INDEX TO VOLUME IX. 



Names of contributors are printed in small capitals. 



Abbe, C. Fort Ancient, Warren county, 

 O., 34; W. B. Hazen, 331. 



Abbott's Greek reader, 60 ; Upland and 

 meadow, 44. 



Abney on color of the sun, 290. 



Academy, a civil, 449, 484, 559. 



Adams, H. B. A civil academy, 484. 



Adams, J. F. A. Botany for young 

 men, 116. 



Adulteration of food, 308; society for 

 the prevention of, 87. 



Advertising for professors, 60; educa^ 

 tional, 615. 



Aeschylus, 378. 



Afghanistan, Gore's map of, 58. 



Africa, population of, 155; Central, 

 Douls in, 227 : Franzoj in, 180 : Ger- 

 man possessions in, 532; Jiihlke in, 

 130 ; Krause in, 227. 337 : Last in, .582 ; 

 Lenz in, 129, 210 : rivers of, 532 ; Rou- 

 vier in, 180 ; Stanley in, 130 ; Swedish 

 expedition to, 409; Teleki in, 581; 

 Webster in, 130; Wissmann in, 388, 

 581 ; eastern, German colonization in, 

 388 ; West, Ogowe in, 210. 



African people, 528: physical geog- 

 raphy, 521 ; political geography, 517; 

 sea, an inland, 176 : symbolic letters, 

 335 ; vegetation, 523. 



Afrikanische nachrichten, 58. 



Agassiz, A., 293. 



Agassiz association, history of, 93. 



Agricultural appropriation bill, 88; 

 chemists, 608 ; convention at Louisi- 

 ana, 32 ; experiment-stations, 293 ; 

 reports, 348 ; science journal, 212 ; 

 stations, work of, 403. 



Agriculture in England, 249. 



Alaska, boundary of, 318 ; salmon in, 

 230. 



Albatross, movements of the, 190, 888. 



Alcohol as a medicine, 22. 



Alcoholism in France, 186, 406. 



Alexander's Philosophy, 280. 



Algebra, teaching of, 569 



Algiers, population of, 188. 



Allen, Harrison. Coloration of mam- 

 mals, 36 ; flight of birds. 232. 



Allen, H. A sensitive wind-vane, 295, 

 317 ; barometer exposure, 417. 



Allen, J. A. The West Indian seal, 

 35, 59. 



Allgemeine Naturkunde, 118. 



Amazon, Stradelli on the, 583; von 

 Steinen on the, 180. 



Amblystomas, diet of, 298. 



American association, early publication 

 of Proceedings of, 191 ; meeting in 

 New York, 881 ; economic association, 

 483,507; publications, 110; historical 

 association, 507, 527; bibliography of, 

 183; metrological society, 7 ; oriental 

 association, 479 ; society for psychical 

 research, 50 ; society of microscopists, 

 448. 



Anaesthetic, a new, 44 ; carbonic acid 

 as an, 312. 



Anderson, W. W. stereoscopic vision, 

 5G. 



Antarctic regions, Australian expedi- 

 tion to, 512 ; exploration of, 452 ; Nor- 

 denskicild's expedition to. 388. 



Antelope, carnivorous, 157. 



Anthrax, 290. 



Antifebrile, a new, 80. 



Appalachian mountain club, 54 ; ex- 

 cursion, 361. 



Archeologioal collections, 440; studies 

 at Harvard, 46 ; survey of southern 

 India, 513. 



Arctic, ice in the, -338 ; expedition, tidal 

 observations of the Greely, 215, 246 ; 

 regions. Gilder's expedition to, 229, 

 513; McArthur's journey to, 211, 313, 

 338 



Areschoug, J. E., 583. 



Arithmetic in Boston, 547. 



Akmsby, H. p. Enrichment of soil, 37. 



Arrow-release, 119. 



Akkowsmith, R. Schools in Egypt, S76. 



Arsenic-poisoning, 219, 358. 



Ashburner, W., 462. 



Ashe, W. A. Freezing-point of sea^ 

 water, 592. 



Asia, Krasnof in, 259 ; Central, 129 ; Ca^ 

 pus and Bonvalot in, 856, 604 ; Carey 

 in, 312, 604. 



Asteroid, a new, 292. 



Asteroids, 183. 



Astronomers, conference of, 889 ; model 

 for amateur, 502. 



Astronomical latitudes on Sandwich 

 Islands, 9 ; society, international, 576. 



Astronomy, mathematical, 488. 



Asymmetry, 620. 



Athens, classical school at, 854, 861 ; 

 letter, 408 ; school of archeology, 408. 



Atkinson, E. Comparative taxation, 

 232; national prosperity, 136. 



Atkinson, E., on strength of nations, 

 79. 



Atmosphere, micro-organisms in, 356. 



Atmospheric lines in the solar spec- 

 trum, 13 ; pressure, 183. 



