A. Those which in their revolution come nearest to the earth and in consequence appear most brilliant, as well as exert a greater attraction, are said to be the ruling planets.
Q. Who was the “Arthur,” of Tennyson’s “In Memoriam.”
A. Arthur Hallim, a very dear friend of Tennyson’s, who died when 22 years old. He is said to have shown a superior literary ability in the few works which he left.
Q. Who first adopted the year of 365¼ days?
A. Julius Cæsar.
Q. Is the constellation “The Southern Cross,” visible at Honolulu?
A. It is not.
Q. What is the origin of the story which Longfellow puts into the mouth of the Notary Public?
A. It is an old Florentine story. Rossini in his opera, La Gazza Ladra, has used it in a modified form as his plot.
Q. How are we to reconcile the statement made in Packard’s Geology, that the earliest race of man existed 50,000 to 100,000 years ago, with the Bible chronology which places Adam’s creation at 6,000 B. C.?