26. Theosophy is that branch of Christianity which illuminates the spiritual Christ from the corporeal one of the orthodox generation.

27. Theosophy is that part of the Christian theology which shows that the present churches of the West are abusing the Bible by their misrepresentations.

28. Theosophy is that part of the Aryan independence by which one may exist without the help of nature.

29. Theosophy, to be brief, is the sum total of the wisdom of the Aryan Brahma, the happiness eternal, and the life everlasting. It was Theosophy which taught the Aryans how to soar far beyond the region of Shakti, and to be in perpetual joy (the play ground of Shakti). 30. Theosophy, in short, is the basis of all knowledge that exists in the eterni y.

SATELLITES TO BE DISCOVERED. M. Wilfred de Fontvielle writes to the London Times to point out that the number of satellites of the planets from the Earth outward probably increase in geometrical progression, of which the ratio is two, thus: Earth 1, Mars 2, Jupiter 4, Saturn 8. Uranus should have 16, of which 8 have been discovered ("Chambers' Astronomy," p. 162); and Neptune 32, of which one has been descried. M. de Fontvielle also states that M. Frederic Petit, of the Observatory of Toulouse, advocates the existence of a satellite to the moon, which he believes he has seen several times. If the diameters of the satellites of Mars are as small as reported, such bodies could easily revolve round the moon unnoticed by the astronomers on the earth, and their presence might account for some of the known irregularities in the moon's motion.

MANESQUO. Who can give any information about the Indian Chief, Manesquo, mentioned several times in William Stark's poem, read at the centennial celebration of the incorporation of Derryfield, October 22, 1851, at Manchester, N. H. The poem is in the "History of Manchester, N. H.," by Chandler E. Potter, 1856, p. 29.

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And still the Piscataquog rolls its bright water,

The Island still offers its deep gloomy shade,

And where played the maiden, MANESQUO's fair daughter,
The little bird warbles her sweet serenade."

DERRYFIELD.

"Do the stars e'en outnumber the sands of the seu
What part is an hour of eternity?

Is the past quite as long as the future will be?

The answers must come from the Deity.-JAMES L. BASFORD.

ARGUMENTS OF THE ILIAD The following are the arguments of the Iliad as given in George Chapman's translation, edition of 1843.

The poems of the Iliad (and the Odyssey) are divided into 24 books, according to the letters in the Greek alphabet; and this divi. sion has been ascribed to Aristarchus who used the letters as references to the books in the two poems. Some credit Aristophanes with the division, and others, Zenodotus. (See Vol. XI, pp. 208-211, for

some information on the Homeric poems.)

Alpha the prayer of Chryses sings; the army's plague; the strife of kings.
Beta the dream and synod cites; and catalogues the naval knights.
Gamma the single fight doth sing 'twixt Paris and the Spartan king.
In Delta, is the gods' assize; the truce is broken; wars freshly rise.
In Epsilon, heaven's blood is shed, by sacred rage of Diomed.
In Zeta, Hector prophecies; prays for his son ; wills sacrifice.
In Eta, Priam's strongest son combats with Ajax Telamon.

In Theta, gods a council have, Troy's conquest, glorious Hector brave.
Iota sings the embassy; and great Achilles' stern reply.

Kappa the night exploits applies; Rhesus' and Dolon's tragedies.
Lambda presents the general, in fight the worthiest man of all.

Mu works the Trojans all the grace, and doth the Grecian fort deface.
The Greeks, with Troy's bold power dismayed, are cheered by Neptune's
secret aid (Nu).

In Xi with sleep, and bed, heaven's queen, even Jove himself makes overseen.
Jove sees in O[micron] his oversight, chides Juno, Neptune calls from flight.
In Pi, Patroclus bears the chance of death, imposed by Hector's lance.
In Rho, the virtuous hosts maintain a slaughterous conflict for the same.
Sigma continues the alarms, and fashions the renowned arms.

Tau gives the anger period, and great Achilles comes abroad

In Upsilon, Strife stirs in heaven: the day's grace to the Greeks is given.
Phi, at the flood's shore, doth express the labours of Eacides.
Hector in Chi to death is done, by power of Peleus' angry son.
Psi sings the rites of their decease ordained by great Eacides.,
Omega sings the exequies, and Hector's redemptory prize.

EPIGRAM ON COLUMBUS. Who can but admire the beautiful thought expressed in the following Epigram on Columbus by Schiller :

Mit dem Genius steht die Natur in ewigem Bunde,

Was der Eine verspricht, leistet die Andre gewiss.
"Nature is bound in a never-ceasing alliance with genius,
That which is promised by one, ever the other provides."

