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I INFER from the article entitled “The Star of Bethlehem” (NATURE, December 22, 1887, p. 169) that the writer supposes the craze he deals with did not exist until Venus became a morning star. It was equally prevalent here when, early in the year, she was an evening star, as the following fact will show. On May 21, 1887, a lady wrote me as follows:—“Will you kindly tell me what people mean about ‘a wonderful star’? All our servants are talking about it.… Some call it ‘the star of Bethlehem’.… I hear it is ‘wonderfully bright!’ ”
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PENGELLY, W. The Star of Bethlehem. Nature 37, 221 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/037221d0
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