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Table of Contents

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November 1880
The Development of Political Institutions I	1
The Sun's Heat	11
Education as a Hindrance to Manual Occupations	26
The Glacial Man in America	31
A Flock of Mythological Crows	43
The Electric Burglar-Alarm	56
Mental Imagery	64
Henry and Faraday	76
The Evolution of Organic Form	80
The Profusion of Life	96
Criticisms Corrected II	101
Hypnotism	108
Sketch of Lewis H. Morgan	114
Correspondence	122
Editor's Table	125
Literary Notices	129
Popular Miscellany	137
Notes	143
December 1880
The Development of Political Institutions II	145
Science and Culture	159
Experiments with the Jumpers of Maine	170
The August Meteors	178
Early Practice of Medicine by Women	191
Methods in Industrial Education	202
The Migrations of Fishes	212
Domestic Motors I	217
Indigestion as a Cause of Nervous Depression I	226
Oriental Music	237
The Sabbath I	246
Biographical Sketch of Professor Dumas	257
Correspondence	262
Editor's Table	265
Literary Notices	270
Popular Miscellany	277
Notes	287
January 1881
The Development of Political Institutions III	289
Physical Education I	303
The Sabbath II	310
Domestic Motors II	323
The Advantages of Ignorance	337
Aesthetic Evolution in Man	339
A Japanese Typhoon	356
Artificial Hypnotism	362
Examination of Thermometers at the Yale Observatory	367
Indigestion as a Cause of Nervous Depression II	374
Oil-Plants of French Guiana	384
Criticisms Corrected III	387
Lubbock on Insect Conservatism	396
Distinctions Between Real and Apparent Death	401
Sketch of General Albert J. Myer	408
Editor's Table	412
Literary Notices	418
Popular Miscellany	424
Notes	431
February 1881
The Development of Political Institutions IV	433
Origin of the Plow and Wheel-Carriage	448
Physical Education II	456
Horses and their Feet	468
Domestic Motors III	483
The Value of Accomplishments	496
Darwin on the Movements of Plants	498
Atmospheric Electricity	513
Optical Illusions of Motion	519
Evolution of the Chemical Elements	526
Only a Vine-Slip	539
The Meteors of November 13th-15th	542
Prehistoric Science En Fete	544
Sketch of Count Pourtales	549
Editor's Table	553
Literary Notices	559
Popular Miscellany	567
Notes	575
March 1881
Physical Education III	577
The Problem of Municipal Nuisances	585
Cerebral Localization; Or, The New Phrenology	599
A Piece of Coal	610
The Development of Political Institutions V	624
Lingering Barbarism	638
The Legal Position of Married Women	643
Rock-Weathering, as Illustrated in Churchyards	654
The State as an Educator	664
Morals of Luxury	669
Mind as a Measure of Nature	681
Sketch of Professor Benjamin Peirce	691
Correspondence	696
Editor's Table	697
Literary Notices	698
Popular Miscellany	707
Notes	719
April 1881
The Development of Political Institutions VI	721
The Black Races of Oceanica	744
Physical Education IV	753
History of Chronology	760
Some Notes on a Doctor's Liability	769
The Origin and Structure of Volcanic Cones I	776
Man and the Vertebrate Series	783
The Relative Hardiness of Plants	797
What Is a Cold?	801
The Purification of Sewer-Waters	806
Mr. Frank Buckland	812
The Felicity of Naturalists	821
Plantation Folk-Lore	824
An Ancient Scientist	833
Sketch of Michel Chasles	840
Literary Notices	843
Popular Miscellany	851
Notes	863
Index	865