LEGEND OF ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. "There was in Lybia, nigh unto the city of Siena, a stagnant lake, vast enough for a sea, wherein dwelt a dragon so fierce and venomous that he terrified and poisoned the whole country around. The people, therefore, assembled to slay him; but when they saw him, his appearance was so horrible that they fled. Then the dragon pursued them even to the city itself, and the inhabitants were nearly destroyed by his very breath, and suffered so much that they were obliged to give him two sheep every day to keep him from doing them harm. At length they were obliged to give him a man instead At last, so that all the men should not be eaten up, a law was made that they should draw lots to give him the youth and infants of all ranks, and so the dragon was fed with gentlefolks' and the poor people's children, until the lot fell upon the king's daughter. Then the king was very sorry, and begged the people to take his gold and silver instead of his daughter, which the people would not accept, because it was according to his own law; and the king wept very much, and entreated the people to give the people eight days before she should be given to the dragon to be devoured, and the people consented. And when the eight days were gone, the king caused his daughter to be richly dressed as if she was going to her bridal; and, having kissed her, he gave her his blessing, and the people led her to where the dragon was. St. George had just come; when he saw the princess, he demanded why she was there, and she answered, 'Go your way, fair young man, that you perish not also.' Then again St. George demanded the reason of her being there, and why she wept, and endeavored to comfort her; and when she saw he could not be satisfied, she told him. Upon this, St. George promised to deliver her; but she could not believe that he had the power to do her so great a service, and therefore again asked him to go away. And while they were talking, the dragon appeared, and began to run towards them; but St. George, being on horseback, drew his sword and signed himself with the cross and rode valiantly, and smiting the dragon with his spear, wounded him so sorely that he threw him down. Then St. George called to the princess to bind her girdle about the dragon's neck, and not to be afraid; and when she had done so, the dragon followed as if it had been a meeke beest and debonayre'; and she led him into the city, which when the people saw, they fled for fear to the mountains and valleys, until, being encouraged by St. George, they returned, and he promised to slay the dragon if they would believe and be baptised. Then the king was baptised, with upwards of 15,000 men, besides women and children; and St. George slew the dragon, and cut off his head; and the people took four carts and drew the body with oxen out of the city; and the king built a church and dedicated it to Our Lady and St. George."

LA PLACE'S UNIVERSAL EPOCH. (Vol. XIV, p. 60.) The major axis of the orbit of each planet is in a state of continual movement from the disturbing action of other planets. In some cases it makes the complete tour of the heavens; in others it merely oscillates around a mean position. In the case of the earth's orbit, the perihelion is slowly advancing in the same direction as that which all the planets are revolving round the sun. The alteration of its position in respect to the stars amounts to about 11" in a year, but since the equinox is retrogressing in the opposite direction at the rate of 50".1 in a year, the whole annual variation of the longitude of the terrestrial perihelion amounts to 61".1. La Place has considered two remarkable epochs in connection with this fact, namely, the epoch at which the major axis of the earth's orbit coïncided with the line of the equinoxes, and the epoch at which it stood perpendicular to that line. By calculation he found the former of these epochs to be referable to the year 4107 B. C., and the latter to the year 1245 A. D. He accordingly suggested that the latter should be used as a universal epoch for the regulation of chronological event. These facts are taken from Arago's "Eulogy on La Place," read before the French Academy, which was translated by Baden Powell. Mary Somerville, in her work," The Connection of the Physical Sciences," p. 81, 1857, states that 1250 was the year suggested. Perhaps "RADIUS" had this in mind when making his query.

Satellites of JUPITER. One of the earliest telescopic discoveries by Galileo was that Jupiter was accompanied by four satellites, which revolved around him as a center, thus forming a miniature copy of the solar system. As in case of spots on the sun, Galileo's announcement of this discovery was received with incredulity by those philosophers of the day who believed that everything in nature was described in the writings of Aristotle. One eminent astronomer (Clavius) said that" to see the satellites one must have a telescope that would produce them"; but he changed his mind as soon as he saw them himself. Another philosopher, more prudent, refused to put his eye to the teleocope lest he should see them and be convinced. He died shortly afterwards. The caustic Galileo remarked, "I hope that he saw them while on his way to heaven." A very small teloscope, or a good opera glass even, is sufficient to show these moons.

SEALING OF THE UNIVERSE.

He selected three letters from the

simple ones, and sealed them as forming his great Name (I HU),

and he sealed the universe in six directions :

I. He looked above, and sealed the height with

2.

He looked below, and sealed the deep with

IH U.

I U H.

3.

He looked forward, and sealed the East with 4. He looked backward, and sealed the West with

HIU.

UHI.

5.

UIH.

HUI.

He looked to the right, and sealed the South with 6. He looked to the left, and sealed the North with

“And the Desire of all NATIONS SHALL COME (HAGGAI II, 7.). Who will explain the different renderings, readings, etc., and meaning of this quotation :

"AND the DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS SHALL COME." Douay Version. "And the desire of all nations came." Julia E. Smith's Version. "And the Desire of all nations shall come." Am. Bible Society. "And the desirable things of all nations shall come."-Revised Version "And the desire of all nations shall come."-King James' Version.

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ANGELS OF THE REFORMATION. A correspondent signing himself "LUCAS" or "LUCIAN" asks "Who were the Angels of the Reformation?" A reference to "Hales' Chronology," Vol. III, p. 490, says; "Wickliffe, the first angel of the Reformation, 1360; Huss, the second, 1405; Luther, the third, 1517."

NATURAL AND VIOLENT MOTION. The writers of the Aristotelian school of physics expressed this famous distinction in verse. The law of natural motion was,

"Cool at the first, it warm and warmer glows."

The law of violent motion was,

"Hot at the first, then barely warm, then cold."

Theosophy is a scientific religion and a religious science.

Theosophy is the complement of philosophy.

William Q. Fudge.

A. Bronson Alcott

Mr. Editor. When I wrote my criticism on Faber's "New Law" (Vol. XIV, p. 2.) I was not aware that he was not living; if I had known that he was dead, I should not have indulged in personal criticism. As it was, I did it to emphasize the magnitude of the error in his theory.

J. H. D.