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set forth in a masterly manner. In his book on 

 the " Culture demanded by Modern Life " we 

 have a similar collection of essays with a similar 

 excellent original discussion, showing the need for 

 wider and later training in science, and protesting 

 against the excess of time and energy that is spent 

 in classical education where it is merely the fol- 

 lowing of an old tradition. 



As a crown to all this useful work, You- 

 mans established, in 1872, "The Popular Science 

 Monthly," which has unquestionably been of high 

 educational value to the general public. It was 

 not the aim of this magazine to give an account of 

 every theory expounded, every fact observed, every 

 discovery made, from year to year, whether signi- 

 ficant or insignificant. The mind of the people is 

 not educated by dumping a great unshapely mass 

 of facts into it. It needs to be stimulated rather 

 than crammed. Education in science should lead 

 one to think for one's self: The scientific maga- 

 zine, therefore, should present articles from all 

 quarters that deal with the essential conceptions 

 of science or discuss problems of real theoretical 

 or practical interest, no matter whether every 

 particular asteroid or the last new species of bar- 

 nacle receives full attention or not. " The Popular 

 Science Monthly " has now been with us eighteen 



