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CONTENTS OF DECEMBER NUMBER 



Professor C. H. 

 rrofessor Volney M. 



Fresh Water Springs in the Ocean 

 Hitchcock. 



Economy in Irrigation. 

 Spalding. 



Mining and the Use of Metals by the Ancient Egypt- 

 ians. Professor R. D. George. 



Anaiimander, Earliest Precursor of Darwin. Dr. 

 Charles R. Eastman. 



The Philosophy of Frederich Nietsehe. Profeisor 

 Frank Thilly. 



A Study of Locality. Dr. Cephas Guillet. 



The Cause, Nature and Consequences of Eyestrain. 

 Dr. Georgk M. Gould. 



The Status of American College Professors. Pro- 

 fessor John J. Stevenson. 



The Progress of Science : 



The Installation of President James and the 

 University of Illinois; A Conference of College 

 and University Trustees; The Distribution of 

 Stars ; The Proportion of Children in the United 

 States; The International Congress of Tuber- 

 culosis and Professor von Behring's Announce- 

 ment ; Scientific Items. 



CONTENTS OF JANUARY NUMBER 



With the British Association in South Africa. Pro- 

 fessor Ernest W. Brown. 



The Foundations of Geometry. Dr. Oscar Veblen. 



The Content of Chinese Education. Dr. Charles 

 Keyser Edmunds. 



The Geological Survey of Alaska. Dr. Alfbed 

 Brooks. 



What is an Ear of Corn ? T. G. Montgomery. 



Spencer Fullerton Baird. T. D. A. Cockebell. 



Intercollegiate Contests. Professor John J. Steven- 

 son. 



The Progress of Science : 



The Convocation Week Meetings of the Scientific 

 Societies; Award of the Nobel Prizes; The De- 

 termination of Sex ; Two German Directories ; 

 Scientific Items. 



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