﻿VI 
  CONTENTS 
  

  

  General 
  Appendix 
  _ 
  

  

  The 
  accomplishments 
  of 
  modern 
  astronomy, 
  by 
  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot 
  149 
  

  

  Recent 
  developments 
  of 
  cosmical 
  physics, 
  by 
  J. 
  H. 
  Jeans 
  167 
  

  

  The 
  evolution 
  of 
  twentieth-century 
  physics, 
  by 
  Robert 
  A. 
  Millikan 
  191 
  

  

  Isaac 
  Newton, 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Albert 
  Einstein 
  201 
  

  

  The 
  nucleus 
  of 
  the 
  atom, 
  by 
  J. 
  A. 
  Crowther___, 
  209 
  

  

  The 
  centenary 
  of 
  Augustin 
  Fresnel, 
  by 
  E.-M. 
  Antouiadi 
  217 
  

  

  Soaring 
  flight, 
  by 
  Wolfgang 
  Klemperer 
  , 
  221 
  

  

  The 
  coming 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  coal 
  age, 
  by 
  Edwin 
  E. 
  Slosson 
  243 
  

  

  Is 
  the 
  earth 
  growing 
  old? 
  By 
  Josef 
  Felix 
  Pompeckj 
  255 
  

  

  Geological 
  climates, 
  by 
  W. 
  B. 
  Scott 
  ^- 
  271 
  

  

  Geologic 
  romance 
  of 
  the 
  Finger 
  Lakes, 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Herman 
  F. 
  Fairchild 
  289 
  

  

  Fossil 
  marine 
  faunas 
  as 
  indicators 
  of 
  climatic 
  conditions, 
  by 
  Edwin 
  

  

  Kirk 
  299 
  

  

  Paleontology 
  and 
  human 
  relations, 
  by 
  Stuart 
  Weller 
  309 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  North 
  Pole, 
  by 
  Lincoln 
  Ellsworth 
  321 
  

  

  Bird 
  banding 
  in 
  America, 
  by 
  Frederick 
  C. 
  Lincoln 
  331 
  

  

  The 
  distribution 
  of 
  fresh-water 
  fishes, 
  by 
  David 
  Starr 
  Jordan 
  355 
  

  

  The 
  mind 
  of 
  an 
  insect, 
  by 
  R. 
  E. 
  Snodgrass 
  387 
  

  

  The 
  evidence 
  bearing 
  on 
  man's 
  evolution, 
  by 
  Ale§ 
  Hrdlicka 
  417 
  

  

  The 
  origins 
  of 
  the 
  Chinese 
  civilization, 
  by 
  Henri 
  Maspero 
  433 
  

  

  Archeology 
  in 
  China, 
  by 
  Liang 
  Chi-Chao 
  453 
  

  

  Indian 
  villages 
  of 
  Southeast 
  Alaska, 
  by 
  Herbert 
  W. 
  Krieger 
  467 
  

  

  The 
  interpretation 
  of 
  aboriginal 
  mounds 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  Creek 
  Indian 
  cus- 
  

   toms, 
  by 
  John 
  R. 
  Swanton 
  495 
  

  

  Friedrich 
  Kurz, 
  artist-explorer, 
  by 
  David 
  I. 
  Bushnell, 
  jr 
  507 
  

  

  Note 
  on 
  the 
  principles 
  and 
  process 
  of 
  X-ray 
  examination 
  of 
  paintings, 
  

  

  by 
  Alan 
  Burroughs 
  529 
  

  

  Lengthening 
  of 
  human 
  life 
  in 
  retrospect 
  and 
  prospect, 
  by 
  Irving 
  Fisher 
  535 
  

  

  Charles 
  Doolittle 
  Walcott, 
  by 
  George 
  Otis 
  Smith 
  555 
  

  

  William 
  Healey 
  Dall, 
  by 
  C. 
  Hart 
  Merriam 
  563 
  

  

  