Monthly Notices of, 11

Astronomical text-books, incorrectness of, 318
Atlantic, north, the right whale of the (illustrated),
270

BALLIN, ADA S.: thought and language, 26, 66, 106,
150, 201, 286, 304

Barcena, Mariano de la: human remains found near
Mexico, 290

Bartholdi, M.: colossal sculpture (illustrated), 92, 108
Baudré's silex piano (illustrated), 200
Beetles (illustrated), 4, 48, 111, 154, 203

Blasting operations for removal of Flood Rock (illus.
trated), 178

Blights (so-called), the cause of (illustrated), 91, 129
Books for invalids, an appeal for, 226

Boots and shoes, 194

Boots, angels in, 252

Brain disease and its effects on language, 106, 151, 201
Brain, dual, 218; but single-mind, 286

Brain, successful extraction of a bullet from the, 283
Brinsmead pianos, improvements in (illustrated), 258
British Association: Electric lighting of Forth Bridge

works, 252; electric safety-lamp for mines, 251;
geology of Scotland and Scandinavia, 246;
mystery of life, the, 303; rainfall of British
Islands, 251; science and education, 240, 249
Browning, John: Columbia type-writer, the, (illus.

trated), 317; tricycles in 1885 (illustrated), 23, 136,

180

Tournaments: British Chess Association, 15, 38;
Counties Chess Association, 147; German Chess
Association, 38, 104

Usefulness of chess, 235

Children, the growth of (illustrated), 18

Chimney-climber, an improved mechanical (illus.
trated), 191

Church and the drama, the, 2, 43, 83, 131, 172, 219,
243, 260, 285, 312

Chemical constitution of soils, the, 330
Cicada, seventeen-year (illustrated), 42

Clodd, Edward: mysteries and moralities, 2, 43, 83,
131, 172, 219, 245, 260, 285, 312.

GENERAL.

Clothing, the philosophy of: boots and shoes, 191;
corsets and female fashions, 327; eider-down,
115, 152; head-gear and old fashions, 281; oil-
glands of ducks, 115, 154; pedestrian's outfit, a,
61; sebaceous follicles, the, 114; shoes and run.
ning, 242; towel-shirts, 61; woollen clothing,
advantages of, 21 (see also "Correspondence")
Coal-field of Warwickshire, geology of (illustrated),
20, 70

Coffee, improved machine for preparing, 15
Coleoptera (illustrated), 4, 48, 111, 154, 203
Colossal sculpture, 92, 108, 331

Columbia type-writer, the (illustrated), 317

Comets: development of tails of, 206; origin of meteors
and, 30

Condors, tricking the, 89

Coney Island, U.S.Á., colossal elephant at (illus-
trated), 331

Controversy, the value of, 273

Copyright and American publishers, 229
Corsets, the evils of wearing, 327
Countries, statistics of great, 8
Criticism, literary, and prejudice, 272

Curran, Dr. W.: life in death, 25, 40; live-burial,
291; self-inhumation, 216, 265

DARWIN and descent, 227; and Mivart, note on, 274
Death, life in, 25, 40

Debts, public, of great countries, 9

Denning, Mr., rejects his meteoric discovery, 130
Derby Daily Telegraph, the, and Mr. Proctor's lec-
319
tures,

Desk and easel for art students, 322
Divided skirt, the, for lawn-tennis, 205

"Doubling up your haves," 183 (see also "Corre-
spondence")

Drama, the, and the Church, 2, 43, 83, 131, 172, 219,
213, 260, 285, 312

Dress, rational, 333; for lawn-tennis, 205
Dual generation, electric, 158

Duality of the brain, 218; and single mind, 286
Duck, oil-glands of the, 115, 151 (see also "Corre-
spondence")

EARTHQUAKES, 315, 331

Easel-desk for art students, 322

Eclipse, ruddiness of moon during (illustrated), 15, 61,
135, 132, 274, 305, 325 (see also Correspondence")
Edinburgh Review and Herbert Spencer's "First
Principles," 272

Education in science, 240, 249

Eider-down as a clothing material, 115, 182
Electrician, the young (illustrated): dual generation,

158; electroscopes, 198, 219, 309; induction, 112,
157; states, two electric, 47

Electric safety-lamps for miners, a paper on, 251
Electroscopes (illustrated), 198, 249, 309

Elephant, the colossal, at Coney Island, U.S.A. (illus-
trated),331

Eliot, George, 28, 127, 133 (see also "Correspon-
dence")

Entomology: ants (illustrated), 283; aphides, (illus.
trated), 91, 129; cellar, or churchyard beetle
(illustrated), 4; cicada, seventeen-year (illus.
trated), 42; grain and flour-eating beetles (illus.
trated), 48; ground beetles (illustrated), 203;
longhorns (illustrated), 154; mealworms (illus-
trated), 111; phylloxera (illustrated), 174; wasps
(illustrated), 308; wood-destroying beetles (illus-
trated), 154

