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Treatment of Parallels by direction.

§ 1.

Nie. You have made but short work of four of the five methods of treating Parallels.

Min. We shall have all the more time to give to the somewhat intricate subject of Direction.

Nie. I lay on the table 'Elementary Geometry,' by J. M., M.A., late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, late Mathematical Master of Rugby School, now Head Master of Clifton College. The second edition, 1869. And I warn you to be careful how you criticise it, as it is already adopted in several schools.

Min. Tant pis pour les écoles. So you and your client deliberately propose to supersede Euclid as a text-book?