

Vol. LVIII. No. 4 FEBRUARY, 1901. 



THE 



POPULAR SCIENCE 

 MONTHLY. 



EDITED BYU. McKEEJV CATTELL. 



CONTENTS: 



Huxley's Life and Work. Lord Avebuey 337 



Malaria. Subgeon-General Geo. M. Sternberg 360 



A Study of British Genius. Havelock Ellis 372 



The Weather vs. The Newspapers. Harvey Maitland Watts 381 



The Philippines Two Hundred Tears Ago. Professor E. E. Slosson 393 

 Prehistoric Tombs of Eastern Algeria. Professor Alpheus S. Packard 397 



The New York Aquarium. Professor Charles L. Bristol 405 



Chapters on the Stars. Professor Simon Newcomb 413 



A Century of the Study of Meteorites. Dr. Oliver C. Farrington. 429 



Discussion and Correspondence : 



A Defense of Christian. Science : J. Edward Smith. Mr. Tesla's Science 434 



Scientific Literature : 



Engineering ; Mycology ; Folk-lore 438 



The Progress of Science : 



The U. S. Naval Observatory ; The American Society of Naturalists and Otner 

 Scientific Societies ; The Development of Unfertilized Eggs ; The Flow of Books ; 

 Bacteria and Fermentation ; Sumatra Tobacco in the Connecticut Valley ; The Inert 

 Elements ; Newspaper Science ; An Improvement in Telephony ; Scientific Items. . 442 



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