Errors, literary, and abstraction of mind, 253, 272
Examination questions, curious answers to, 51
Europe, live-stock in, 313

Exports of great countries, 9

FAMILY, growth of a (illustrated), 18
Fashions in clothing versus comfort, 282, 327
Feet, clothing of the, 191, 242 (see also "Correspon-
dence")

"Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society "; Face
of the sky, 12, 53, 97, 141, 181, 231, 275, 318,
336; Mercury in a three-inch telescope (illus.
trated), 262: Optical recreations. (illustrated),
196, 269, 307

GAS-BURNER for heating purposes, a novel (illus-
trated), 302

Generation, dual, in electricity, 158
Genesta cutter, the (illustrated), 88
Genoa, rope railway at, 291

Geological rambles with a hammer (illustrated):
Hunstanton and red chalk, 220, 288; Lickey,
rocks of the, 133, 177; Warwickshire coal-field,
the, 20, 70

Geology of neighbourhood of London, 49; of Scot-
land and Scandinavia, 246

Geometrical measurement, chats on (illustrated):
the sphere, 24, 75, 120, 161

George Eliot, 28, 127, 138 (see also " Correspon-
dence")

Gesture-language, 26, 66, 106, 151, 201, 266

Gossip, 11, 28, 51, 72, 95, 138, 182, 206, 227, 252, 272,
296, 318, 335 (for items under this heading see also
"General" index)

Grammar, observations on certain rules of, 72, 183
(see also "Correspondence").

Growth of a family (illustrated), 18

"HALLYARDS," the opinions of, 11, 72, 138, 335 (see
also "Correspondence")

Harrison, W. J.: rambles with a hammer (illustrated),
20, 70, 133, 177, 220, 288

Harvesting, improved machinery for (illustrated), 37,

54

on,

ICEBERGS at sea, the avoidance of, 206
Illusions of the senses, 39, 62, 89, 109
Imports of great countries, 9
Independence-day in America, notes 95
Induction, electrical (illustrated), 112
Infinity of space, the, 138
Inhumation, self, by Easterns, 216, 265, 294
Insects, our household (illustrated): ants, 263;
cellar, or churchyard beetles, 4; grain and flour-
eating beetles, 48; ground beetles, 203; long-
horns, 154; mealworms, 111; wasps, 308; wood-
destroying beetles, 154

Invention, mechanical, and its influence on the pro-
gress of manufacture, 133

Inventors' column, our, 15, 37, 54, 102, 121, 146, 163,
190, 207, 231, 258, 302, 322 (for items under this
heading see also "General" index)

Isle of Wight steam-ferry, 158

JUDD, Professor: the geology of Scotland and Scan-
dinavia, 246

July, the fourth of, notes on, 95

Jupiter, the great red spot on, 105, 156, 198, 245
Jurisprudence, medical, value of photography in, 89

LADDER for reaching ships' upper berths, an im-
proved, 231

Lamps for signalling at sea, 163

Language, the origin of, 26, 66, 106, 150, 201, 266, 304
Lantern-microscope, an improved (illustrated), 207
Laplace's nebular hypothesis, 215, 227, 282
Lawn-tennis: improvement in apparatus for (illus-
trated), 75; rational dress for, 205
Liberty, Bartholdi's statue of (illustrated), 108
Lickey, geology of rocks of the (illustrated), 133, 177
Lifeboat, an improved, 146

Life in death, 25, 40

Life, the mystery of, 303

Lightning-flashes, the direction of, 30, 68 (see also
"Correspondence")

Light, the polarisation of, experiment in (illustrated),
196, 269, 307

Literary mistakes and abstraction of mind, 253, 272
Live-stock in Europe, 313

London, geological observations near, 49
Longhorn beetles (illustrated), 154

Longitude, determining the, at sea, 149, 176, 193

MAGNIFICATION near the horizon, 182 (see also "Cor-
respondence")

Maguey, the Mexican ((illustrated), 115

Man, antiquity of, in the valley of Mexico, 290
Manufacture, influence of mechanical invention on the
progress of, 133

Mapping, notes on (illustrated), 5, 85

Maps of the night skies: July, 29, 69; August, 117,
153; September, 223, 267; October, 293, 315
Mark Twain: and science, 51; at sea, 176
Mathews, William: photography and medical juris-
prudence, 88

Matrimony, odd superstitions concerning, 137
Mealworms (illustrated), 111

Measurement, geometrical, chats on (illustrated):
the sphere, 24, 75, 120, 161

Mechanical invention, influence of, on progress of
manufacture, 133

Medical jurisprudence, uses of photography in, 88
Medical science in its relation to life, 303
Mental decay, George Eliot on, 127

