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VOL. XLIV.l ESTABLISHED BXj^aKL.j0UMANS. [No. 5 



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POPULAR SCIENCE 

 MONTHLY. 



MARCH, 1894. 

 EDITED BY WILLIAM JAY YOU MANS. 



CONTENTS. PAGE 



I. Abolish all Prohibitive Liquor Laws. By APPLETON MORGAN. . 577 



II. Industries of Animals. By FREDERIC HOUSSAY. (Illustrated.) . 594 



III. The Origin of Right-handedness. By Prof. J. MARK BALDWIN. 606 



IV. Fossil Man. By JOHN G. ROTHERMEL. (Illustrated.) 616 



V. Professor Tyndall. By Prof. THOMAS H. HUXLEY 637 



VI. The European Law of Torture. By AMHERST W. BARBER 648 



VII. Customs and Superstitions of the Mayas. By Mrs. A. D. LE 



PLONGEOX. (Illustrated.) 661 



VIII. Biology and Ethics. By Sir JAMES C. BROWNE, M. D., F. R. S . 671 



IX. The Action of Massage upon the Muscles. By D. GRAHAM, M. D. 677 



X. The Ice Age and its Work. I. By A. R, WALLACE, F. R. S . . . 681 



XL The Founder of the First Scientific Journal. By M. J. BOYER. . 690 



XII. Sketch of Jean Martin Charcot. (With Portrait.) 693 



XIII. Editor's Table : The Conditions of Efficient Government. A Possible Reform. 



The Moon of Romance "" 



XIV. Literary Notices 701 



XV. Popular Miscellany 710 



XVI. Notes.. 719 



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