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Table of Contents

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November 1879
The Recent Progress of Solar Physics	1
The Diseases of Wild Animals	11
On Radiant Matter I	13
John Stuart Mill IV	25
Ocean Meteorology I	35
The Study of Physiology	43
Mythologic Philosophy II	56
The Evolution of a New Sense	66
Why Do Springs and Wells Overflow? I	71
Mars and his Moons	82
Intellectual Straining in Authorship	93
Respecting Rubbish	97
A Reply to Fallacies of Evolution	101
The Inauguration of Arago's Statue	114
Sketch of Dr. Asa Fitch	116
Editor's Table	121
Literary Notices	125
Popular Miscellany	134
Notes	143
December 1879
Recent Anthropology	145
On Radiant Matter II	157
The Genesis of Sex	167
Ocean Meteorology II	179
First-Hand and Second-Hand Knowledge	197
Education of Brain-Cells	200
Early Methods in Arithmetic	204
Spencer's Data of Ethics	210
History and Methods of Paleontological Discovery I	219
The Beginnings of Geographical Science	236
Expected Meteoric Display	247
Many-Toed Horses	258
Sketch of Heinrich Wilhelm Dove	261
Correspondence	266
Editor's Table	267
Literary Notices	277
Popular Miscellany	283
Notes	287
January 1880
The International Weather-Service	289
John Stuart Mill V	311
A Roguish Household Pet	318
On the Migrations of Races	322
Vaccination in New York	330
The Most Powerful Telescope in Existence	337
The Moral Sense in the Lower Animals	346
Middle-Age Spiritualism	354
History and Methods of Paleontological Discovery II	363
Interoceanic Canal Routes	380
Premature Burials	389
Why Do Springs and Wells Overflow? II	397
Correspondence and Editor's Table	408
Literary Notices	417
Popular Miscellany	425
Notes	432
February 1880
The Origin of Criminal Law	433
Saporta's World of Plants Before the Appearance of Man	446
How Typhoid Fever Is Conveyed	460
Hanoverian Village Life	467
Maps and Map-Making Before Mercator	478
Ancient Methods of Filtration	495
John Stuart Mill VI	501
Imperfections of Modern Harmony	508
Daylight in the Schoolroom	517
Hygiene in the Higher Education of Women	519
Artesian Wells and the Great Sahara	530
The Origin of the Gypsies	540
Prehistoric Records	545
Sketch of Benjamin Silliman	550
Correspondence	554
Editor's Table	555
Literary Notices	561
Popular Miscellany	568
Notes	576
March 1880
The Association of Ideas	577
Dolmens in Japan	593
The Study of Political Economy	601
Ward's Natural Science Establishment	612
The Force Behind Nature	614
New Views of Animal Transformations	625
The Duty of Enjoyment	640
Intemperance in Study	645
Water as Fuel	653
The Early Free Schools of America	663
Prehistoric Ruins in Southern Colorado	666
The Convent of the Capuchins	673
Athletics in Schools	677
The Matamata	684
Frost-Phenomena in Southern Russia	686
Sketch of Carl Ritter	689
Correspondence	693
Editor's Table	695
Literary Notices	698
Popular Miscellany	710
Notes	720
April 1880
Progress and Poverty	721
What Is Jupiter Doing?	737
The Scientific Aspect of Free-Will	745
Experimental Legislation	754
Curious Ways of Getting Food	770
The Pleasure of Visual Form I	780
The Crayfish	789
Learning to Write	795
A Consideration of Suicide	798
Vegetable Phosphorescence	804
Croll's Climate and Time	810
A Living Honeycomb	824
Size of Brain and Size of Body	827
The Textile Plants of the World	831
Sketch of Dr. Charles F. Chandler	833
Correspondence and Editor's Table	842
Literary Notices	850
Popular Miscellany	858
Notes	864
Index	865