ACT III.
Scene II.
§ 2. Wilson's 'Syllabus'-Manual.
'No followers allowed.'
Times' advertisement-sheet, passim.
Nie. I lay before you 'Elementary Geometry, following the Syllabus prepared by the Geometrical Association,' by J. M. Wilson, M.A., 1878.'
Min. In what respects is this book a 'Rival' of Euclid?
Nie. Well, it separates Problems from Theorems
Min. Already discussed (see p. 18).
Nie. It adopts Playfair's Axiom
Min. Discussed (see p. 40).
Nie. It abandons diagonals in Book II
Min. Discussed (see p. 50).
Nie. And it adopts a new sequence and numeration.
Min. That, of course, prevents us from taking it as merely a new edition of Euclid. It will need very strong evidence indeed to justify its claim to set aside the
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