Mental weakness and its effect on language, 106, 151,
201, 266

"Mephisto": Chess column, 15, 38, 60, 82, 104, 125,
147, 170, 191, 214, 235, 256, 280, 301, 324, 339
Mercury in a three-inch telescope (illustrated), 262
Metallic vapours, plan for utilising deleterious, 121
Meteoric discovery, Mr. Denning rejects his, 130
Meteors: origin of comets and, 30; swiftly-moving,

Mexico, antiquity of human remains found near, 290
Microscope: for lantern work (illustrated), 2 7; slow
focussing adjustment for, 153

Microscope, pleasant hours with the (illustrated):
aphides, 91, 129; blights, so-called, 91; phyl-
loxera, 174

Mind: abstraction of, and literary mistakes, 253, 272;

in its relation to language, 26, 66, 106, 151, 201,

Miners, electric safety-lamp for, a paper on, 251
Miracle plays, 2, 43, 83, 131, 172, 219, 243, 260, 285,

KNOWLEDGE

Pioneer passenger railway, the, 329
Piracy in literature, 228

Playfair, Sir Lyon: science and education, 240, 249
Plays, mystery and morality, 2, 43, 83, 131, 172, 219,
243, 260, 285, 312 (see also Correspondence")
Polarimeter, an inexpensive (illustrated), 302
Polarisation of light, experiments in (illustrated),
196, 269, 307

Populations of great countries, 9
Prejudice and literary criticisin, 272
Prevost, E. W.: nitrification, 330
Proctor: R. A.: "Academy of forty," a representa-
tive (?) British, 183; Americanisms, 171;
American Independence Day, notes on, 95;
American publishers and the law of copyright,
228; Andromeda nebula, the new star in, 215,
221, 227, 237, 274; Angels in boots, 252; Brain,
our dual, 218; Comets' tails, development of, 206;
Controversy, the value of, 273; Criticism, literary,
and prejudice, 272; Darwin and descent, 227; and
Mivart, 274; Denning, Mr. and his meteoric dis-
covery, 130; Derby Daily Telegraph, a criticism
from the, 319; Earthquakes, 315, 331; Eclipsed
moon sunlit, the, 305, 325; Edinburgh Review and
"First Principles," 272; Eliot, George, 28, 138,
on mental decay, 127; Evolution and Mr. Mivart.
note on, 274; Geometrical measurement, chats on,
(illustrated), 24, 75, 120, 161; Gossip, 11, 28, 51,
72, 95, 138, 182, 206, 227, 252, 272, 296, 318, 335;
Grammar, observations on, 72 (see also Corres-
pondence"); Growth of a family (illustrated),
18; "Hallyards," the opinions of, 11, 72, 138,
335 (see also "Correspondence"); Herschel, Sir
William, and the stellar theory, 319; Horizon;
distance of, at sea, 296; magnification near the,
182 (see also " Correspondence"); Icebergs at
sea, the avoidance of, 206; Illusions of the senses,
39, 62, 89, 109; Infinity of space, 139; Jupiter,
the great red spot on, 105, 156, 198, 245
"Knowledge," the conduct of, 206, 252, 318, 335;
Laplace's nebular hypothesis, 215, 227, 282;
Lawn-tennis and rational dress, 205; Lightning-
flashes, the direction of, 30; Longitude, determin-
ing the, at sea, 149, 176, 193, 222; Mapping, notes on
(illustrated), 5, 85; Maps of night skies, 29, 69, 117,
153, 223, 267, 293, 315; Mark Twain and science,
51; Mark Twain at sea, 176; Meteors, origin of,
30; Meteors, swiftly-moving, 259; Mind, abstrac-
tion of, and literary mistakes, 253, 272; Moon,
ruddy eclipse of (illustrated), 45, 64, 135, 182, 274,
305,325 (see also Correspondence"); Music, the
power and rendition of, 252; Myths, nature, and
nursery stories, 274; Navigation, the methods of,
149, 176, 193, 222; Optical fallacies, curious, 296;
Sailing, great circle, 72; Schools, bullying at
public, 1, 273; Scientific writing, the unintelligi-
bility of, 11; Sea, finding the way at, 149, 176,
193, 222 (see also "Correspondence"); Sea-
horizon, the distance of the, 296; Star, discovery
of a new, 215, 221, 227, 237, 274; Star-lessons,
first, 28, 68, 116, 152, 222, 266, 292, 314; Stars, the
movement of, in straight lines, 139; Statistics of
great countries, 8; Telegraphy, failure of trans-
atlantic, 206; Times, the, and astronomy, 215,
227; Whist-players, faults of, and Truth, 274;
Worlds, the birth of, 282 (see also "Correspon-
dence")

Projections, central, for mapping (illustrated), 5

[OCT. 16, 1885.

