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CONTENTS OF THE JANUARY NUMBER 



The Mechanistic Conception of Life. Dr. Jacques 



Loeb. 

 Science among the Chine«e. Dr, C. K. EdmundB. 

 Notes on Norwegian Industry. Professor Jas. Lewis 



Howe. 

 The Duties to the Public of Research Institutes in 



Pure Science. Professor William E. Ritter. 

 Small Colleges. Professor John J. Stevenson. 

 The Problem of City Milk Supplies. Ddi P. G. Heine- 

 man. 

 Collecting on a Coral Reef. Professor Vernon L. 



Kellogg. 

 The Origin and Control of Mental Defectiveness . Dr. 



Chas. B. Davenport. 

 The Paris Academy of Sciences. Dr. Edward F. 



Williams. 

 The Progress of Science : 



The Convocation Week Meetings of Scientific 



Societies ; The United States National Museum ; 



Joseph Dalton Hooker ; Scientific Items. 



CONTENTS OF THE FEBRUARY NUMBER 



The International Hygiene Exhibition at Dresden. 

 Dr. Henry G. Beyer. 



The Value of Non-instrumental Weather Observa- 

 tions. Professor Robert DeC. Ward. 



Narrow Jaws and Small Fe«t. Dr. Richard Cole 

 Newton. 



Conflict of Administrations. President Frank L. 



McVey. 

 Relations of Japan and the United States. President 



David Starr Jordan. 



Some Interesting Characteristics of the Modern Eng- 

 lish Language. Professor Alexander Francis 

 Chamberlain. 



Old Academy of Science, Paris. Dr. Edward F. 



Williams. 

 The History of Gold Mining in the United States. 



Professor R. A. F. Penrose, Jr. 



Modern Tenement Houses. Jonathan A. Rawson, Jr. 



History of Gymnosperms. Professor John M. Coulter. 



The Progress of Science: 



The Washington Meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion ; New College Presidents ; Scientific Items. 



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