CONTENTS. VII 



Page. 



On our Present Knowledge of the Origin of Man, by Ernst Haeckel 461 



The Laws of Orientation Among Animals, by G. Reynaud 481 



The Fresh-water Biological Stations of the World, by Henry B. Ward 499 



The Theory of Energy and the Living World; The Physiology of Alimenta- 

 tion, by A. Dastre 515 



The Economic Status of Insects as a Class, by L. O. Howard 551 



Recent Advances in Science, and Their Bearing on Medicine and Surgery, by 



R. Virchow 571 



A Sketch of Babylonian Society, by F. E. Peiser 579 



The Excavations of Carthage, by Philippe Berger 601 



The Transportation and Lifting of Heavy Bodies by the Ancients, by J. Elfreth 



Watkins 615 



The Past Progress and Present Position of the Anthropological Sciences, by 



E. W. Brabrook 621 



The Origin of African Civilizations, by L. Frobenius 637 



Dogs and Savages, by B. Langkavel 651 



The Life and Works of Brown-Sequard, by M. Berthelot 677 



