al Express: the remaining 368 miles take 27 hours owing
to the bad connections of the trains.

Madrid is 285m. from Alicante, the journey occupying about 29h.

USEFUL BOOKS FOR PORTUGAL AND SPAIN.

As the result of much inquiry and research, the following may be
suggested:--

GUIDE-BOOKS.

_Handbook for Spain_, 2 vols. 20_s._ (J. Murray.)

_Handbook to Spain and Portugal_, Dr. Charnock. 7_s._ 6_d._ (W. J.
Adams.)

_Guide to Spain and Portugal_, O'Shea and Lomas. 15_s._ (A. & C. Black.)

_Handbook for Portugal._ 12_s._ (J. Murray.)

DICTIONARIES.

JAeSCHKE, R. _English-Spanish Conversation Dictionary._ 3_s._ 6_d._
(Nutt.)

CASTRO DE LA FAYETTE. _Novo Diccionario Inglez-Portugueze._ 2 vols.
6_s._

GRAMMARS AND PHRASE BOOKS.

D'ORSEY, Rev. A. J. D. _Colloquial Portuguese._ 3_s._ 6_d._ (Kegan
Paul.)

WALL, C. H. _Practical Portuguese Grammar._ 7_s._ (Nutt.)

THIMM, C. A. _Spanish Self-taught._ 1_s._ 6_d._ (Marlborough.)

_Spanish Conversation Book._ 1_s._ (Walter Scott.)

HUGO. _Spanish Simplified._ 2 Parts and Key. 1_s._ 6_d._ (1A Paternoster
Row.)

VARIOUS.

CHAMBERS, G. F. _The Tourist's Pocket-Book._ [Vocabulary of 16
Languages]. 1_s._ (Philip.)

THIMM, C. A. _Spanish Washing Lists for both Sexes._ 6_d._
(Marlborough.)

[Illustration: DIAGRAM OF CONSPICUOUS STARS AND PLANETS LIKELY TO BE
VISIBLE DURING THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, MAY 28, 1900.]

INDEX.

*** The Eclipses referred to in the Chapters on History (VIII.-XIII.) are
not, as regards dates, dealt with in this Index.

A.

Aberdour, Lord, 159.
Agathocles, The Eclipse of, 120.
Ahaz, Dial of, 90, 96, 101.
Airy, Sir G. B., 48, 74, 83, 84, 89, 110, 111, 113, 115, 123, 124, 144,
164, 167.
_Almanac, British_, 219.
_Almanac, Nautical_, 26, 35, 234, 238.
Ammianus Marcellinus, 133.
_Anglo-Saxon Chronicle_, 136, 137, 138, 142, 143, 146, 148, 205, 206,
207, 208, 209.
_Annales Fuldenses_, 143, 207.
Annular Eclipses of the Sun, 16.
Apollonius of Tyana, 130.
Arabian Records, 132, 138.
Arago, 125, 164.
Archilochus, 108.
Aristophanes, 199.
Ascending Node, 18.
Asser, 144.

B.

Baily, F., 57, 112, 122, 164.
"Baily's Beads," 57, 64, 164.
Barker, Sir R., 102.
Bede, 205.
Beer, 217.
Bible, Eclipses mentioned in, 86.
Biot, E., 80.
"Black" Eclipses of