Volume VII. No. 173 



May 28, 1886 



Comment and Criticism. — The new president of ale and the growth of the college 



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Imitation butter 



H. P. Armsby 471 



England's colonies 



• 475 



London Letter. — The conversazione of the Royal society, May 12. — The approaching meeting of the 

 British association. — The Colonial and Indian exhibition. — Unusual weather. — Presentation of degrees 

 at the University of London. — The use of the telephone in Europe. — Report for 1S85 of the vivisec- 

 tion inspectors. — Fishery interests. — A naturalist's trip to Central Asia 477 



Notes and News. — The next convocation of the University of New York. — Two medical laboratories for 

 New York. — The Kansas university science club. — The work of the coast survey. — Another comet. — 

 A change in the head of the U. S. naval observatory ....... ... 479 



Evolution and the faith. — R. IV. Shufeldt . 4S3 Barometer exposure. — H. Helm Clayton . . 4S4 



The state as an economic factor . . E. J. James; F. W. Taussig; E. J. James 485 



Letters to the Editor. 



A new museum pest. — Robert T. Jackson ; The 

 Editor ........ 



\e . J Errata. — C. K. Wead 484 



.481 Popular astronomy. — Robert S. Ball; The Editor 484 



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