Vol. XLVII.J Established by Edward L. Youmans. [No. 1. 



POPULAR" SCIENCE 

 MONTHLY. 



MAY, 1895. 

 EDITED BY WILLIAM JAY YOUMANS. 



PAGE 



CONTENTS. 



I. Studies of Childhood. VIII. Fear. By Prof. James Sully, LL.D. 1 



II. Archaeology in Denmark. By Prof. Frederick Starr. (Illus.). 12 



III. The Office of Luxury. By M. Paul Leroy Beaulieu 25 



IV. Professional Institutions. I. Professions in General. By Herbert 



Spencer 34 



V. Kidd on " Social Evolution." By W. D. Le Sueur 38 



VI. An Old Naturalist. By Prof. W. K. Brooks. (Illustrated.) ... 49 



VII. The Work of the Naturalist in the World. By Prof. Charles 



Sedgwick Minot 60 



VIII. Business, Friendship, and Charity. By Logan G. McPherson. 73 



IX. Race Mixture and National Character. By L. R. Haki.ey, A. M. 86 



X. Woman as an Inventor and Manufacturer. (Illustrated.) 92 



XI. Microbes as Factors in Society. By M. L. Capitan 103 



XII. The Illustrious Boerhaave. By William T. Lusk, M. D., LL. I). 



(With Portrait.) 110 



XIII. Correspondence : Steel Engravings as Works of Art 121 



XIV. Editor's Table : Public Education and Public Opinion. The Alleged Dogma- 



tism of Science. Spencer on Professional Institutions 122 



XV. Literary Notices 126 



XVI. Popular Miscellany 136 



XVII. Notes 143 



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