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PHILOSOPHERS arc not LESS accessible
to the Trailer impulses Of our common ma
tyre than ,haae who deyhte themselves to
more ignoble pursuits. Clairault, soceles
Hbrated for hiSprediction 81 the return OF


Halley,s comet in 1859, was assisted by
a lady, Madame Lepaute, who supplied
him with MANY of the most elaborate ol
the calculations necessary u complete
his investigation. Great was the. sur-
prise and mortifea6cL Of the friends nf
the elady to find on the publicati OF
Clairan't's memoir on the subject. tha,
all mention Of her name, md OF he i'm
portant share which she had III the
researches, were studous!y avoided.


The philosopher, as il aftes4ards ap
peared. Ind at the time love affair with
another lady. who, being jealous oi Ia
snpante cuicuiatrics, insisted that no i1a..
tion of her name should bs made by her
philosopher chees ami. 1t was not till
many years afterwards that Justice was
done to the claimssSf tho female ..mathe-
naatician by Lalande, the celebrated as
tronomer. who, having himself had a
share of Ahe Investigation, was cogni
zant d 'tW the circumstances. So IN
tense~aM unremilting was the applica
ton Of Madame Lepaute for several
months, in this investigation. that she
q disease Of the eyes, by
which she was afflicted fors,he remainder
of.hef life.