Star-lessons, first (illustrated), 28, 68, 116, 152, 222,
266, 292, 314

Stars: falling, 259; movement of, in straight lines,

139

State-room ladder, an improved, 231
Statistics of great countries, 8

64

Statues, colossal (illustrated), 93, 108, 331
Steam-ferry at Isle of Wight, 158
Steam-yacht, a fast (illustrated),
Stellar theory, the, and Sir William Herschel, 319
Stereoscopic pictures, 75

Stones, musical, a piano constructed of (illustrated),
200 (see also "Correspondence")

Straw-trussing machine, a novel (illustrated), 54
Sunlit eclipsed moon, the (illustrated), 305, 325
Superstitions, odd, concerning matrimony, 137
Surgery: a triumph of, 283; for pianoforte-players
(illustrated), 287

TELEGRAPH tariff, arrangements for the new,
Telegraphy, failure of transatlantic, 206
Telephone-checking machine, a, 231

Temple, Dr.: the mystery of life, 303

289

Thought and language, 26, 66, 106, 151, 201, 266, 304
Thunderstorms in America, 117

Times, the, and astronomy, 215, 227
Towel-shirts, 61

Tricycles in 1885: Coventry chair, the, 23; saddle, &
perfect (illustrated), 180; tyres, unsafe, 136;
wheels, small v. large, 23

Truth and whist criticism, 274

Tupman, Colonel, and Mr. Denning's meteoric dis-
covery, 130

Twain, Mark, and science, 51; at sea, 176
Type-writer, the Columbia (illustrated), 317

URANUS, the satell

of, 292

20, 70

270

Ace, when not to lead, 103

American leads, 81

Cavendish on "Developments," 191

Correspondents, answers to, 169, 323

Criticism of whist, 81

Decline and fall of whist, 59

Home whist, 323; book on, 169; some of the mis-
takes of, 125

Illustrative games, 125, 148

Returning partner's lead, 257

Revoking, 340

Solution of problem, 169

Stratagems, brilliant but needless, 212

Strategy in play, 279, 300

Tyro's trick, a, 81

146

ACOUSTICS, a work on, by Hermann L. F. Helmholtz,
230

Algebra, elementary text-book of, 32

Algebraic factors, by W. T. Knight, 32

Alpine winter in its medical aspects, by A. Tucker
Wise, 336

Ambulance work, by R. Lawton Roberts, M.D., 53
American Philosophical Society, proceedings of, 141
Americas, the two, denudation of, by T. Mellard
Reade, 31

Anatomy of intestinal canal and peritoneum in man,
by Frederick Treves, 159

Antiquarian, the, edited by Edward Walford, 160
Aratos, heavenly display of (the Phainomena), by
Robert Brown, jun., 32

Arithmetic and mensuration, catch questions in, and
how to solve them, by Rev. A. D. Capel, 74
Arithmetic, a practical, by John Jackson, 229
Asclepiad, the, by B. W. Richardson, M.D., 141
As it was written, by Sidney Luska, 336

Atmosphere, the earth's, and the absorption of solar
heat, by Professor Langley, 140
Audeography, a new shorthand, by "Digamma," 230

BEETLES, butterflies, and moths, British, by W. F.
Kirby, 74

Biography, dictionary of national, edited by Leslie
Stephen, 73

Black Forest, its people and legends, by L. G. Séguin,

96

Blindness, the causes and prevention of, by Dr. Ernst
Fuchs, 160

Book-keeping by single entry, new system of, by the
Rev. Dr. Brewer, 119

Botany, elementary text-book of, by V. T. Murché, 32
Botany, text-book of structural and physiological, by
Otto W. Thomé and Alfred W. Bennett, 31
Bright days (holiday number of Cassell's Magazine) 96
Burnham Beeches, by Francis George Heath, 229
Butterflies, moths, and beetles, British, by W. F.
Kirby, 74

CESAR de bello Gallico,I,y John Hugh Hawley, 119
Canara and Ganjam, wild hie in, by Gordon S. Forbes,
297

Capital punishment for insane homicides, a book on,
by Clark Bell, 95

Caroline islands dispute, maps in illustration of, 336
Cassell's Magazine, holiday number of ("Bright
days"), 96

Chemistry, practical, by William Ripper, 336

Childhood, the first three years of, by Bernard Perez,

95

Child's Pictorial, the, 53, 141

City and Guilds of London Institute, programme of
technological examinations of, 297

