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November 1891
University Extension	1
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Iron and Steel Industry VI	15
Do We Teach Geology?	41
Dress and Adornment III	44
Some of the Possibilities of Economic Botany I	57
Lessons from the Census II	75
Reef-Knot Nets	83
The Ethics of Confucius	87
The Origin of Painting	100
High Life	108
Sketch of James Curtis Booth	116
Editor's Table	123
Literary Notices	126
Publications Received	134
Popular Miscellany	135
Notes	142
December 1891
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Pottery Industry I	145
Progress and Perfectibility in the Lower Animals	170
Type-Casting Machines	180
Breathe Pure Air	192
Dress and Adornment IV	194
Some of the Possibilities of Economic Botany II	207
The Lost Volcanoes of Connecticut	221
The Training of Dogs	236
Silk Dresses and Eight Hours' Work	245
Dust	251
Sketch of Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleef	261
Correspondence	267
Editor's Table	268
Literary Notices	272
Publications Received	280
Popular Miscellany	281
Notes	287
Obituary Notes	288
January 1892
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Pottery Industry II	289
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: Theology and Political Economy	323
Remarkable Bowlders	340
Tail-Like Formations in Men	347
Communication with the Planets	361
The Musk Ox	364
Lessons from the Census III	368
An Experiment in Education I	377
The Aviator Flying-Machine	392
The Population of the Earth	400
Sketch of Elias Loomis	405
Correspondence	413
Editor's Table	414
Literary Notices	416
Publications Received	423
Popular Miscellany	424
Notes	431
Obituary Notes	432
February 1892
Personal Liberty	433
The Story of a Strange Land	447
Lessons from the Census IV	459
Stilts and Stilt-Walking	467
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Musical Instruments I	473
Electricity in Relation to Science	497
The Nationalization of University Extension	500
Is Man the Only Reasoner?	506
An Experiment in Education II	517
Homely Gymnastics	524
New Observations on the Language of Animals	528
Recent Oceanic Causeways	540
Universe of Stars	545
Sketch of William Edward Weber	548
Editor's Table	554
Literary Notices	556
Publications Received	563
Popular Miscellany	564
Notes	575
Obituary Notes	576
March 1892
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: Astronomy I	577
Domestic Animals in India	597
Lessons from the Census V	607
Wayside Optics	616
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Musical Instruments II	623
Moral Educability	647
The Australian Marsupial Mole	650
Justus von Liebig	655
Cotton Industry in Brazil	666
Darwinism in the Nursery	674
Sketch of William Ferrel	686
Correspondence	696
Editor's Table	698
Literary Notices	701
Publications Received and Popular Miscellany	710
Notes	719
Obituary Notes	720
April 1892
Agassiz at Penikese	721
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: Astronomy II	729
Involuntary Movements I	743
Science and Fine Art I	751
Bacteria in our Dairy Products	763
The Great Earthquake of Port Royal	774
Lessons from the Census VI	785
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Musical Instruments III	793
Variations in Climate	804
Bad Air and Bad Health I	814
Sketch of John and William Bartram	827
Correspondence	840
Editor's Table	842
Literary Notices	846
Publications Received	852
Popular Miscellany	853
Notes and Obituary Notes	864
Index	865