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Table of Contents

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May 1874
The Grape Phylloxera	1
The Limits of our Knowledge of Nature	17
The Crooked Courses of Light	32
Synthetic Chemistry	39
Universities: Actual and Ideal	46
Action of Sunlight on Glass	67
Measures of Mental Capacity	72
Law and Insanity	77
Observations of a Naturalist in Nicaragua	89
A Gigantic Relic	94
Evolution and the Doctrine of Design	98
Sketch of James P. Joule, F.R.S.	103
Editor's Table	108
Literary Notices	115
Miscellany	123
Notes	127
June 1874
Have Plants a Pedigree?	129
Punishing a Senior Wrangler	144
More About the Grape-Vine Pest	158
Scientific and Industrial Education, in the United States	170
About Crabs	191
Sex in Mind and Education	198
Nostalgia	215
The Atmosphere as an Anvil	220
Cremation and its Alternatives	225
A New Process for the Preservation of Wood	228
Sketch of Professor Helmholtz	231
Correspondence	235
Editor's Table	237
Literary Notices	240
Miscellany	251
Notes	255
July 1874
Telescopic Research on the Nebula of Orion	257
The Genesis of Woman	269
Humming-Birds	277
The Development of Psychology I	288
Field Telegraph	303
Hints on the Stereoscope	311
The Chain of Species I	313
Climate and Social Development	322
The Hydraulics of Great Rivers	327
Animals Extinct in the Historic Period	331
The Moquis Indians of Arizona	351
Mental Evolution and Necessary Truths	357
Sketch of Dr. Thomas Young	360
Editor's Table	365
Literary Notices	370
Miscellany	379
Notes	384
August 1874
Priestley's Discovery of Oxygen Gas	385
The Physics of Ice	399
The Development of Psychology II	412
Distances of the Stars	423
Female Suffrage	427
A Baby-Fox	443
Rendu and his Editors	447
The Chain of Species II	460
Color in Animals	470
Estimate of Darwin	475
Sketch of the Life of Dr. Priestley	480
Editor's Table	493
Literary Notices	497
Miscellany	504
Notes	511
September 1874
Natural History of Man V	513
The Photosphere and Sun-Spots	532
Ferments, Fermentations, and Life	542
Birds-of-Paradise	556
The Chain of Species III	568
Zuni Indians of New Mexico	580
Food and the Development of Man	591
Materials of the Science of Law	596
The Alleged Antagonism Between Growth and Reproduction	606
The Nobility of Knowledge	610
Sketch of J. L. Le Conte	622
Correspondence	624
Editor's Table	626
Literary Notices	631
Miscellany	637
Notes	640
October 1874
The Fossil Man of Mentone	641
Microscopic Architects	645
Inaugral Address Before the British Association	652
The Aquarium	687
Thermal Death-Point of Living Matter I	695
Mental Physiology	705
Recent Researches in Photography	717
The Electric Light for Steamships	720
Are Animals Automatons?	724
Tyndall's Relation to Popular Science	734
Editor's Table	741
Literary Notices	749
Miscellany	759
Notes	766
Index	769