Vol. LXIII. No. i . AUGUST, 1903 



THE 



POPULAR SCIENCE 

 MONTHLY 



EDITED BY J. McKEEJf CATIELL 



CONTKNTS 



Modern Views on Matter. Sir Oliver Lodge 289 



The Training of a Physician. President David Starr Jordan . . . 304 



American Titles and Distinctions. Professor W. Le Conte Stevens . 312 



The Bird Rookeries on the Island of Laysan. Professor C. C. Nutting 321 



Bacteria in Modern Agriculture. Dr. Albert Schneider 333 



The Story of English Education. J. E. G. db MonTxMOrency .... 844 



The Declining Birth Rate and its Cause. Dr. Frederick A. Bushee . 355 



Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy. Professor J. A. Fleming . . 364 



Discussion and Correspondence: 



The Birth Eate in Fiction : C 373 



Scientific Literature : 



Forestry 374 



The Progress of Science ; 



The Boston Meeting of the National Educational Association ; The Problem of the 

 College ; The British Antarctic Expedition ; The So-called Mosquito Destroyer ; 

 Kadium in England ; The Franklin Papers in the Library of the American Philo- 

 sophical Society ; The Education of Engineers ; Scientific Items 375 



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