SEVENTEENTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION. 
AND ANNALS OF 
ASTRONOMY, BIOLOGY, GEOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL ARTS, 
MANUFACTURES, AND TECHNOLOGY. 
(MONTHLY, FORMERLY “THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE.”) 
Vol. II. ( Series) 
No. LXXXIV. 
XXECIEIMIIBIEie, 
1880 . 
CONTENTS. 
Articles. page 
1. Spedtrum Analysis. By Dr. 
Akin 735 
2. The World of the Poets. . .. 745 
3. Exceptional Seasons and Wea- 
ther Prophecies 75° 
4. Modern Cynolatry. By Frank 
Fernseed 754 
5. Fog Lore •• •• 7*H 
6. Working v. Fighting. By J. 
W. Slater 770 
Analyses of Books. 
Our Summer Migrants . . .. 779 
Betrachtungen uber die Entwick- 
elungs-Geschichte der Schmet- 
terlinge und deren Variation . . 780 
Charles Waterton 783 
PAGE 
Analyses of Books— continued. 
A Reply to Criticisms on “The 
Problems of Insanity ” . . . . 783 
Die Mythologie der Griechen und 
Roemer, unter steter Hinweis- 
ung auf die Kuntslerische 
Darstellung der Gottheiten . . 785 
A Synopsis of Elementary Results 
in Pure and Applied Mathe- 
matics •• 7 86 
Nature’s Bye-paths .. .. 787 
Elements of Astronomy .. .. 788 
Correspondence. 
Chemical Nature of Ground Ivy 789 
The Spirit of Nature .. .. 789, 791 
Notes 794 
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