Vol. LXXV. No. 2. AUGUST, 1909 



THE 



POPULAR SCIENCE 

 MONTHLY 



EDITED BY J. McKEEN CdTTELL 



CONTENTS 



The Future of Astronomy. Professor Edward C. Pickering .... 105 



The Future of Mathematics. Professor G. A. Miller 117 



The " Druid Stones " of Brittany. Professor J. 8. Kingsley .... 124 



The Origin of the Nervous System and its Appropriation of Effectors. 



Professor G. H. Parker 137 



The Variational Factor in Handwriting. Dr. June E. Downey . . . 147 



Jane Lathrop Stanford. President David Starr Jordan 157 



Life from the Biologist's Standpoint. Professor William E. Hitter . 174 



Josiah Willard Gibbs and his Relation to Modern Science. Dr. Fielding 

 H. Garrison 191 



The Progress of Science : 



The Death of Simon Newcomb ; The Darwin Commemoration ; The 

 Winnipeg Meeting of the British Association ; Scientific Items . . 204 



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