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November 1897
Principles of Taxation: The Existing Methods of Taxation XXI 1
Semon's Scientific Researches in Australia 17
The British Association at Toronto 37
The Racial Geography of Europe: Germany X 49
Burs and Beggar's-Ticks 70
Expert Testimony in the Bering-Sea Controversy 73
Natural and Artificial Perfumes 86
Archaeology and the Antiquity of Man 93
An Experiment in Citizen Training 111
Sketch of Carl Vogt 116
Editor's Table 123
Scientific Literature 130
General Notices 132
Publications Received 135
Fragments of Science 136
Minor Paragraphs 142
Notes 143
December 1897
The Racial Geography of Europe: The British Isles XI 155
Are There Planets Among the Stars? 171
Animated Pictures 177
Processes of Change in Pronunciation 188
Principles of Taxation: The Existing Methods of Taxation XXII 195
Pacific Coast Gulls 211
Our Liquor Laws as Seen by the Committee of Fifty 216
An Early American Evolutionist 224
Excursions of the Recent International Geological Congress 228
The Fear of Death 236
The Symbolism of Salt 241
The Teaching of Applied Science 247
The Life History of Scientific Ideas 251
Sketch of Joseph Prestwich 254
Editor's Table 263
Scientific Literature 269
General Notices 273
Publications Received 277
Fragments of Science 278
Minor Paragraphs 285
Notes 288
January 1898
The Aetiology and Geographic Distribution of Infectious Diseases 289
The Racial Geography of Europe: The Aryan Question XII 304
The King of the Woods 322
Science and Morals 326
Feet and Hands I 333
Carl Ludwig and Carl Thiersch 338
Principles of Taxation: Double Taxation XXIII 354
Aborigines of the West Indies 373
The Foreign Element in American Civilization 387
The Caingua of Paraguay 400
Sketch of Francis Lieber 406
Correspondence 412
Editor's Table 412
Scientific Literature 418
General Notices 420
Publications Received 425
Fragments of Science 426
Minor Paragraphs 431
Notes 432
February 1898
The Evolution of the Mind 433
School Gardens 445
The United States Forest Reserves 456
The Racial Geography of Europe: Modern Social Problems XIII 469
Scientific Progress in the Closing Century 486
Evolutionary Ethics 497
Principles of Taxation: What Is Property? XXIV 503
Feet and Hands II 522
Education in the Animal Kingdom 527
The Primary Social Settlement 534
Sketch of Charles D. Walcott 547
Editor's Table 554
Scientific Literature 558
General Notices 561
Publications Received 567
Fragments of Science 568
Minor Paragraphs 574
Notes 575
March 1898
Aspects of Nature in the African Sahara: A Summer Journey I 577
The Racial Geography of Europe: Urban Problems XIV 591
The Great Sierra Nevada Fault Scarp 609
Physical Training in the Colleges 622
The Academy of Natural Science of St. Louis 629
Principles of Taxation: Taxation of Choses in Action XXV 648
An Apostate Democracy 654
Fabric-Marked Pottery 674
In a World Half as Large 678
The First Thermometers 688
Sketch of Sir Joseph Lister 693
Correspondence 699
Editor's Table 700
Scientific Literature 706
General Notices 708
Publications Received 712
Fragments of Science 713
Minor Paragraphs 718
Notes 719
April 1898
An Industrial Object Lesson 721
The Electric Transmission of Water Power 730
Criminal Anthropology in Italy 743
The Question of Wheat: Introduction I 760
A Spring Visit to Nassau 772
Migration 784
Principles of Taxation: The Case of Kirtland vs Hotchkiss XXVI 798
Evolution and Teleology 815
Discovery of New Chemical Elements 825
The Significance of Language 832
Sketch of Carl Semper 837
Editor's Table 843
Scientific Literature 846
General Notices 849
Publications Received 854
Fragments of Science 855
Minor Paragraphs 862
Notes 863
Index 865