Collector, the young (Entomology), by W. F. Kirby,
74

Comets, indications of ring structure, by George St.
Clair, 96

Conveyancing, a book on the law of, by Harry Green-
wood, barrister-at-law, 118

Cookery recipes, high-class, by Mrs. Charles Clarke,

230

Cook, the skilful, by Mrs. Mary Harrison, 52
Cope's Tobacco Leaves, 52

Cremation, by J. G. Davey, M.D., 119

Crowded out; or, not hung for want of space at the
Royal Academy, edited by Henry Lassalle, 32

DAISY DIMPLE, her Loves and her Lovers, by the
author of "Giles's Trip to London," 119
Dictionaries: biography, national, 73; plants, names
of British, 183

Dietetic Reformer and Vegetarian Messenger, the, 119
Diseases, the nomenclature of (Royal College of
Physicians), 31

EARTH's atmosphere, the absorption of solar heat by
the, by Professor Langley, 140
Electricity and magnetism, elementary text-book of,
by W. G. Baker, 32

Entomology, a text-book of ("The Young Co-
lector"), by W. F. Kirby, 74

Euclid's elements, key to, by John Sturgeon Mackay,

160

Eugenis, the strange story of, by Miss H. H. Coode,

297

REVIEWS.

Evolution without natural selection, by Charles Dixon,
297

FAITH-healing tested by science and by scripture, a
sermon by Rev. J. H. Skewes, 159
Familiar trees, by G. S. Boulger, 160
Fashions, a book on (The Season), 74
Ferns, where to find, by Francis George Heath, 53
Flowers, wild, worth notice, by Mrs. Lankester, 74
Free-trade, a book on, 184

French course, a, by G. H. Williams, 336
French-polishing, by a Practical Man, 74

GRAMMAR, how to teach, by T. J. Livesey, 119
Geographical readers (Blackie's), by W. G. Baker,
119; (Moffatt's), 53

Geometry, practical, for art-students (second grade)
by John Lowres, 336

Gravitation, the Newtonian theory of, and the moon's
rotation, by T. F. Tyerman, 32

Geometry and gravitation, by A. J. Allen, 141

HANDBOOKS: of physiognomy, by Rose Baughan,
160; of practical telegraphy, by R. S. Culley, 297
Heart or brain ? 336

Herod, the history of, by John Vickers, 118
Homicide? shall we hang the insane who commit, by
Clark Bell, 95

Hygiene, school, and diseases incidental to school life,
by Robert Farquharson, M.P., M.D., 160
Hylo-idealism, an exposition of (Our Corner), by
C. N., 52

ILLUMINATING MSS., the art of, by W. J. Loftie, 52
Imperial Review, the, 32

Industries, the revival of British, by a candidate, 184
Insane who commit homicide; shall they be hung? by
Clark Bell, 95

Insect enemies, our, by Theodore Wood, 335
Intestinal canal and peritoneum in man, anatomy of,
by Frederick Treves, 159

MAGIC squares, method of formation of, 74
Magnetism and electricity, elementary text-book of,
by W. G. Baker, 32

Map-drawing from memory, by P. E. Swinstead, 31
Medical aspects of an Alpine winter, by A. Tucker
Wise, 336

Mensuration and arithmetic, catch questions in, and
how to solve them, by Rev. A. D. Capel, 74
Mersey tunnel, the, by T. Mellard Reade, 95
Meteorology, a book on, by H. C. Russell, 96
Microscopical science, studies in, edited by Arthur C.
Cole, 32, 119, 181

Microscope, observations on preparation of mineral
and rock sections for the microscope, by J. E.
Ady, 52

Moon's rotation, examined by the Newtonian theory
of gravitation, by T. F. Tyerman, 32
Moths, butterflies, and beetles, British, by W. F.
Kirby, 74

Music, a work on the science of, by Professor Helm-
holtz, 230

NATURAL selection, evolution without, by Charles
Dixon, 297

New South Wales, rain and river observations in,
during 1884, by H. C. Russell, 96

Newtonian theory of gravitation and the moon's rota-
tion, by Thomas F. Tyerman, 32

Note-book, leaves from the, of Thomas Allan Reed,

96

Our Corner, 52

Once a Month, 184

PATTERN-MAKING, by a Foreman Pattern-maker, 31
Peritoneum and intestinal canal in man, the anatomy
of, by Frederick Treves, 159

Phainomena, or Heavenly display of Aratos, by
Robert Brown, jun., 32

Philosophical Society of America, proceedings of, 141
Photography for amateurs; books on:

by H. P. Robin-
son, 32; by W. J. Lancaster, 96
Physiognomy, a handbook of, by Rosa Baughan, 160
Pictorial, the Child's, 53, 141

