Vol. LXVIII. No. 2 FEBRUARY, 1906 



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POPULAR SCIENCE 

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Professor William H. Welch Frontispiece 



The Passing of China's Ancient System of Literary Examinations. 



Dr. Charles Keyser Edmunds 99 



The Lapses of Speech. Professor Joseph Jastrow 119 



What is Slang ? Professor Edwin W. Bowen 127 



Recent Advances in Meteorology and Meteorological Service in Japan. 



Dr. S. Tetsu Tamura 139 



With the British Association in South Africa. Professor Ernest W. 



Brown 145 



Some Recent Tendencies in Mathematical Instruction. Professor C. A. 



Miller 161 



The Wealth of the Commonwealth, its Consumption and Conservation. 



Dr. A. C. Lane 166 



The Honor System in American Colleges. Professor W. Lb Conte 



Stevens 176 



The Progress of Science : 



The Work of the Department of Agriculture under Secretary Wilson ; The New 

 Orleans Meeting of the Association ; Scientific Items 186 



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