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^OL. V. 



August, i88i. 



No. 4. 



THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE. 



PAGE. 



ETHNOLOGY. 



1 Contribution to the History of the Aleutian 



Isles.* by Arthur B. Stout, M. D . . . . 193 



ANTHKOPOLOGY. 



1. Archaeological Researches in Nic.\ragui .201 



2. Norse Mythology 2o2 



4. Cruiseof the Cjrwia in Behring Sea . . . iOJ 



CORKESPON DEUCE. 



1. Science Letter from Paris.* 204 



BOTANY. 



1. The Treeless Prairies of the West . 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



GEOLOGY. 



207 



1 The Fossil Flo'a of the Dikota Group of 



Kansas.* Chas. H. Sternberg 213 



METEOROLOGY. 



1 TheWaather Map and the Official Weather 



Indications * Isaac P. Noyes ... . . . -iW 



2. Kansis Weather Service.* Prof. J. F. Love 

 well 



249 



GEOGRAPHY. 



1. United States Arctic Colonizition and Ex- 

 ploration in 1881.* 



210 



PHILOSOPHY. 



1 Inflaence of Modern Science upon the Be- 

 lief in Miracles,* C. C. Kimball, D. D. . 231 



ASTRONOMY. 



1 Comets.* W. W. Alexander 236 



2. The Comet of 1881 238 



3. Peculiaritie.iof the Comet of 1881.* Prof. 



Orm:ind Stone Voo*. * \t7 



4. Astronomical Notes for August, 1881,* W.^ 



W. Alexander 



.240 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1 Familiar Til ks on English Literature. Jan- 



se-i, McClurg & Co -200 



2 Butterfli.>s, their Structure, Changes and 



Life Histories.* Heary Holt & Co . . . 2-50 

 3. Zuni and the Zviiians Z,", 



4 R-ports of the Total Solar Echoses of July 



2), 1878, and Jaiuary 11, 1880. Govern- 

 ment Printing Office •■'■31 



5 The Gospel History. Fords, Howard & 



Hulbert ,V 'r.-, ' " t-' 



6. Shaiows of Stiasta. Jaisen, McClurg 6i 



Co ''^^ 



7. Other Publications Received 253 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. Notes and Queries.* 253 



EDITORIAL NOTES 256 



ITEMS PROM THE PERIODICALS . 257 



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