Popular Science Monthly/Volume 31

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Table of Contents

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May 1887
The Natural versus the Supernatural	1
Present Status of the Greek Question	14
The Sun's Heat	19
Creation or Evolution?	29
Megalithic Monuments in Spain and Portugal	39
Social Sustenance I	45
Origin of Comets and Meteors	50
Influence of Snow-Masses on Climate	60
Hygiene as a Basis of Morals	67
Mexican Antiquities	79
Prairie-Flowers of Early Spring	84
Hats as a Cause of Baldness	97
Among the Transylvanian Saxons I	100
William Babcock Hazen	112
Sketch of James Fergusson	118
Correspondence	123
Editor's Table	124
Literary Notices	128
Popular Miscellany	136
Notes	143
June 1887
Are Railroads Public Enemies? II	145
Some Human Instincts I	160
Theology Under its Changed Conditions	171
Astronomy with an Opera-Glass II	187
Science and Pseudo-Science	207
Gofio: Food and Physique	224
Social Sustenance II	228
Industrial Education and Railway Service	233
Grains of Sand	247
Appearance and Reality in Pictures	249
Among the Transylvanian Saxons II	254
Sketch of Jules Jamin	262
Correspondence	265
Editor's Table	269
Literary Notices	273
Popular Miscellany	281
Notes	287
July 1887
The Economic Disturbances Since 1873 I	289
The Task of American Botanists	305
Variations in Human Stature	314
The Panama Canal	323
The North American Lakes	333
Lawsuit or Legacy	339
Among the Thousand Islands	346
Human Brain-Weights	355
Earthquakes	359
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: Physical Sciences II	373
Mental Differences of Men and Women	383
Modern Over-Education	401
Sketch of Isaac Lea	404
Editor's Table	412
Literary Notices	415
Popular Miscellany	423
Notes	431
August 1887
The Economic Disturbances Since 1873 II	433
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: Physical Sciences III	452
The Falls of the Mississippi	474
Astronomy with an Opera-Glass III	478
Manual Training in School Education	493
The Progress of Science from 1836 to 1886	503
The Metal Art of Ancient Mexico	519
Changes in the Aspect of Mars	532
Educational Endowments	535
Sketch of Paul Gervais	550
Correspondence	554
Editor's Table	559
Literary Notices	563
Popular Miscellany	570
Notes	575
September 1887
The Economic Disturbances Since 1873 III	577
Sleep and its Counterfeits	597
Industrial Training Two Centuries Ago	608
Social Sustenance III	612
Ethnological Sketches in Annam and Tonquin	626
Cork, its Manufacture and Properties	635
A Botanical Bonanza	653
Speeches at the Recent Tyndall Banquet	654
Some Human Instincts II	666
Physiology of Freezing	681
Sketch of J. J. Audubon	687
Correspondence	698
Editor's Table	701
Literary Notices	705
Popular Miscellany	713
Notes	719
October 1887
What Is Evolution?	721
Social Sustenance IV	735
The Oldest Noble of Them All	743
Strange Medicines	750
The Economic Disturbances Since 1873 IV	768
Color-Blindness Among Railroad Employees	794
The Savagery of Boyhood	796
Fetich-Faith in Western Africa	801
What American Zoologists Have Done for Evolution: 1887 Speech I	804
The Language of the Emotions	814
The Theory of Tittlebats	825
Sketch of Karl Wilhelm Scheele	839
Correspondence	845
Editor's Table	847
Literary Notices	849
Popular Miscellany	858
Notes	863
Index	865