 109 



Astrononiv, Elements of Descriptive. By Herbert 



A. Howe ... ... ... ... ... 233 



Astronomy, The Concise Kuowledgo. By Agnes M. 



Gierke, A. Fowler, and J. EUard Gort- ... IH 



Astronomy, The Klements of. By Charles A. Young Ho 



Audubon and liis Journals. Bv Maria E. Audubon 231 

 Birds in London. By W. H. Hudson ... ... 208 



Bond, William Cranch, and )iis son, George Phillips 



Bond, Memorials of. By Edward S. Holdcn ... 134 

 Botany, a Text-Book of. By Dr. E. Strasbm-ger. 



and others ... ... ... ... 209 



Carpentry and Joinery, Xotes on. By Thomas Jay 



Evans . "... ... ... ... S6 



Chemistry, a Treatise on (Vol.11. The Metals.). 



By Sir Henry Roscoe and C. Schorlemmer ... 85 



Chemistry. Text-Book of Physical. By Clarence L. 



Speyers ... .. ... ... ... 180 



I'arwin, The Method of. By Frank Cramer ... 20 



Democracy. The Rise of. By J. Holland Rose .. I'J 



Design for Woven Fabrics, Ornamental. By C. 



Stephenson and F. Suddards ... ... 19 



Eclipses, Recent and Coming. By Sir Xorman 



Lockyer ... ... . . ... ... 20 



Education, English National. By H. Holman ... 273 

 Electricity in the Service of Man. By R. Wormell 20 



Klectro-Piiysiology. Vol. IL By W. Biedermann 179 

 Entomology, Text-Book of. By Alpheus S. Packard 256 

 Ethnological Studiesamong the North- West Central 



Queensland Aborigines. By Walter E. Rotli ... 180 

 Flora of Perthshire, The. Bv Francis Buchanan 



W. White .. . "... ... ... 157 



Fowling, a History of. By Rev. H. A. Macpherson 110 

 Geology, an Introduction to. By Wm. B. Scott... 20 



Geology for Beginners. By W. W. Watts ... 273 



Greece, The First Philosophers of. By Arthur 



Fairbanks ... .. ... . ... 157 



Gutta-Percha, Cantor Lectures on. By Dr. Eugene 



Obaoh ... ... ... ... . 232 



Hunter, John : Man of Science and Surgeon. By 



Stephen Paget ... ... ... ... 20 



Hypnotism, The Elements of. By Ralph Harry 



Vincent ... ... ... 86 



Jaeger, Gustave, >i.D., Researches and Discoveries 



by: Problems of Nature ... ... .. 3!> 



Lite, What is 'f By Frederick Hovenden ... 110 



Light, Visible and Invisible. By Silvauus P. 



Thompson ... ... ... 37 



Magnetism and Electricity, a Treatise on. By Prof. 



Andrew Grav . 13.j 



