SEVENTEENTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION 
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Articles. 
1. Report on Scientific Societies. 
By Dr. C. K. Akin . . . . 543 
2. Mental Evolution. By J. 
Foulerton, M.D., F.G.S.. . 554 
3. A Change of Front. By J. W. 
Slater 559 
4. On Sound as a Nuisance .. 570 
5. On the Evils of Sectarian Mo- 
rality, contrasted with the 
Benefits of the Scientific or 
Natural System. By S. Tol- 
ver Preston 574 
Analyses of Books. 
Gesammelte Kleinere Schriften 
Naturwissenschaftlichen In- 
halts 583 
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Analyses of Books — continued. 
A Treatise on Comparative Em- 
bryology 587 
Practical Chemistry 589 
Papers and Proceedings and Re- 
port of the Royal Society of 
Tasmania for 1878 590 
APradical Treatise on Sea-Sick- 
ness; its Symptoms, Nature, 
and Treatment 590 
The First Types and the Serial 
Succession of Inseds in the 
Palaeozoic Epoch 591 
The Food of Birds 592 
&c., &c. 
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