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Vol. LIV.J Established by Edward L. Youmans. [No. Q.

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POPULAR SCIENCE

MONTHLY.

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��APRIL, 1899. EDITED BY WILLIAM JAY YOUMANS.

CONTENTS. PABB

I. The Stuff that Dream! are made of. By Havelock Ellis 721

II. The Best Methods of Taxation. By the Late Hon. David A.

Wells. Part 1 736

III. Mental Defectives and the Social Welfare. By Martin W. Barb,

M. D. (Illustrated.) 746

IV. The Wheat Problem again. By Edward Atkinson 759

V. The Coming of the Catbird. By Spencer Trotter 772

VI. Guessing, as Influenced by Number Preferences. By F. B. Dresslar. 781

VII. Concerning Weasels. By William E. Cram. (Illustrated.) 786

VIII. Care of the Throat and Ear. By W. Scheppegrell, M. D 791

IX. The Physical Geography of the West Indies. I. The Mammals of

the Antilles. By Dr. F. L. Oswald 802

X. Iron in the Living Body. By M. A. Dastre 807

XL The Malay Language. By Prof. R. Clyde Ford 813

XII. Life on a South Sea Whaler: By Frank T. Btjllen .. . 818

XIII. Sketch of Manly Miles. (With Portrait.) 834

XIV. Editor's Table : Science and Culture.— Survival of the Fittest 842

XV. Scientific Literature * 845

XVI. Fragments of Science 854

XVII. Index to Vol. LIV *. . . 865

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