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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



Conducted by E. L. YOUMANS. 



Contents from, January, 1877 , to September, 1877, inclusive. 



Ths Earlier Forms of Life. By Prof. C. H. Hitchcock. 



(Illustrated.) 

 Theories cf Primitive Marriage. By Herbert Spencer. 

 Prof. Huxley's Lectures. III. (Illustrated.) 

 The Study and Teaching of Biology. By Prof. H. Newell 



Martin, M. B. 

 The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy. (Illustrated.) 

 Science in America. By Prof. John W. Draper, M.D., LL.D. 

 Mental Overwork. By Robert Farquharson, M. D. 

 The Medical Profession iu Modern Thought. By Prof. H. 



Maudsley, M. D. 

 About Sharks. 

 Aboriginal Settlements of the Pacific Coast. By Paul 



Schumacher. (Illustrated.) 

 Sketch of William Thomson. (With Portrait.) 

 The Trial of Galileo. By A. Mezieres. 

 Distance and Dimensions of the Sun. By Prof. C. A. Young. 



(Illustrated.) 

 Education as a Science. I. By Alexander Bain, LL. D. 

 The Production of Cognac Brandy. 

 Ups and Downs of the Long Island Coast. By E. Lewis, 



Jr. (Illustrated.) 

 An American Astronomical Achievement. By Richard A. 



Proctor. 

 Nature and Life in Lapland. By C. Chamberlain. 

 Physiology of Mind-Reading. By George M. Beard, M. D. 

 Compressed-Air Locomotive. By C. M. Gariel. (Illustrated.) 

 Gas Manufacture and Gas Companies. By Wm. E. Simmons. 

 Sketch of Prof. J. P. Cooke, Jr. (With Portrait.) 

 Education as a Science. II. By Alexander Bain, LL. D. 

 Formation of Raindrops and Hailstones. By Prof. Osborne 



Reynolds. (Illustrated.) 

 On the Study of Biology. By Prof. T. H Huxley. 

 How the Earth was regarded in Old Times. From the 



French of Flammarion. (Illustrated.) 

 How the Earth was explored in 1876. From Judge Daly's 



Address. 

 Is the Moon a Dead Planet ? By Edmund Neisan, F. R. A. S. 

 Size of the Principal Telescopes in the World. 

 The Journeyings and Dispersal of Animals. 

 The Early Man of North America. By A. R. Grote. 

 Biographical Sketch of Thomas Edward. (With Portrait.) 

 A Combat with an Infective Atmosphere. By Prof. John 



Tyndall, F. R. S. (Illustrated.) 

 Relations of the Air to our Clothing. By Dr. Max von Pet- 



tenkofer. 

 Audubon's Lily rediscovered. By Prof. Samuel Lockwood. 

 The Plant-Eaters of North America. By Prof. Sanborn 



Tenney. (Illustrated.) 

 The Science vs. the Art of Chemistry. By Prof. Ira Remsen. 

 Vital Statistics. By Charles P. Russel, M. D. 

 World-Creations. By C. C. Merriman, Esq. 

 Accoutrement of a Field-Geologist. By Prof. Geikie, F. R. S. 



(Illustrated.) 

 On the Annihilation of the Mind. By Prof. J. Trowbridge. 

 The First "Popular Scientific Treatise." By Prof. S. P. 



Langley. 

 The Ball-Paradox. By Thos. S. Crane, C. E. (Illustrated.) 

 Laboratory Endowment. By Prof. F. W. Clarke. 

 The Origin and Curiosities of the Arabic Numerals. By D. 



V. T. Qua. 

 The Scientific Labors of William Crookes. (With Portrait.) 

 Gar-Pikes, Old and Young. I. By Prof. Burt G. Wilder. 



(Illustrated.) 

 Mesmerism, Odylism, Table-Turning, and Spiritualism. I. 



By William B. Carpenter, LL. D., F. R. S. 

 Aqueducts. By William E. Simmons. (Illustrated.) 

 Gravitation, and How it Works. By Granville F. Foster. 

 On the Habits of Ants. By Sir John Lubbock, Bart. 



