although Uranus, Saturn and Mars guard the 1st Sign; ill health took the place of marriage affliction. His first trip to America was made while the Moon was in his bad 12th Sign and his death occurred when the Moon came to the 12th again. He died very suddenly while planning a lecture tour in America; he was talking gaily with his wife when he threw his hands to his head and dropped dead. His death reminds us of the story of a man who was a Christian and yet was never heard to pray. Every night he read the Bible and gave utterance to the words, "Good night, Lord Jesus, good night." This great novelist and poet had traveled on intimate terms with death all his life and he only required to say, Good night, O death, good night. His death scenes are among his greatest masterpieces. His rural descriptions emanating from the 3rd and 4th and his poems to children emanating from the 11th Sign, take on a more cheerful form governed by good planets in these Signs.

In No. 46 the author of the "Bonnie Brier Bush," we have an eminent clergyman and writer born ten days earlier than No. 45; for this reason a striking resemblance between the two horoscopes is observed. No. 46 also suffered from chest troubles coming under the 12th and he excelled in pathetic scenes. A comparison of the lives of these two men would prove very interesting, but space will not permit. Like all other novelists they select their characters from those with whom they come in contact. Apart from the characters introduced their writings are very similar particularly where they both use the Scotch dialect. No. 46 was very fond of animals, many touching references being made to those in his writings. He was also very much attached to uncles and aunts who were removed by premature death; grief of this nature arises from a bad 12th Sign; so also does the interest

which he manifested in the Boer War. He delivered lectures upon the subject and received many letters of which he said: "About half the people seem to think I am a prophet and the other half an ass. From this I would infer that I am in de middle ob de road." In Great Britain 256,000 copies of "Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush" were sold and in America 484,000 and it is said that not a single unfavorable review has been traced. This may be accounted for by the fact that Mercury and the Sun stand between the 3rd and 4th Signs, and no evil planets enter into the conjunction. Any book could be criticised but his horoscope did not draw criticism.

No. 47 the author of "Columbus" and many other beautiful poems is a writer who had a very romantic career. At one time he is adopted by a tribe of Indians, and taking an active part in their savage raids; and at another he is feasted and flattered by royalty itself. The Moon in conjunction with Mars and Uranus in the 11th and 12th Signs leads him to camp with the Indians and to visit Mexico where he joined a filibustering expedition. The Moon in the 3rd and 4th with 5 good planets to 1 bad draws success; while under the benign influence of these planets he becomes lawyer, judge, editor and poet. His horoscope works

like a see-saw up in the 3rd and 4th Signs and down in the 11th and 12th. Nothing but disappointment hovers over his children Sign. When ill health takes the place of trouble to children, his daughter comes to care for him in his last illness. His 12th Sign indicates wild animals and the following lines emanate from it.

"This mad sea shows its teeth to-night;

He curls his lips, he lies in wait,

With lifted teeth as if to bite."

His passionate love for the beautiful in natural scenery emanates from the 3rd and 4th Signs and is illustrated by the following lines.

"Be this my home till some fair star, Stoops earthward and shall beckon me; For surely God-land lies not far

From these Greek heights and this great sea."

Uranus and Mars in the 11th, the Sign of friends leads him to take a deep interest in the unfortunate ones of the earth. The following lines are evidence on this point.

"In men whom men condemn as ill,

I find so much of goodness still,
In men whom men pronounce divine
I find so much of sin and blot,
I hesitate to draw the line

Between the two where God has not."

A little story told of this poet illustrates in a striking manner the influence of the 12 Sign. While visiting at the home of a lady in England his hostess after a prolonged search found him rolled in a rug skin upon the floor. "Where have you been?" said she. "In hell, madam," was the reply. The moon in his 12th Sign with Mars and Uranus led him to throw

himself on the floor and roll up in the skin of an animal. It may be that hell comes under the 12th; a huge amount of misery emanates from it that is certain. Physicians say that melancholia comes from liver derangement and impaired digestion, and the 12th Sign governs the stomach and liver, so that we have a combination of the 12th Sign afflictions; wild animals, the floor, melancholia, and it may be hell. The Sun, Mercury and Neptune in the 4th not only gave him a wonderful poetic instinct but gave him his beautiful home by the sea as well. Jupiter we think stands for mountains, Saturn for the earth, Venus for flowers and decorative features, the Sun for light and warmth, Mercury for birds, boats, and traveling, and Neptune for the water. Here we have the scene complete. Uranus and Mars are between the 11th and 12th Signs and affect both equally.

No. 48 is a great English scientific writer who inherited philosophic language and ideas from his father and uncle who educated him. This style of language became as familiar to him during his childhood days as the language of the street does to most boys of to-day. He also had 12th Sign troubles. When a boy he was sent to his uncle to be educated and he became so homesick, that he started for home on foot walking 47 miles a day with very little food, and being too tired to sleep. Finally a driver took pity on him, but to add to his troubles his parents were angry when he reached home. His father however allowed him to remain for a time before sending him back. A combination of 12th Sign trials are found here; traveling on foot, hunger, and enemies.

Some of our poor little boys think that those who have rich parents don't have any troubles but such is not the case. The poor woman weeps because she must give her children out to be cared for, while she