POPULAE SOIEISrCE NEWS. 



TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR. 



PROSPECTUS FOR 1890. 



Twenty-four years ago the Boston yournal of Chemistry, now The Popular Science News, 



^vas founded by the late Dr. James R. Nichols, and edited by him for more than a score of 



\ ears. Originally a small advertising sheet or trade journal, it grew so rapidly in popular favor 



It it very soon widened its scope, and is at present one of the standard scientific journals of 



e day, with a circulation extending into every state and territory, and nearly every foreign 



iuntry. 



For the past five years the SciE>fCE News has been under the editorial charge of Mr. Austin P. 

 Nichols, S. B., a graduate in chemistry of Harvard University, and Professor William J. Rolfe, 

 i.itt. D., well known as one of the authors of the " Cambridge " series of scientific text books! 

 and also as an eminent Shakesperian scholar and critic. In addition to the editors, a large 

 number of contributors, including some of the most distinguished scientists in the country, write 

 gularly for its columns. A few of these names are given below. 



The Science News is not only unique in being the cheapest scientific periodical published 



it is the only one which is specially devoted to the presentation of scientific subjects in a clear 



and popular style which all can understand, even without previous scientific knowledge. The aim 



the editors is to combine the utmost accuracy and reliability with a simple, attractive, and 



tertaining presentation of the laws, principles, and phenomena of the sciences. Sensation- 



>m and quackery, whether scientific or otherwise, is studiously avoided, the numerous scien- 



tiiic swindles and humbugs constantly arising are fearlessly exposed, and every effort will be 



made to maintain the paper in the highest ranks of scientific journalism. 



The scope of the Science News comprises all the natural and physical sciences. Especial 

 attention is given to the science of the household, and the elucidation of the scientific principles 

 governing the affairs of every day life. A special department is given to the~ " Home, Farm, 

 and Garden," and a portion of each issue is devoted to medicine, pharmacy, and hygiene'. 

 While the Science News is by no means an exclusively medical journal, its subscription list 

 mcludes more physicians and druggists than most of the periodicals entirely devoted to their 

 interests. A general knowledge of the sciences is particularly valuable to a physician, and the 

 Science NEWS.furnishes this, in connection with much valuable information of a purely medical 

 character, in a more attractive form and at less cost than any other publication. 



The Clubblng List is also a special feature of the paper. Subscribers to the Science News 



y subscribe to all the principal magazines and newspapers at greatly reduced rates, the saving 



many cases, being more than the cost of the original subscription. ' 



lers for societies and reading clubs will be promptly finished. 



Among those contributing regularly to the Science News are the following : — 



Professor C. A. Young, of Princeton, 



Professor N. S. Shaler, of Harvard, 



Professor William G. Sumner, of Yale, 



Professor Frederick LeRoy Sargent, 



Professor James Stoller, of Union College, 



Dr. D. G. Brinton, 



Dr. John Crowell, 



Special estimates for large 



Dr. J. Hobart Egbert. 

 Dr. W. S. Wells, 

 Dr. H. DE Varignv, 

 Professor M. McNeil, . 

 Rev. Daniel Wight, 



$1.00. 



And one hundred others. 



Astronomy. 



Geology. 



Pohtical Economy. 



Botany. 



. Natural History. 



Archaeology. 



Medicine and Hygiene. 



Medicine and Hygiene. 



Medicine and Hygiene. 



Special Paris Correspondent. 



Special Astronomical Reporter. 



Special Meteorological Reporter. 



Try a Year's Subscription. 

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$1.00. 



A glance at the Index lor 1889 will show the value and variety of the reading matter therein sup- 

 plied. The volume for 1890 will excel even this. 



Club Li^t, 1889-90. 



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1 00. American Analyst 1 60 



() 00. American Archftectand Building News 6 50 



1 00. American Builder and Wood-Worker. 1 75 



4 00. American Chemical Journal 4 85 



'A 00. American Journal of Pharmacy 3 50 



6 00. American journal of Science .'. G 25 



100. American Microscopical Journal 180 



3 00. American Practitioner and News 3 50 



1 00. American Teacher l 80 



5 00. Arena .5 jo 



3 00. Archives of Medicine 3 50 



4 00. Art Amateur 4 50 



2 00. Arthur's Home Magazine 2 75 



1 50. Babyhood 2 10 



60. Babyland \ 30 



5 00. Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 5 85 

 4 00. Bradstreet's 4 50 



2 50. Braithwaite's Qiiarterlv Epitome 3 10 



2 50. Braithwaite's Retrospect 3 00 



3 00. Christian Union 3 75 



2 50. Cultivator and Country Gentleman... 3 10 



4 00. Decorator and Furnisher 4 25 



2 00. Demorset's Monthly 2 (50 



1 50. Druggists' Circular 2 30 



5 00. Eclectic Magazine 5 25 



3 00. Education 3 50 



3 00. Electrical World 3 75 



4 00. Engineering and Mining Journal 4 25 



1 75. English Illustrated Magazine, The ... 2 50 



4 00. Forest and Stream 4 25 



5 00. Gaillard's Medical Journal 5 10 



4 00. Garden and Forest 4 50 



2 50. Good Housekeeping 3 10 



1 00. Hall's Journal of Health 1 85 



100. Herald of Health 1 75 



1 10. Household, The (Vermont) 185 



5 00. Journal of the Franklin Institute 5 10 



5 20. La Nature (; OO 



i 00. Literary World 2 85 



5 00. London Chemical News 5 50 



3 50. Magazine of Art 4 00 



1 50. Manufiicturer and Builder 2 10 



1 00. Microscope, The 1 80 



6 00. Nature (j 40 



2 50. New England Journal of p:ducation.. 3 25 



1 00. New York Weekly Tribune 1 90 



2 50. New York School Journal 3 00 



1 50. Our Little Ones and the Nursery 2 25 



1 00. The Office " \ 75 



3 00. Outing 3 50 



5 00. Philadelphia Photographer 5 25 



3 00. Railroad and Engineering Journal (for- 

 merly Van Nostrand's), new sub- 

 scribers only 3 50 



2 00. Rural New Yorker 2 75 



3 50. Science 4 oO 



1 25. Vick's Floral Monthly 1 90 



1 75. Youth's Companion, new subscribers 



only 2 50 



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