The known number of these bodies has accordingly increased so rapidly as to become almost an embarrassment; and in one respect the embarrassment is definite, for it has become quite difficult to find _names_ for the new discoveries. We remember with amusement at the present time that for the early discoveries there was sometimes a controversy (of the same kind as in the case of Uranus) about the exact name which a planet should have. Thus when it was proposed to call No. 12 (discovered in 1850, in London, by Mr. Hind) "Victoria," there was an outcry by foreign astronomers that by a subterfuge the name of a reigning monarch was again being proposed for a planet, and considerable opposition was manifested, especially in America. But it became clear, as other discoveries were added, that the list of goddesses, or even humbler mythological people, would not be large enough to go round if we were so severely critical, and must sooner or later be supplemented from sources hitherto considered unsuitable; so, ultimately, the opposition to the name Victoria was withdrawn. Later still the restriction to feminine names has been broken through; one planet has been named Endymion, and another, of which we shall presently speak more particularly, has been called Eros. But before passing to him you may care to look at some of the names selected for others:-- No. Name. 248 Lameia 250 Bettina 261 Prymno 264 Libussa 296 Phaëtusa 340 Eduarda 341 California 350 Ornamenta 357 Ninina 385 Ilmatar 389 Industria 391 Ingeborg 433 Eros 443 Photographica 457 Alleghenia 462 Eriphyla 475 Ocllo 484 Pittsburghia 503 Evelyn [Sidenote: Bettina.] [Sidenote: The provisional letters.]