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Table of Contents

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November 1882
Sewer-Gas	1
The Science of the Present Period	20
Some Curious Vegetable Growths	30
The Law of Human Increase	39
Science in Relation to the Arts I	48
Physiognomic Curiosities II	63
The British Lion	72
Scientific Farming at Rothamsted I	81
Who was Primitive Man?	94
Life Among the Battas of Sumatra	109
Sketch of Charles Adolphe Wurtz	114
Correspondence	120
Editor's Table	121
Literary Notices	123
Popular Miscellany	134
Notes	143
December 1882
Mr Goldwin Smith on the Data of Ethics	145
Time-Keeping in London I	156
The Relations of the Natural Sciences	165
Brain-Weight and Brain-Power	172
The Cell-State	174
American and Foreign Asphalts	188
Speculative Zoology I	195
Annual Growth of Trees	204
Science in Relation to the Arts II	206
Musical Sensations	225
Is Fingal's Cave Artificial?	231
The Spectroscope and the Weather	240
Criminality in Animals	244
Sketch of Matthias Jacob Schleiden	256
Entertaining Varieties	263
Editor's Table	268
Literary Notices	276
Popular Miscellany	283
Notes	288
January 1883
The Great Comet of 1882	289
Scientific Philanthropy I	300
Traces of a Pre-Indian People	315
Bodily Deformities in Girlhood	322
Time-Keeping in London II	328
A Mastodon in an Old Beater-Meadow	341
Curiosities of Superstition I	345
The Gospel of Recreation	354
The Influence of Education on Observation	359
Speculative Zoology II	364
Playas and Playa-Lakes	380
Scientific Farming at Rothamsted II	383
Recent Advances in Photography	397
Sketch of Professor Henry Draper	405
Editor's Table	410
Literary Notices	414
Popular Miscellany	424
Notes	431
February 1883
The African in the United States	433
A Prehistoric Cemetery	445
The University Ideal	458
Curiosities of Superstition II	471
Methods in Modern Physical Astronomy	477
Evolution of the Stethoscope	488
Social Forces in American Life	491
The Formation of Lunar Craters	495
Science in the Sick-Room	497
The Decrease of Gold	503
Natural Religion I	511
Scientific Philanthropy II	521
The Schools of Medicine	535
Brain-Power in Education	539
Sketch of Henri Milne-Edwards	545
Correspondence	540
Editor's Table	553
Literary Notices	560
Popular Miscellany	569
Notes	575
March 1883
The Growth and Effect of Railway Consolidation	577
Queer Phases of Animal Life	589
Natural Religion II	606
Vivisection and Practical Medicine	615
Evolution of the Camp-Meeting	622
Sewage at the Sea-Side	625
Icebergs and Fog in the North Atlantic	628
Remedial Value of the Climate of Florida	641
A South African Arcadia	650
Piratical Publishers	656
A Chapter in Transcendental Pathology	659
The Pedigree of Wheat	662
A Few Words About Eatables	677
Sketch of Sir C. Wyville Thomson	693
Editor's Table	699
Literary Notices	704
Popular Miscellany	713
Notes	719
April 1883
Nature and Limits of the Science of Politics	721
The Economic Function of Vice	732
Progress of the Backboned Family	739
Curiosities of Superstition III	754
Perceptional Insanities	760
Dwarfs and Giants	767
The Census and the Forests	774
Origin of the Donkey	783
Speculations on the Nature of Matter	788
The Legal Status of Servant-Girls	803
The New York Geological Survey	815
Origin of the Calendar and Astrology	825
Sketch of Increase Allen Lapham, LL.D.	835
Correspondence	841
Editor's Table	843
Literary Notices	850
Popular Miscellany	857
Notes	863
Index	865