Pictures rejected at Royal Academy, a book with
facsimiles of, edited by Henry Lassalle, 32
Plants, dictionary of the names of British, by Henry
Purefoy Fitzgerald, 183

RAILWAY time-tables, the Penny Alphabetical, for
United Kingdom and Ireland, 184

Rain and river observations made in New South
Wales during 1884, by H. C. Russell, 96
Readers, Cassell's readable, 32

Reading-books: fifth, for Standard V.; sixth, for
Standard VI., 119

Reading, how to teach, by T. J. Livesey, 336

Real property statutes, the, by Harry Greenwood,
barrister-at-law, 118

Recitation, poetry for, 336
Representation (parliamentary), by Sir John Lubbock

118

Romances, scientific, by C. H. Hinton, 96

SANITARY condition of old and new London, by Dr.
Ernest Hart, 230

Sanitation, the science of, by B. Sharp & Co., 32
School hygiene, and diseases incidental to school life,
by Robert Farquharson, M P., M.D., 160
Schools, singing in, by Alfred B. Haskins, 32
Scientific knowledge, the first year of, by Paul Bert,

335

Scientific romances, by C. H. Hinton, 96
Season, the, 74

Sensations of tone, by Hermann L. F. Helmholtz, 230
Sextant, the, by Major H. Wilberforce Clarke, 73
Shorthand, a new, by "Digamma," 230

Singing in schools, by Alfred B. Haskins, 32
Solar heat, and its absorption by the earth's atmo-
sphere, researches on, by Professor Langley, 140
Spectrum analysis, by the late Dr. H. Schellen, edited
by Capt. Abney, 139

Statistical Society, history of the, by Fred. J. Mouat,

53

Statutes, real property, by Harry Greenwood, barris-
ter-at-law, 118

Stenography, a book cn, by Thos. Allen Reed, 96
Strong, how to get, and how to stay so, by William
Blaikie, 52

Studio, the, and what to do with it, by H. P.
Robinson, 32

Suicide, its history, literature, jurisprudence, causa

tion, and prevention, by W. Wynn Westcott, 52
Surveying land on the meridian and perpendicular
system, by William Penman, 230

TECHNOLOGICAL examinations of the City and Guilds
of London Institute, programme of, 297
Telegraphy: handbook of practical, by R. S. Culley,
297; manual of, by W. Williams, 297
Text-books: elementary (Blackie's), 32; of structural
and physiological botany, by Otto W. Thomé and
Alfred W. Bennett, 31
Time-tables for United Kingdom and Ireland, the
Penny Alphabetical, 184
Tobacco-leaves (Cope's), 52

Tone, the sensations of, by Prof. Helmholtz, 230
Torpedo, autobi graphy of a Whitehead, by "Guns,"

184

Trees, familiar, by G. S. Boulger, 160

Vegetarian Messenger, the, 119

"WATCHES of the night, in the," by Mrs. Horace
Dobell, 297

Wild flowers worth notice, by Mrs. Lankester, 74
Wild life in Canara and Ganjam, by Gordon 8. Forbes,

297

Photography, composite, and generic images, 142
Plants, are they sentient beings? (illustrated), 337
Plays, mystery and morality, 79
Planets, death of, 122, 164

Smell-clouds, 166

Snails, a shower of, 253, 299

Snakes, the skin-casting of, 167, 209

Solar myth, the oldest, 33

Spectra, ocular, 56, 99, 124, 232, 253; retinal decom.

position of light, 187; subjective nature of, 142

Spelling of scientific words, 57

Spider, a buff-coloured (illustrated), 12.

Stamering, 253, 320

Starlight, 208

Stones, musical, 293

Strong, how to get, 79, 123

Sun-dials, mean-time, 58, 187

Suns: invisible, 164; the process of the, 338

Sunspot, the great (illustrated), 33

Sun-worship, 161, 210

Survival, 143

Swans flying, 187 (see also "Birds, flying of heavy")
Symmetry, 13

TELEGRAPHY, ccean, 254

Tennyson's poem on marriage of Princess Beatrice,
criticism of, 144

Termites, Indian, note on (illustrated), 77

Things in general, and a few other subjects, 99
Thought-induction, 186

Thought-reading, 100

Thought-transmission, 210, 254
Thunderbolts, 320

Tricycles: queries as to, 187, 233; two-speed gearing
for, 13, 277

Tricycling and breathing, 320

Twain, to make in himself of, 124

ULEY BURY, 210

Umbrella, a magnetic, 277

Universe, what lies outside the mechanism of the, 165

VERSATILITY, 210

Vision, peculiar effects in, 56, 99, 124, 142

WASPS and hornets of India, 211

Waters above the firmament, 78, 122, 164
Wealden sandstone, disintegration of the, 35
Weaver-bird, the Indian, 233