The New Star in the Constellation of the Swan. By Ame- 



dee Guillemin. (Illustrated.) 

 Antique Marbles. By John D. Champlin, Jr. 

 On the Wonderful Divisibility of Gold and Other Metals. 



By Alexander E. Outerbridge, Jr. 

 Movements of Jupiter's Cloud-Masses. By Richard A. 



Proctor. 

 Toadstool-Eating. By Julius A. Palmer, Jr. 

 Sketch of President Barnard. (With Portrait.) 

 On the Evolution of the Family. I. By Herbert Spencer. 

 Our American Owls. By Prof. Samuel Lockwood. (Illus- 

 trated.) 

 Initiatory Forces. By George Iles. 

 Mesmerism, Odylism, Table-Turning, and Spiritualism. II. 



By William B. Carpenter, LL.D., F. R. S. 

 On the Distribution of Standard Time in the United States. 



By Prof. Edward S. Holden. 

 Matter and Mind. By Frances Emily White, M. D. 

 Gar-Pikes, Old and Young. II. By Prof. Burt G. Wilder. 



(Illustrated.) 

 Relation of the Air to the House we live in. By Dr. Max 



von Pettenkofer. (Illustrated.) 

 Spinoza : 1677 and 1877. By Ernest Renan. 

 Transmission of Excitations in Sensory Nerves. By Dr. 



Paul Bert. (Illustrated.) 

 Sketch of Alfred Russel Wallace. (With Portrait.) 

 On the Evolution of the Family. II. By Herbert Spencer. 

 The Tides. By Prof. Elias Schneider. (Illustrated.) 

 On Ground-Air in its Hygienic Relations. By Dr. Max von 



Pettenkofer. (Illustrated.) 

 A Brief Historical Sketch of the Discovery of the Circula- 

 tion of the Blood. By George Jackson Fisher. M. D. 

 Over-Consumption or Over-Production ? By O. B. Bunce. 

 Atmospheric Pressure and Life. By Dr. Paul Bert. (11 



lustrated.) 

 Heat and Motion, and Political Economy. > 

 On Heredity in Nervous Diseases. By Eugene Duput, M. D. 

 The Material Resources of Life. By Prof. A. B. Prescott. 

 The Zodiacal Light. By Prof. C. E. Brame. (Illustrated.) 

 Sketch of Dr. Balfour Stewart. (With Portrait.) 

 The Climatic Influence of Vegetation.— A Plea for our For- 

 ests. By F. L. Oswald, M. D. 

 Education as a Science. III. By Alexander Bain, LL. D. 

 The Norwegian Lemming and its Migrations. By W Dup- 



pa Crotch, M. A., F. L. S. (Illustrated.) 

 Matches. By John A. Garver, A. B. 

 The Import of Protoplasm. By Michael Foster, M. D., 



F. R. S. 

 The Electric Candle. By Alfred Niaudet. (Illustrated.) 

 The Status of Women and Children. By Herbert Spencer. 

 Imagination. By Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A. 

 A Philosophical Emperor. By Calvert Vaux. 

 Bad Odors in Reservoired Drinkiug- Water. By Prof. S. A. 



Lattimore. 

 A Run through the Museums of Europe. By T. M. Brewer. 

 The Sewing-Machine in Political Economy. 

 Domestic Retrospect and Prospect. By Herbert Spencer. 

 Odd Forms among Fishes. By Prof. Sanborn Tenney. 



(Illustrated.) 

 The Observatories of Italy. By Prof. G. Ratet. 

 On Drops. By A. M. Worthington. (Illustrated.) 

 Civilization and Morals. By J. N. Larned. 

 Does it take Time to think ? By T. F. Brownell. 

 Aboriginal Pottery of the Salt-Springs, Illinois. By Geo. 



Escol Sellers. (Illustrated.) 

 Instinct and Intelligence. By W. K. Brooks. 

 Science and War. By H. Baden Pritchard. 

 The Labor-Question. By R. G. Eccles. 

 Sketch of Prof. Simon Newcomb. (With Portrait.) 



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