CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Art. I. Prussia and the German System of Education, by 



Arthur Bott, --------- 1 



Art. II. The Flora of the Adirondacks, by Geo. T. Stevens, 

 M. D., 67 



Art. III. The Trichina Spiralis, by Edward R. Hun, M. D., 83 



Art. IV. The Caucasian Mountains and their Inhabitants, 

 by George L. Ditson, M. D., 91 



Art. V. Frogs and their Contributions to Science, by John V. 

 Lansing, M. D., 120 



Art. VI. Remarks on the Galvanic Battery, by George W. 

 Hough, director of the Dudley Observatory, - - - 136 



Art. VII. Life as a Physical Phenomenon, by George T. 

 Stevens, M. D., - - 147 



Art. VIII. The Velocity of the Electric Current over Tele- 

 graph Wire, by Prof. Geo. W. Hough, A. M, director of 

 the Dudley Observatory, - ... ... 167 



Art. IX. The Total Eclipse of August 7th, 1869, observed at 

 Mattoon, Illinois, by Prof. G. W. Hough, A. M., director 

 of the Dudley Observatory, - ... 176 



^ Art. X. Fungi, by Charles H. Peck, 209 



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Art. XL Narrative of a Bear Hunt in the Adirondacks, by 

 h Verplanck Colvin, - - - - - 227 



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