"Well of English undefiled," the, 165
Whitsunday and "grail," 254, 277
Worlds, the birth of, 321, 338

ABERDEEN harbour works, revenue of, 103

Alaska, the great glacier of, 120

Alum as a water purifier, 147

fires in

America: Anthracite in, 207; blasting experiments
in Missouri, 97; at Flood Rock, 311; dredg-
ing operations at New York harbour, 278;
wheat lands, 336; launch of four-
masted ship from, 235; specific gravity of
woods of, 103; telegraph statistics of Brooklyn,
266; textile mills of Massachusetts, 162; thunder-
storms in, 268, 280; timber growth on Pacific
coast, 162

Anthracite in America, 207

Arsenal at Woolwich; ignition of oil-tank at, 263;
number of employés at, 160

Arts, Society of, conversazione at Inventions Exhibi-
tion, 22

Austria: population of, 51; profits of railways of, 279
"Autumnal leaves," second edition of, 11

BEEF-ESSENCE, quality of, 147

Bicycle rides, remarkable, 28, 207

Blasting operations: in Missouri, 97; at Flood Rock,
311

Boyd, Thomas, the Australian explorer, death of, 181
Brain disease, a peculiar effect of, 207
Brakes of cars, improved "shoe
" for, 120
Brighton railway, extension of electric lighting in
train service of, 256

British Association, places of meeting for 1886 and
1887, 257

Brooklyn (U.S.) telegraph statistics, 266
Brown-Séquard, Dr., prize from Institute of France

to, 97

MISCELLANEA.

"Burnham Beeches," presentation of copy of, to the
Queen, 285

CANALS: Manchester Ship, Bill for, 145; Panama,
progress of, 54, 280

Cars: luxurious travelling in, 97; patent "shoe" for
brakes of, 120

Challenger expedition, report of the, 50
Chatham dockyard, electric lighting of, 162
Chemist, death of an eminent, 298
China, the mineral wealth of, 296

City and Guilds of London Institute, results of tech-
nological examinations of, 146

Coal: gas in place of, in industrial interests, 97;
Russian fields of, 97; Welsh trade in, 162
Colliery explosions, 152

Conversazione of Society of Arts at Inventions Exhi-
bition, 22

Copper: corrosion of, in ship sheathing, 97; versus
iron for telegraph wires, 278
Cremation, adoption of, at Hamburg, 95

DANUBE, dredging of the, 97

Darwin medal for 1881-5, award of the, 11
Death-rate of London, extraordinary decline of, 289
Diamond-reef (New York Harbour), dredging opera-
tions at, 278

Diamond-fields of South Africa, value of monthly
production of, 336

Dock dues of East and West India Dock Company,
decline of, 97

Dockyard at Chatham, electric lighting of, 162
Dredging: by hvdraulics, 278; of the Danube, 87,

EARTH: annual meteoric growth of, 11; experiments
for determining temperature of, 97; subsidence
of, in Cheshire, 278

Eclipse of the sun, an, 323

Electrical battery, adoption of the Lalande-Chaperon,
by a Paris telephone company, 264
Electric lamp, a medical, 120

Electric light in Alpine towns, 181; in Brighton
railway trains, 256; at Chatham dockyard, 162;
extinguishing of, during lightning storm, 268;
Edison and Swan Company's report, 126; for
lighthouses, 181

Electric patents, action for infringement of, 126
Electro-deposition of metals, issue of a work on,
Eucalyptus, inefficacy of the, 68

97

Examinations, technological, of City and Guilds of
London Institute, results of, 146

Exhibitions: American, at Earls' Court, 49; Inven-

tions, notes on, 22, 53, 74, 118, 162, 181
Explosions in collieries, 152

Eyesight, peculiar effects of, 12 (see also "Corre-
spondence")

FIRES, extensive, in American wheat lands, 336
Fleets, the merchant, of all nations, 97
Flood Rock, blasting operations at, 311
Forest-fire, railway journey through a, 162
Four-masted ship, launch of an American, 235
France, Institute of, and Dr. Brown-Séquard, 97

GAS: employment of, as a fuel, 97; dividend, high, of
Paris company, 264

Gauges, wire, 296

Geologist's Association, excursions of, 23

OCULAR spectra: variation of apparent magnitude of
images, 12 (see also "Correspondence")
Oil-tank, ignition of, at Woolwich Arsenal, 263
Oxygen, requisite temperature for solidification of, 80
PAINTS for ironwork, durability of, 231
Panama canal: progress of, 54; financial difficulties
in connection with, 280
Paper-making in Japan, 130
Photography: appliances for, at Inventions Exhi-
bition, 53; difficulty of "taking" children, 266;
formation of joint-stock company for, 28; in-
creasing popularity of, 8, 28, 53

