ESTABLISHED BY EDWARD L. YOUMANS. 



APPLETONS' 

 POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



EDITED BY WILLIAM JAY YOUMANS. 



Prospectus for 1899. 



The scientific method of study and investigation is every year being more 

 and more widely applied, drawing within its range, besides the endless succession 

 of phenomena in physical Nature, many practical questions relating to agricul- 

 tural and industrial development, civil administration, criminal reform, educa- 

 tional methods, public and private hygiene, and the ethics of social life. The 

 results of such study are changing for the better man's operations in every field 

 of activity, and in proportion as they are made known may they be expected 

 to still further contribute to the material welfare and intellectual advancement 

 of society. The contents of the Popular Science Monthly for 1899 will include 

 an increasing variety of readable popular articles on these and allied subjects 

 from writers of the foremost rank in their respective departments of science. 



EDUCATION. 



Special attention will, as heretofore, be given to the role of science in 

 Education. A few of the topics coming under this head will be : The train- 

 ing of science teachers ; the place of science in education ; practical aspects of 

 mental fatigue; teaching science in the common schools; instruction of the 

 feeble-minded, etc. 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



As subjects of scientific study that are of never-failing interest, well calcu- 

 lated to develop the observing powers and the judgment, and easily accessible 

 independently of the schools, liberal space will be given to articles on natural 

 history, including curious forms of plant and animal life, and those varied aspects 

 of Nature that present themselves in the geological and physiographic features 

 of the landscape. 



