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Table of Contents

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May 1881
Story of a Salmon	1
Physical Education V	7
The Mineral Springs of Saratoga	24
Action of Radiant Heat on Gaseous Matter	33
Another World Down Here	43
The Origin and Structure of Volcanic Cones II	49
Eyes and School-Books	54
Deep-Sea Investigation	59
The Will-O'-The-Wisp and its Folk-Lore	67
Cynicism Opposed to Progress	78
Some Prehistoric Vessels	80
The Horace Mann School for the Deaf	84
Color-Blindness	91
The Eucalyptus in the Roman Campagna	94
Influence of the Post and Telegraph on International Relations	101
Sketch of Edward D. Cope	110
Editor's Table	114
Literary Notices	116
Popular Miscellany	127
Notes	143
June 1881
Physical Education VI	145
On Fruits and Seeds I	156
Sunstroke and Some of its Sequels	171
The Value of our Forests	176
Production of Sound by Radiant Energy I	186
The Development of Political Institutions VII	197
Degeneration I	218
The Primeval American Continent	229
Natural Production of Alcohol	238
The Modern Development of Faraday's Conception of Electricity	242
Glucose and Grape-Sugar	251
The Mental Effect of Earthquakes	257
Sketch of Julius Adolph Stöckhardt	261
Editor's Table	265
Literary Notices	269
Popular Miscellany	275
Notes	287
July 1881
The Races of Mankind	289
European Schools of Forestry	311
Production of Sound by Radiant Energy II	324
Physical Education VII	334
The Development of Political Institutions VIII	342
On Fruits and Seeds II	354
How to Prevent Drowning	369
Recent Advance in the Law of Intellectual Property	372
Recent Advances in Electric Lighting	378
Degeneration II	382
The Phenomena of Death	394
Union of the Telegraph and Postal Service	400
Sketch of Dr. Charles T. Jackson	404
Editor's Table	408
Literary Notices	412
Popular Miscellany	422
Notes	431
August 1881
The Herring	433
Physical Education VIII	450
The Blood and its Circulation I	460
The Teachings of Modern Spectroscopy	468
Origin and History of Life Insurance I	482
The Insufficient Use of Milk	491
Intelligence of Ants I	495
Lunar Lore and Portraiture	511
The Visions of Sane Persons	519
School-Room Ventilation	531
Origin and Uses of Asphalt	539
The Unit in Plant-Life	543
The Electric Storage of Energy	546
Sketch of Robert Wilhelm Bunsen	550
Correspondence	554
Editor's Table	555
Literary Notices	557
Popular Miscellany	565
Notes	575
September 1881
The Development of Political Institutions IX	577
Physical Education IX	595
Ancient Copper-Mines of Isle Royale	601
Writing Physiologically Considered	620
Modern Basis of Life Insurance II	625
State Education: A Necessity	635
The Blood and its Circulation II	644
About Measures of Length	652
Are Cemeteries Unhealthy?	657
Inheritance	663
Increase and Movement of the Colored Population I	665
Progress of Higher Science-Teaching	676
The Australian Aborigines	680
Unexplored Parts of the Old World	684
What Is a Molecule?	688
Sketch of James Craig Watson	693
Correspondence	697
Editor's Table	698
Literary Notices	706
Popular Miscellany	711
Notes	719
October 1881
Physical Education X	721
The Practical Business of Life Insurance III	732
How the Earth Is Weighed	743
The Development of Political Institutions X	750
The Cultivation of Medical Science	774
Increase and Movement of the Colored Population II	784
About Comets	790
The Connection of the Biological Sciences with Medicine	795
Progress in the Manufacture of Steel	808
Intelligence of Ants II	816
Forest-Culture in Alpine Ravines	830
Cattle-Raising in South America	835
Biographical Notice of Prof. C. A. Young	840
Correspondence	843
Editor's Table	846
Literary Notices	852
Popular Miscellany	859
Notes	864
Index	865