A. A geode is a hollow shell of stone, usually quartz, lined with crystals pointing toward the center. These crystals are generally of amethystine quartz, agate or chalcedony. Besides quartz crystals, others of calcareous spar are sometimes found in the cavities of geodes. Some of the most remarkable specimens of quartz geodes are found loose in the low stages of water in the rapids of the Upper Mississippi river. On the outside they are rough and unsightly, of a light brown color and of all sizes up to fifteen inches in diameter.
Q. In the November Chautauquan Whittier is credited with the authorship of the lines beginning “Ah, what would the world be to us if the children were no more?” Is not that a mistake?
A. Yes. The lines were written by Longfellow.
Q. Will the Editor’s Table please tell where is the nearest local circle to Racine?
A. Ask Miss Kate F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J., for the information.
Q. I have long wished to know the difference between Mahomet and Mohammed, will the Chautauquan please tell me?
A. Two forms of the same name—the former the French, the latter the German form.
