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Table of Contents

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November 1886
North America in the Ice Period	1
Origin and Results of Sunday Legislation	11
The Mental Faculties of Monkeys	17
Recent Advances in Solar Astronomy	24
Chevreul at a Hundred	33
Geology of the Atlantic Ocean I	41
Some Outlines from the History of Education III	51
Comte and Spencer on Sociology	65
The Hickory-Nuts of North America	70
The Hygienic Treatment of Consumption	79
Trade Distinctions in Alcoholic Liquors	96
Thistles	101
Inebriate Maniacs	109
Sketch of Professor Edward S. Holden	114
Editor's Table	121
Literary Notices	125
Popular Miscellany	134
Notes	142
December 1886
Science and Theology	145
Zoological Superstitions	162
The Higher Education of Woman	168
Energy in Plant-Cells	180
Geology of the Atlantic Ocean II	184
The New Requisitions for Admission at Harvard College	195
Life in the South-Sea Islands	199
Some Outlines from the History of Education IV	212
The Physiology of Attention and Volition	227
How to Warm our Houses	235
The Wings of Birds	240
Measuring the Earth's Surface	242
Sully's Hand-Book of Psychology	256
Sketch of M. Arago	259
Editor's Table	267
Literary Notices	269
Popular Miscellany	280
Notes	287
January 1887
What Makes the Rich Richer and the Poor Poorer	289
Misgovernment of Great Cities I	296
A Scientific Mission to Cambodia	310
The White-Footed Mouse	322
Manual Instruction	327
The Intermingling of Races	336
Science in Religious Education I	351
The Hound of the Plains	360
The Experimental Study of Nature	372
Vinegar and its Mother	378
The Week of Seven Days	384
The Voices of Animals	396
Sketch of Nicholas Prejevalski	402
Correspondence	409
Editor's Table	410
Literary Notices	414
Popular Miscellany	423
Notes	430
February 1887
The Laws of Habit	433
Science in Religious Education II	451
The South-African Diamond-Mines	459
Materialism and Morality	474
Science and Morals: A Reply	493
Some Points on the Land Question	507
Fetichism or Anthropomorphism	514
Misgovernment of Great Cities II	520
Fulgurites, or Lightning-Holes	529
Views of Life in the Crazy Mountains	539
Massage	543
Sketch of Charles C. Abbott	547
Correspondence	554
Editor's Table	555
Literary Notices	558
Popular Miscellany	568
Notes	575
March 1887
Are Railroads Public Enemies? I	577
A Mount Washington Sandwort	590
Birds and their Daily Bread	600
Higher Education of Women and the Family	612
The Habits and Family History of Centenarians	618
How a Naturalist Is Trained	631
Celebrated Clocks	640
Comparative Psychology: Its Objects and Problems	651
The Giant Birds of New Zealand	660
Genius and Mental Disease	663
Animal-Plants and Plant-Animals	678
Sketch of Edward L. Youmans	688
Editor's Table	698
Literary Notices	702
Popular Miscellany	712
Notes	719
April 1887
Brain-Forcing in Childhood	721
The History of a Delusion	733
Astronomy with an Opera-Glass I	743
Social and Physiological Inequality	757
Infection and Disinfection	765
On Melody in Speech	778
Scientific and Pseudo-Scientific Realism	789
Bird-Migration	803
A Remarkable Explosion	810
The Scientific Age	814
On the True Aim of Physiology	821
Turpentine-Farming	829
Rustic Superstition	832
Sketch of Leo Lesquereux	835
Correspondence	841
Editor's Table	842
Literary Notices	845
Popular Miscellany	854
Notes	863
Index	865