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THE
INTELLECTUAL OBSERVER
REVIEW OF NATURAL HISTORY
MICROSCOPIC RESEARCH
AND
RECREATIVE SCIENCE
VOLUME X.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES IN COLOURS AND TINTS, AND NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD
CONTENTS.
PAGE
ALGIERS AS A WINTER RESIDENCE. By M. BETHAM EDWARDS.
With a
Coloured Plate
1
MODERN JEWELLERY AND ART. By WILLIAM DUTHIE.
7
CHACORNAC's SOLAR THEORIES
PHOTOGRAPHY AS A FINE ART
DECEPTIVE FIGURES; WITH REMARKS ON SATURN'S " SQUARE-SHOULDERED"
PHASE. By R. A. PROCTOR, B.A., F.R.A.S.
NOTES ON FUNGI.-No. VI. By the Rev. M. J. BERKELEY, M.A., F.L.S. .
THE COMING METEOR SHOWER. THE SPECTRA OF METEORS
15
19
23
ASCENT OF CADER IDRIS. By D. MACKINTOSH, F.G.S. With a Coloured
Plate
DR. CURTIS'S PROCESS OF PHOTO-MICOGRAPHY. By R. L. MADDOX, M.D.
ANIMAL LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA. By II. CHICHESTER, ESQ.
41
42
THE PLANET SATURN (Continued). By the Rev. T. W. WEBB, A.M., F.R.A.S.
Ross's FOUR-TENTHS CONDENSER
49
59
LARTET ON THE ASPHALT OF THE DEAD SEA
62
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE KEW OBSER-
VATORY. By G. M. WHIPPLE
66
LADIES' SLIPPERS. BY SHIRLEY HIBBERD. With Coloured Plate of Cypri-
pedium Veitchianum...
81
HYPOTHETICAL CONTINENTS. By H. M. JENKINS, F.G.S.
88
THE PERSISTENCE OF LUMINOUS IMPRESSIONS. By the ABBÉ LABORDE
GOSSIP ABOUT FISH
98
99
LARGE BRITISH OAKS
HIGHLAND INSECTS. By E. C. RYE
ON THE GENUS FICUS. By JOHN R. JACKSON. With a Tinted Plate
RED STARS......
PLANS FOR IMPROVING LONDON
136
THE PLANET SATURN (Continued). By the Rev. T. W. WEBB, A.M., F.R.A.S. 142
THE LAKE-DWELLERS OF SWITZERLAND
PRISMATIC SPECTRA OF THE AUGUST METEORS, 1866. By A. S. HERSCHEL.
With a Coloured Plate......
THE LINEATED PHEASANT OF BURMAH. BY CAPTAIN R. C. BEAVAN
THE STREET ARCHITECTURE OF LONDON
THE BLACK POPULATION OF THE BRITISH COLONY OF NATAL, SOUTH
AFRICA. BY JAMES MANN, M.D., F.R.A.S. With a Tinted Plate.
THE PLANET SATURN (Continued). By Rev. T. W. WEBB, A.M., F.R.A.S. 194
THE FLORA OF IRELAND
286692
202
JUN 29 '22
213
221
223
....
FAMILY LIFE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
THE STONE AGE IN CHINA. BY M. CHEVREUL
OBSCURATIONS OF THE SUN. By M. ED. ROCHE
ON THE FORM, Growth, and CONSTRUCTION OF SHELLS. By the late Dr. S. P. WOODWARD, F. G.S. With two Plates, one Coloured and one Plain 241
NOTES ON THE HABITS OF SOME LEPIDOPTEROUS LARVÆ. By the Rev. D.
C. TIMINS, M.A., M.E.S., Lond. et Oxon
253
IRON AND STEEL IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS AND BRIDGES, THEIR AD-
VANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. By Professor McGAULEY..
DINOCHARIS COLLINSII; A ROTIFERON NEW TO SCIENCE. By PHILIP
HENRY GOSSE, F.R.S. With a Coloured Plate.....
FROM KURRACHEE TO MOOLTAN. By FRANKLIN FOX
COMETARY LIGHT-NEBULE-OCCULTATIONS. By the Rev. T. W. WEBB,
A.M., F.R.A.S.
