bodies by the careful examination
of photographic plates. Mrs. Fleming, who spends her life in such work,
has had the good fortune to detect no less than six of these wonderful
objects as the reward of her laborious scrutiny; and she is the _only_
person who has thus found new stars by photography until this accidental
discovery at Oxford. The following is a complete list of new stars
discovered to date:--

LIST OF NEW STARS.

+----------------------------------------------+
|Ref. No.| Constellation. | Year.| Discoverer. |
+----------------------------------------------+
| 1 | Cassiopeia | 1572 | Tycho Brahe.|
| 2 | Cygnus | 1600 | Janson. |
| 3 | Ophiuchus | 1604 | Kepler. |
| 4 | Vulpecula | 1670 | Anthelm. |
| 5 | Ophiuchus | 1848 | Hind. |
| 6 | Scorpio | 1860 | Auwers. |
| 7 | Corona Borealis| 1866 | Birmingham. |
| 8 | Cygnus | 1876 | Schmidt. |
| 9 | Andromeda | 1885 | Hartwig. |
| 10 | Perseus | 1887 | Fleming. |
| 11 | Auriga | 1891 | Anderson. |
| 12 | Norma | 1893 | Fleming. |
| 13 | Carina | 1895 | Fleming. |
| 14 | Centaurus | 1895 | Fleming. |
| 15 | Sagittarius | 1898 | Fleming. |
| 16 | Aquila | 1899 | Fleming. |
| 17 | Perseus | 1901 | Anderson. |
| 18 | Gemini | 1903 | At Oxford. |
+----------------------------------------------+

[Illustration:

MARCH 1, 1903 MARCH 14, 1903
VIII.--THE OXFORD NEW STAR.

A PAIR OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AT THE HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY BEFORE
AND AFTER ITS APPEARANCE

(_The arrow indicates the place of the new star. It will be seen that
the left-hand picture though it shews fainter stars than the other, has
not a trace of the new star._)]

[Sidenote: Dr. Anderson.]

[Sidenote: Nova Persei.]

Generally these stars have been noted by eye observation, as in the case
of the two found by Dr. Anderson of Edinburgh. In these cases also we may
say that deliberate search was rewarded; for Dr. Anderson is probably the
most assiduous "watcher of the skies" living, though he seldom uses a
telescope; sometimes he uses an opera-glass, but usually the naked eye. He
describes himself as an "Astrophil" rather than as an astronomer. "I love
the stars," he says; "and whene