If at times our materials seem fragmentary, let the facts be noted with interest, and gathered with diligence, tha tthe aggregated particles, may take their proper form in the masonry of the vast temple of the Universal Truth. As human life has been said to be “A cry between the silences" ; may the voice of our columns be heard by our friends with even a part of the deference that we ever feel for the grander charms from the pages of our more pretentious contemporaries. In the next volume it will be our aim to solve some of the unanswered queries which have accumulated from the beginning. Some of these are not only interesting, but difficult, especially where accuracy is necessary. It has been well said that a fool can ask more questions than a wise man can answer, but a wise man cannot ask more questions than a fool is willing to answer. Only those who attempt to answer general queries can fully realize what thc phrase “On reliable authority" really involves. As the opinions of very many people must be taken with grains of allowance, so we find that among the sources of information, very many works of reference are wholly unreliable. And although infallibility is far from being a human characteristic, it will remain the constant purpose of this journal to "eliminate the sources of error” persistently and faithfully. Several articles and also bibliographies which have appeared in our pages have been extensively quoted and referred to; among the latter is the “ Bibliography on Cyclometry and Quadratures,” which has been quoted by Florian Cajori, M, S., of the University of Wisconsin, in his admirable compilation on the “ Teaching and History of Mathematics in the United States," published by the Bureau of Education as Circular of Information No. 3, 1890 ; the "Bibliography of Mathematical Journals in the United States " has also been called for by many mathematicians. We have several other bibliographies in preparation, on special subjects, which will be published in due time. The article on “ Biblical Information” in this volume is the most extensive, as well as complete, chapter of research that ever appeared in any journal in this country, without exception. S. C. & L. M. GOULD, Publishers. IN DE X. VOLUME VII, 1890. Abracadabra, Ablanaphabla, 206. 118. Decimal notation-its origin, 66, 93. Legends of Adam, 64. Literature of the Lunar Man, 144. Lost spirits,-their fall computed, 10.* Lunar, Man, Literature of the, 141. Massachusetts Indian names, 123. "Mayflower" passenger-list, 147. Minerals, Relative hardness of, 124. Names, Curious Complication of, 150. New Hampshure, Counties of, 52. Nixon, Robert, Predictions of, 177. “Now I lay me down to sleep,” 137. Passengers of “The Mayflower," 147. Path of Rectitude, or Ye Samian Y., 53. Permutations in whist hands, 92. Projectile, Velocity of vertical, 143, Pronunciation, Puzzles in, 170. Puritan passengers of "Mayflower," 147. Robinson Crusoe, 65. Roman Crowns of Triumph, 149. Rosebush, Oldest, 161. Rosicrucianism, 99. Rotten Row, 12. Rubber, Discovery of, 161. Runaway Pond, 130. Sakucees, Books of the, 207. St. John and St. Paul,--poem, 128, 129. Salt in the sea, 184. Salutation, Forms of, 171. Secret name-"leue," 50. Selkirk, Alexander, 65. Sentence of Jesus, 74. Setle, Legend of, 64, Seven heroines of Christendom, 201. Sho!--an allitcration, 175. Sis., Sissy, 169. Sivartha or Sidartha, 69. Soldiers' monument. Inscription on, 51, 52.* Solomon, Clavicle of, 61. Soubriquets of cities, etc. See Antonomasia s. Sun's distance-latent facts, 174. Superstitions, 90, 168. Surnames of Puritans, 143. Swallow, 1:45. Sword of Damocles, 180. Svime's Theory Concentric Spheres, 6. Test Words, 145. Texas-its derivation, 126. Theory of Will-Power, 115. Thirteen at Table, 152. Thoth, an Egyptian (leity, 208. Thoughts for Thinkers, 77. Three Globes, 108. Tishya, Asterism of, 5. To, tu, two, etc., 1. obacco, Ridille on, 11.* Tower of Gail. 50. Translation of Enoch, 141. Trees imported to England, 167. Tri-Mountain, 40.* Trilobite, the earliest type, 147. Tritogenea, 69. Triumphal crowns, Roman, 149. Tunels of the World, 179. Turgenell, Orthograplay of, 97. Twelfth-Day Eve, 189. Twelve Apostles, Emblems of the, 142. Typo's Romance, 193. Ulysses, 70. "Uncle Tom," Original of, 169. Varieties of Kisses, 159. Velocity of vertical projectiles, 143. Verbal Snares, 170, 202. Victim of Etiquette, 170. Whist, Combinations in, 92, Will-Power, Theory of, 115. Wire first mentioned, 202. Wit, Practical, 42. Witch-hazel, witch grass, 4. Words, Fantastic, 207. Worils, Inappropriate, 205. World moves, 77. Ye Samiita Y., or the Path of Rectitude, 53. Zaleucus, Golden rule of, 48. Zoroastrianism, 116. 49. Names and Noms de Plume of Correspondents. Α. Α. Ο. 194. 176, 182, 194, 197, 200. Israel, 51. . Questions. 1766 1056 710 No. 299 300 New Asteroids. Discoverer. Palisan September 9, 1890. Charlois14 November 16, 1890. Palisas See N. AND Q., Vol. V, No. 1, P, 8. Vol. VII, No. 11, p. 184. . 301 |
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