257
269
272
281
.....
WILD KAFFIR LIFE AND WILD KAFFIR INTELLIGENCE. BY ROBERT James
MANN, M.D., F.R.A.S.
AIDS TO MICROSCOPIC INQUIRY.-No. VIII.-ORGANIC SUBSTANCES AND
FORMATIONS
298
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT The Kew Observa-
TORY. By G. M. WHIPPLE...
304
THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS OF LAPLACE EXPLAINED BY DELAUNAY
OBSERVATIONS OF THE CHANGES OF COLOUR and Modes OF TAKING FOOD IN
310
THE CHAMELEON. By JONATHAN COUCH, F.L.S. With a Coloured Plate 321
ON THE VARIATIONS OF CERTAIN CRUSTACEA IN RELATION TO THE THEORY OF
THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY NATURAL MODIFICATION. By GEORGE S.
BRADY, M.R.C S., C.M.Z.S.
327
A NEW CHARR FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA. By JOHN KEAST LORD, F.Z.S.... 338
PARASITICAL PLANTS-BALANOPHORACEA. By JOHN R. JACKSON. With a
Tinted Plate
348
.............
........
PHASES IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY OF INFUSORIAL ANIMAL LIFE. By
JABEZ HOGG, F.L.S., F.R.M.S., etc.
356
THE NOVEMBER METEORS. BY HENRY J. SLACK, F.G.S.
FATIO ON THE FORMS AND COLOURS OF PLUMAGE...
373
377
NEBULAR AND STELLAR SPECTRA-SOLAR OBSERVATIONS-RED STAR- PLANETS OCCULTATIONS. By the Rev. T. W. WEBB, A.M., F.R.A.S
ON SILK PRODUCED BY DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. By PHILIP HENRY GOSSE,
F.R.S.
386
393
THE BELL-BIRDS OF AMERICA. By P. L. SCLATER, M.A., PH. D., F.R.S.
With a Coloured Plate
401
PARASITIC BEETLES. By E. C. RYE
409
BUDDHISM AND ITS LEGENDS..
421
KAFFIR PROMISE AND CAPABILITY. By Dr. MANN, F.R.A.S., F.R.G.S.,
F.E.S.L., etc. With a Tinted Plate
428
Lunar Details—OCCULTATIONS. By the Rev. T. W. WEBB, A.M., F.R.A.S. 441
OBSCURATION OF ▲ LUNAR CRATER. By W. R. BIRT, F.R.S.......
SCHMIDT ON THE LUNAR CRATER "LINNE" AND ON THE NOVEMBER METEORS
THE NOVEMBER SHOOTING STARS. By the Hon. Mrs. WARD. With an
444
448
Illustration...
449
THE NOVEMBER METEOR-SHOWER AT GLASGOW. By A. S. HERSCHEL, B.A.
With an Illustration.....
THE PLANET MARS. BY RICHARD A. PROCTOR, B.A., F.R.A.S. With an
Illustration
ARCHEOLOGIA
459
466
..72, 225, 394
LITERARY NOTICES.-" Charles Waterton; His Home, Habits, and Handi-
work," 227; "On Force; Its Mental and Moral Correllates," 229;
Tapeworms; Entozoa," 231; Electricity" 231; "Dictionary of
Science, Literature, and Art,” 231 and 316; "Anthropological Review,"
231; "Date Stones," 231; "Wayside Flora," 232; "Handbook of the
Stars," 232; "Elementary Treatise on Physics," 233; "Birds of Mid-
dlesex," 233; "Reliquiæ Aquitanicæ," 315; "Brief Account of Scholar-
ships and Exhibitions at Cambridge," 316; "Scientific and Literary
Treasury," 316; “Chart of the Characteristic Tertiary Fossils," 316;
"Benedicite," 476; "Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection," 477; “Elementary Treatise on Heat,” 478; “Easy Introduction to the higher treatises of Conic Sections"
478
73, 156, 234, 317, 473
317, 396
71, 159, 239, 318, 398, 479