772 INDEX. 



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Man in America, Antiquity of. 638 



" Manual of Microscopic Mounting " (by John H. Martin), Notice of 247 



Maury, Matthew Fontaine 767 



Meteoric Stones 75 



Meteorites, Recent, in France and Italy 760 



Monas Prodigiosa 249 



" Mysteries of Voice and Ear " (by O. N. Rood), Notice of 751 



" Myths and Myth-Makers " (by John Fiske), Notice of 752 



Nebular Hypothesis, The 650 



Nervous Health and Moral Health 416 



Niagara, Facts relating to 249 



Notes 128,255, 384, 511, 639, 768 



Nothing new under the Sun 380 



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Observation in Education 371 



Observatories, Astronomical and Physical 365 



Old Age, Necessity of Carefulness in 511 



Opium Poppy in France 384 



Opossum, Habits of the 124 



Osage Orange 383 



Ostracism of a French Savant 764 



"Our First Year's Work" 745 



Ozone by a New Process 507 



Paper as a Building-Material 633 



Paper-Hangings, Poisonous 123 



Partridge-Berries, White 254 



Patriotism, Bias of . . 708 



Pavements, Asphalt 609 



Pavement, An Unpatentable 255 



Pericardium, puncturing the 637 



Petroleum, Solidifying 635 



Pholades, The Boring-Organ of 253 



Phosphoric Acid 383 



Photograph Proofs, White Spots on 632 



Photometer, Deep-Sea 639 



Physiological Position of Tobacco 167 



Physical Characters of the Human Races 541 



" Physics and Politics " (by Walter Bagehot), Notice of 503 



Plant-Battery 631 



Plants, Spontaneous Movements in. (Illustrated.) , 280 



Plaster, Action of, on Soils 251 



Polaris, The, Expedition 253 



" Popular Treatise on Gems " (by Dr. L. Feuchtwanger) 378 



Potato-Disease, The 250 



Pouchet, Felix Archimede 767 



Practical Man, The, as an Obstructive 37 



Prophecies, Weather 149 



Public Affairs, Science and 736 



" Quarterly German Magazine " 377 



Rain-Storms, Great Fires and 206 



Rattlesnake's Rattle, Purpose of 767 



" Recent Discussions in Science, Philosophy, and Morals " (by Spencer), 



Notice of 505 



Recent Progress of Natural Science 597 



Religion, Science and 79 



