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November 1876
What American Zoologists Have Done for Evolution: 1876 Speech I	1
The Early History of Fire	17
Physical Science in English Schools	23
Nature of the Invertebrate Brain II	27
Prenatal and Infantile Culture	38
Professor Huxley's Lectures I	43
The Moon's Influence on the Weather	56
Difficulties of Development as Applied to Man	60
The So-Called Conflict of Science and Religion	72
Astronomy in America	75
Is the Development Hypothesis Sufficient?	86
Sketch of Dr. Arnott	100
Correspondence	102
Editor's Table	103
Literary Notices	108
Miscellany	112
Notes	127
December 1876
Fermentation and its Bearings on the Phenomena of Disease	129
The Protection of Buildings from Lightning	154
Mormonism from a Mormon Point of View	156
More Concerning Mechanical Tools	173
What American Zoologists Have Done for Evolution: 1876 Speech II	181
The Laws of Health	198
Canine Sagacity	202
Professor Huxley's Lectures II	207
On Variation in the Moths	223
The Constancy of Motion	225
Sketch of Professor Mayer	230
Correspondence and Editor's Table	234
Literary Notices	240
Miscellany	247
Notes	255
January 1877
The Earlier Forms of Life	257
Theories of Primitive Marriage	272
Professor Huxley's Lectures III	285
The Study and Teaching of Biology	298
The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy	309
Science in America	313
Mental Overwork	326
The Medical Profession in Modern Thought	330
About Sharks	348
Aboriginal Settlements of the Pacific Coast	353
Sketch of Sir William Thomson	357
Correspondence	361
Editor's Table	363
Literary Notices	372
Popular Miscellany	378
Notes	383
February 1877
The Trial of Galileo	385
Distance and Dimensions of the Sun	402
Education as a Science I	418
The Production of Cognac Brandy	428
Ups and Downs of the Long Island Coast	434
An American Astronomical Achievement	446
Nature and Life in Lapland	450
Physiology of Mind-Reading	459
Compressed-Air Locomotive in St Gothard Tunnel	473
Gas Manufacture and Gas Companies	478
Sketch of Professor J. P. Cooke Jr.	491
Editor's Table	496
Literary Notices	500
Popular Miscellany	507
Notes	512
March 1877
Education as a Science II	513
Formation of Raindrops and Hailstones	522
On the Study of Biology	527
How the Earth was Regarded in Old Times	542
How the Earth was Explored in 1876	553
Is the Moon a Dead Planet?	568
Size of the Principal Telescopes in the World	574
The Journeyings and Dispersal of Animals	576
The Early Man of North America	582
Biographical Sketch of Thomas Edward	594
Correspondence	609
Editor's Table	615
Literary Notices	621
Popular Miscellany	631
Notes	639
April 1877
A Combat with an Infective Atmosphere	641
Relations of the Air to our Clothing	654
Audubon's Lily Rediscovered	675
The Plant-Eaters of North America	678
The Science vs the Art of Chemistry	691
Vital Statistics	697
World-Creations	701
Accoutrement of a Field-Geologist	708
On the Annihilation of the Mind	715
The First Popular Scientific Treatise	718
The Ball-Paradox	725
Laboratory Endowment	729
The Origin and Curiosities of the Arabic Numerals	736
The Scientific Labors of William Crookes	739
Correspondence	742
Editor's Table	746
Literary Notices	751
Popular Miscellany	757
Notes	767
Index	769