CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII. 



SPECIAL ARTICLES, 



PAGE 



Adams H. C. Another view of economic laws and 



methods 103 



Economics and jurisprudence 15 



Allen, J. A. Bird-destruction 118 



American association as a missionary body . . . 134 

 American association. — Proceedings of the section of 



anthropology 202 



American association. — Proceedings of the section of 



biology 221 



American association. — Proceedings of the section of 



chemistry 206 



American association. — Proceedings of the section of 



economic science and statistics 217 



American association. — Proceedings of the geological 



section 205 



American association. — Proceedings of the section of 



mathematics and astronomy ..... 219 

 American association. — Proceedings of the section of 



mechanical science and engineering .... 215 

 American association. — Proceedings of the section of 



physics 207 



Americanists 528 



American neurological association 113 



American oriental association 408 



Anatomical and medical knowledge of ancient Egypt . 262 

 Annual meeting of the New England meteorological 



society c82 



Another feature of the recent earthquake . . . 438 



Anthropometrical tests 376 



Association of ofQcial agricultural chemists . . 316 



Billings, J. S. Medicine in the United States . . 147 



Scientific men and their duties 541 



BoAVditch, H. P. What is nerve-force 7 . . .196 

 Brackett, C. F. Electromotive force . . . .181 



British association for the advancement of science . 288 



British school at Athens 611 



Buffalo meeting 178 



Burstall, Sara A. Assimilation of courses of study 



for boys and girls 489 



Burying the wires 251 



Cable street-railways 415 



Carpenter, W. H. Natural method of language- 

 teaching 611 



Chamberlin, T. C. Glacial drift 156 



The artesian well at Belle Plaine, lo 276 



Chanute, O. Mechanical science 182 



Charleston earthquake 470 



Chinese revenues and systems of taxation . . . 105 



Committees of the American association .... 200 



Compressed air on cable-roads 275 



Consumption in Pennsylvania 636 



Convocation of the University of the state of New York 48 



Cummings, J. Capitalists and laborers . . . 155 



Dall,'W.H. Alleged early Chinese voyages to America 402 



Distribution of power by compressed air .... 372 



Dr. Romanes on physiological selection .... 307 



Dr. Wallace on the development theory .... 560 



Dull book 320 



Earthquake of Aug. 31, 1886 224 



Education in Spain 498 



Educational institutions of Prussia 597 



Ely, R. T. The economic discussion in Science . . 3 



English workers in psychical research .... 558 



Every-day life of the women of India .... 63 



Fall meeting of the National academy .... 448 



Few words about pavements 341 



French association for the advancement of science . 226 



Gas-supply 136 



Geology of Long Island 352 



Gibbs, J. "W. Multiple algebra 180 



Gildersleeve, B. L. On the present aspect of classi- 

 cal study .59 



Gilnian> D. C. Thoughts on universities . . .37 



GoodnO"W, F. J. Primary education in England . 485 



Gratacap, L. P. Au archeological fraud . . . 403 



Hadley, A. T. Economic laws and methods . . 46 



Hale, H. Origin of languages 191 



Harvard celebration 450 



Hayden, E. New Zealand and the recent eruption . 68 



study of the eartliqual<e 225 



The Charleston earthquake : some further observa- 

 tions 246 



Health of New Yoi'k daring June 92 



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Health of New York during July 200 



Health of New York during August 3I6 



Health of New York during September .... 436 



Health of New York during October 529 



Health of New York during November .... 624 

 Hewins, Miss C. M. How to make the most of a 



small library 395 



History and poetry in geographical names . . . 227 

 Holmes, "W". H. A sketch of the great Serpent 



Mound 624 



Hyslop, J. H. Psychophysics 259 



Isaac Lea, LL.D 556 



Indian survey report 50 



Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, & Co. The source of 



the Mississippi 599 



Jastrow, J. A theory of criminality .... 20 

 An easy method of measuring the time of mental 



processes 237 



Exnerimental psychology in Leipzig .... 459 



The existence of a magnetic sense .... 7 



The longevity of great men 294 



Kham-i-Ab 305 



Kmiz, G. F. Artificial rubies 318 



Lesseps, F. de. Panama canal 517 



Longevity of the Presidents of the United States . . 578 

 Lucas, F. A. The mounting of Mungo ... 337 

 McGee, "W". J. Some features of the recent earth- 

 quake 271 



Mason, O. T. Archeological enigmas . . . .528 



Corea by native artists II5 



The Guadalajara pottery 405 



The planting and exhuming of a prayer . . . 24 

 Matthew Arnold's report on elementary education on 



the continent 593 



Meleney, C. E. The basis of a graded system of 



schools 591 



Mental faculties and social instincts of apes . . . ,374 



Meteorology in California 634 



Minot, C. S. Heredity 125 



Modern museum 315 



Mr. James Sully on the precocity of genius ... 62 



Muscle-reading by Mr. Bishop 506 



National education association 91 



Ne"WCOmb, S. Can economists agree upon the basis 



of their teachings 25 



New Jersey sanitary association 509 



New submarine torpedo boat 184 



Newton H. A. Meteorites, meteors, and shooting- 

 stars 169 



Nuttall, Zelia. Preliminary note of an analysis of 



the Mexican codices and graven inscriptions . . 393 



Pacific coast weather .307 



People of the Kongo .441 



Petroleum steamer 405 



Physical basis of aesthetics 419 



Physical education 581 



Plea for the sense of smell . 520 



Pohlman. German association of naturalists and phy- 

 sicians 336 



Position of science in colonial education .... 491 



Present condition of the coast survey .... 359 



Princeton scientific expedition 293 



Progress of New Zealand 371 



Psychology of fear 351 



Recent contribution to the discussion of hypnotism . 521 



Recent eruption in New Zealand 135 



Religion of the Uape 437 



Remarkable land-slide 293 



Schoolmasters' convention at Philadelphia . . . .5S0 



Seacoast defences 633 



Seaman, L. L. The social waste of a great city . 283 

 Smith R. M. Methods of investigation in political 



economy '"l 



Sorghum sugar 361 



Standard typograph 252 



Stoddard, J. T. Composite portraiture ... 89 



Study of the senses 376 



Submarine voyage 507 



Survival of the unfittest 491 



Technical education 381 



Thomson G. M. Acclimatization in New Zealand . 426 



Timber of the English colonies . . ... • ■ ^2 



Todd D. P. The American library association . 70 