Pike's Peak railway track, the, 278
Poisoning through careless dispensing of medicines,

146

Poplar-tree, a colossal, 181

RAILWAY notes: comparative traffic of New York
Elevated and London Underground, 318; earn-
ings of German lines, 278, 279; journey through
a forest fire, 162; passengers of the world, num-
ber of, 297; Pike's Peak track, the, 278; Severn
tunnel on Great Western, 162, 222; Talabot, M.
Paulin, death of, 231; unpunctuality on South-
Eastern, instance of, 217

Red-lead a durable paint for ironwork, 231
Retina, variation in size of images on the, 12
Russian coal-fields, 97

SALT, discovery of a bed of, 336

Science lectures in London, 207, 285
Severn tunnel, progress of the, 162, 222
Ship-canal bill, the Manchester, 145
Ship, launch of an American four-masted, 235
Ships: corrosion of copper sheathing for, 97; mer-
chant, of all nations, tonnage of, 97
"Shoe," an improved, for car-brakes, 120
Sixpenny telegrams, 22, 50, 80, 128
Societies, notes on: Astronomical Society, the Royal,

11; British Association, 278; Chemical Society,
80; City and Guilds of London Institute, 146;
Geologists' Association, 23; Geological Society,
49; Harleian Society, f3; Institute of France,
97; Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie
Nationale, 97; Society of Arts, 22; Telegraphic
Engineers, 12'

Sparrows, peppering, 49

TALABOT, M. Paulin, death of, 231

Technological examinations of City and Guilds of
London Institute, results of, 148

Telegrams: proposed reduction of tariff between
European states, 116; the sixpenny rate of, 22,
50, 80, 126, 319

Telegraphic Engineers, the Society of, 12
Telegraphs, the, of Brooklyn (U.S.), 266
Telegraph-wires, relative merits of copper and iron
for, 278

Telephone companies, liabilities of, 177

Temperature of the earth, experiments for deter-
mining, 97

Tempering of steel, the, 103

Textile mills, extensive, at Massachusetts, 162
Thoms, Mr. W. J., death of, 162

Thunderstorms, fatalities during, 97, 141

Timber growth on Pacific coast of the United States,

162

15

Colossal elephant at Coney Island, views of, 332
Columbia type-writer, the, 317

DANDELION, a twin, 255

Date-palm, jagged appearance of stem of, 337

ECLIPSED moon, ruddiness of, explanatory diagrams,
65-6, 306-7, 325-7

Electrician, the young figures showing experiments
in electricity, 47, 112-13, 157, 198, 249, 309-11
Elephant, the colossal, at Coney Island, views of, 332
Entomology :-Aphides, 92, 129, 130; Household

insects: Coleoptera-blaps mucronata, 4; gnatho-
cerus cornutus (magnified head of), 49; gracilea
pygmæs, 155; hylotrupes bajulus, 155; sphrodus
leucophthalmus, 203; tenebrio molitor (with
larva and pupa, 111; triboleum ferruginium, 49.
Hymenoptera-wasp, wing and abdomen of, 309;
worker-ant (monomorium pharaonis), 264. Phyl
loxera, 175. Spider (Thomisus abbreviatus), 12
FLOOD ROCK, views of blasting operations for re-
moval of, 79

Flying-machine, a new, 50

GAS-BURNER for heating purposes, a novel, 302
Genesta, the English cutter, view of, 89
Geology: map of Lickey hills, 131; map and sec-
tional plan of Hunstanton red chalk beds, 221,
289; plans of Warwickshire coal-beds, 20, 71

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Photography: improved camera for, 121, patent
66 shutter "' for, 102

Phylloxera under the microscope, figures of, 175
Piano of flint stones, view of a, 201
Piano-playing, surgery for, illustrative figures, 288
Polarimeter, an inexpensive, 302

Projectile, diagram showing form of head of, 35

RECREATIONS in optics, figures illustrating, 196-7,

269

Ricks, patent fastener for coverings of, 102
Ruddiness of

morn during eclipse, explanatory
diagrams, 65-6, 306-7, 325-7

SASH-FASTENER for windows, an improved, 146
Sculpture, colossal, 93, 108-9, 332

Silex piano, view of a, 201

Sphere, diagrams illustrating the geometry of a, 24,
75, 120, 161

Stars, maps of the: July, 29, 69; August, 117, 153;
September, 223, 267: October, 293, 315.

Steam-yacht Stiletto, view of the, 64

Straw-trussing machine, a, 54

Sunspot, figures showing the great, 33

Surgery for piano-players, illustrative figures of, 288

TENNIS, lawn, improved apparatus for, 75
Tricycles, illustrations of improved, 180
Type-writer, the Columbia, view of, 317