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Analyses of Books. 
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tte carriamw»t fh Sp0Se !! - say “ P ublic convenience.” If in 
with traffic • and i’nCth T't system3 of wires m '?ht interfere 
houses thev mio-hf * footway, and consequently near the 
of fire escape? Edd? rov ® sen ° us hindrances to the manipulation 
when stretched n /i?’ &C ‘ I , ndeed ’ objectionable as wires are 
deprecated V tT* ‘T ° f h ° USes ’ the ^ are stiU more to be 
eprecated if traversing the streets at lower altitudes The 
at r°ghTrno-Ie s ° n so ha ' CE" * Street must be crossed il chouU be 
risk “to passengers h deCrease the s P a " and thus lessen the 
. passengers, by no means meets with General attention 
bain v"e ' U T^' ° f 
the wires 7 o-et ohW T lke y J°, increase in course of time as 
flairration<f the • • ’ v?” cases °f heavy snow-storms and of con- 
agrat ions, there is here a very serious risk. 
annovance'^The^ 1 th f ind f ustr y of s P iders occasions no small 
annoyance. Their webs often co left dust and moisture and 
thus increase the unavoidable loss at the insulators ’ 
• A Cunous trait of human— or at least of juvenile— character 
is mentioned in connection with insulators. “ The dark colour 
hieXTom' °r 3 Sma " eb ° nite in^ltttor protedt 
the f f y , fu dama & e - is found that in localities where 
latoHs Ski 18 ? Xp ? Sed t0 ™ lschief > a large white porcelain insu- 
ator is quickly broken, earthenware is less quickly attacked and 
hit™h ±r e ,n , SU ‘ at ,° r n0t at alb Mischievous boys cannol 
t he small mark with stones, nor does it tempt them by its 
vitmg appearance. Many who would not take the trouble to 
towin^? P a r ? tendm i? aCk CUP Cann0t resist the ^mptation of 
tni owing at a large white one. 
Solutions of the Questions on Magnetism and Electricity set at 
the Intermediate Science and Preliminary Scientific Pass 
Examination of the University of London, from i860 'to 1884 
By b. W Levander, F.R.A.S., Assistant Master, Uni- 
versity College School. London. Second Edition, Corrected 
and Enlarged. London ; H. K. Lewis. 
This is a work which does not commend itself to our sympathies. 
We believe it to be an outcome of a vicious system, with what- 
ever ability it is worked out. 
The author states, in his Preface, that “ Persons desirous of 
presenting themselves for Examinations are deterred from doin^ 
so by a want of some further information as to the requirements 
of the Examiners than can be gained from a mere s\llabus or 
from the inspection of a few examination papers.” 
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