1 OCTOBER 1898, page 12

Credulity.

O N the whole, we may say, the universal tendency of man- kind is towards belief ; by which we mean that men will generally hold some proposition not obviously ridiculous, to be......

The Speed Of Birds.

I T seems probable that current estimates of the speed of birds' flight must be modified. On Monday, June 27th, a number of carrier-pigeons were flown from the Shetland Islands......