Q. Is the aërolite illustrated on page 122 of “Warren’s Astronomy,” the one which fell at Santa Rosa, California, a few years ago?
A. It is.
Q. On page 114 of the “Geology,” does the author intend to class snakes with mammals?
A. He does not.
Q. Was Alexander of Macedon, who, before the battle of Platæa, informed the Greeks of the intention of Mardonius to attack them, their ally?
A. He was not, though secretly friendly to their cause. He had been compelled to submit to the Persians and had accompanied Xerxes to Greece in 480 B. C.
Q. What was the reason that the Almæonidæ were considered sacrilegious by the Greeks?
A. In consequence of the way in which Megacles, one of the family, treated the insurgents under Cylon in 612 B. C., they brought upon themselves the guilt of sacrilege and were banished.
Q. What is the pronunciation of “applique,” as used in embroidery?
A. Ap-pli-kā´.