CONTENTS. VII 



Page. 



Antarctic Exploration, by G. S. Griffiths 293 



History of Geodetic Operations in Russia, by B. Witskowski and J. Howard Gore. 305 



Quartz Fibers, by C. V. Boys 315 



Kcenig's Kesearcbes on Musical Harmony, by Sylvanus P. Thompson 335 



The Chemical Problems of To-day, by Victor Meyer 361 



The Photographic Image, by Raphael Meldola 377 



A Tropical Botanical Garden, by M. Treub 389 



Temperature and Life, by Henry de Varigny 407 



Morphology of the Blood Corpuscles, by Charles Sedgwick Minot 429 



Weismann's Theory of Heredity, by George J. Romanes 433 



The Ascent of Mau, by Frank Baker , 447 



Antiquity of Man, by John Evans 467 



Primitive Home of the Aryans, by A. H. Sayce 475 



The Prehistoric Races of Italy, by Isaac Taylor 489 



The Age of Bronze in Egypt, bj^ Oscar Montelius 499 



Progress of Anthropology in 1890, by Otis T. Mason 527 



A Primitive Urn Burial, by J. F. Snyder 609 



Manners and Customs of the Mohaves, by George A. Allen 615 



Criminal Anthropology, by Thomas Wilson 617 



Color Vision and Color Blindness, by R. Brudenell Carter 687 



Technology aud Civilization, by F. Reuleaux 705 



The Ramsdeu Dividing Engine, by J. E. Watkius 721 



Memoir of Elias Loomis, by H. A. Newton 742 



Memoir of William Kitchen Parker 771 



Index to the volume 775 