Australasian association for the ad- 

 vancement of science, 10. 



Babcock, W. H. Maps of the Great 



Lakes, 298 ; mole-lore, 389. 

 Bacteria, gelatine liquefaction by, 457 ; 



in ice, 831, 852. 

 Bacteriology, Centralblatt of, 280 ; new 



journal of, 89. 

 Baert's exploration in Africa, 524. 

 BafBn Bay, ice in, 314. 

 Bain's Rhetoric and composition, 53. 

 Baker, I. O. Text-books on physics, 34. 

 Baker, M. Geographical centre of the 



United States, 390. 

 Baldness, 605. 

 Ballard, H. ri. Agassiz association, 



98. 

 Balliet, T. M., 558. 

 Balloon-voyages, 591. 

 Bancroft, H. H., publications of, 436. 

 Barometer during thunder-storms, 392, 



418; exposure, 316, 417. 

 Bascom's Sociology, 423. 

 Bassariscus a new generic name, 516. 

 Bates college, 608. 

 Baynes, T. 8., 548. 



Beaulieu, T. H. Source of the Missis- 

 sippi, 418. 

 Beer-drinking, 24. 



Belfield, H. H. Manual training, 372. 

 Belgium, climate of, 293. 

 Bequests to Scottish universities, 360. 

 Berghaus's Atlas, 425. 

 Beri-beri, 32. 

 BiGELOW, H. R. Thought-transferrence, 



266. 

 Biology, 43 ; as a branch of education, 



168 ; and sociology, 193. 

 Birds, flight of, 232 ; West Indian, 437. 

 Bishop, S. E. Eruption of Manna Loa, 



205. 

 Bleaching, electrical, 855. 

 Blind, printing for, 187. 

 Boas, F. Arrangement of museums, 



485, 587, 614 ; bureau of ethnology 



report, 597 ; music of North American 



tribes, .383: study of geography, 187. 

 Bologna, university of, 460. 

 Bone-grafting, 546. 

 Bonnier, G., 29. 

 BooK-hawkers, 48, 147, 547. 

 Bosphorus, currents in the, 301. 

 Botany for young men, 116. 

 Bouley, M., 29. 



Boutelle, C. O., on geodetic surveys, 182. 

 BOWEN, H. C. Training of the faculties, 



68, 164. 

 Boyden, Uriah A., will of, 203. 

 Brain-injury, remarkable case of, 11. 

 Brazil, von Steinen in, 229, 533; and 



Argentine boundary, 888. 

 Bread-making, fermentation in, 209. 

 Bremen, C. von. See Schneider und von 



Bremen. 

 Bridgman, Laura, manuscripts of, 435. 

 Brookville, Ind., science lectures, 315. 

 Browning, O. Humanism, 161, 274 ; 



realism, 561 ; university extension, 61. 

 Browning, the study of, 73. 

 Brown-Sequard, 406. 

 Bruno, Giordano, works of, 190. 

 Buckland's English institutions, 21. 

 Buds, hardy, 390. 



Buhr-stone, extracting gold from, 30. 

 Bulletin medical, 3l2. 

 Bullets, detection of, 190, 889. 

 Bureau of ethnology report, 597. 

 Burgess on the influence of the church, 



53. 

 Burmah ruby-mines, 97. 

 Butler, A. M. Rose of Sharon, 13. 

 Butter in New Jersey, 445 ; test for, 114. 

 Butterflies in southern Connecticut, 



36 ; Indian, 435 ; of North America, 



122, 434. 



Cable chart, 514 ; submarine, 386. 



Caesar, 379. 



California academy of sciences, 109 ; 

 alkali lands of, 288 ; state board of 

 health, 11. 



Cameroon, German exploration of, 318. 



Canada, geological map of, 292; geo- 

 logical survey of, 337, 409. 



Canal, Holstein, 502. 



Cantani on cholera bacillus, 11. 



Carpenter, W. H. Study of language, 

 572. 



Carr, G. S. Competitive examinations, 

 466. 



Catarrhs due to dust, 338. 



Caterpillars in New York, 318. 



Centenarians, British, 98. 



Cerebral cortex, 880. 



Cetti's fast, 509. 



Challenger reports, 849, 596. 



Channing, E. Geographical education, 

 48. 



Chapman, Evelyn. Slojd, 269. 



Charbonnel-Salle, M., 29. 



Chart, on Mercator's projection, of At- 

 lantic coast, 217. 



Charts, list of, 828. 



Child, A. L. Trees, 462. 



Chili and the Argentine Republic, 

 boundary of, 583. 



China, the blind in, 511. 



Chlamydoselachus, tail of, 267. 



Chloroform, 190. "~~ 



Cholera, anticipation of, 104 ; bacillus, 

 11 ; English commission on, 286 ; in 

 South America, 189 ; introduction, 125. 



Christian evidence society, 127. 



Cincinnati society of natural history, 

 109. 



