Popular Science Monthly/Volume 38

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November 1890
The Origin of Music	1
The Relations of Men of Science to the General Public	19
The Root-Tip	31
My Class in Geometry	40
The Logic of Free Trade and Protection	48
Habits of the Box Tortoise	60
The History of a Star	66
Some Lessons from Barbarism	82
The Use of Alcohol in Medicine	86
Human Selection	93
School Life in Relation to Growth and Health	107
Sketch of Amos Eaton	113
Correspondence	119
Editor's Table	120
Literary Notices	124
Publications Received	133
Popular Miscellany	134
Notes	144
December 1890
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Iron and Steel Industry I	145
What Shall We Do with the Dago?	172
The Identity of Light and Electricity	179
Defenses of Burrowing Spiders	189
Architecture and the Environment	194
What Is Individualism?	205
The Pororoca or Bore of the Amazon	208
The Experiences of a Diver	216
Dress and Physique of the Point-Barrow Eskimos	222
Prairie Flowers of Late Autumn	229
The Duk-Duk Ceremonies	236
The Sensations of Pleasure and Pain	243
Animal Life in the Great Desert	247
Adelbert von Chamisso as a Naturalist	252
Correspondence	264
Editor's Table	267
Literary Notices	272
Publications Received	280
Popular Miscellany	281
Notes	287
Obituary Notes	288
January 1891
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: Comparative Philology I	289
The Peopling of America	305
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Iron and Steel Industry II	314
Star-Streams and Nebulae	338
The Aryan Question and Prehistoric Man I	341
The Storage of Electricity	355
Elementary Botany in General Education	363
The Intelligence of Cats	368
Predisposition, Immunity, and Disease	380
The Decline of Rural New England	384
The Principles of Decoration	390
Sketch of Elisha Mitchell	398
Correspondence	407
Editor's Table	409
Literary Notices	413
Publications Received	423
Popular Miscellany	424
Notes	430
Obituary Notes	432
February 1891
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: Comparative Philology II	433
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Iron and Steel Industry III	449
Precision in Physical Training	467
Greeting by Gesture I	477
Progress in Agricultural Science	491
The Aryan Question and Prehistoric Man II	502
The Storage of Cold	517
Coeducation in Swiss Universities	524
Chinese Buddhism	530
Shetland Ponies	538
Sketch of Jean-Charles Houzeau	544
Correspondence	553
Editor's Table	554
Literary Notices	557
Publications Received	565
Popular Miscellany	566
Notes	575
March 1891
Supposed Tendencies to Socialism	577
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Iron and Steel Industry IV	586
Hypocrisy as a Social Elevator	599
Cultivation of Sisal in the Bahamas	606
Dr Koch's Method of Treating Consumption	617
The Tyranny of the State	622
Greeting by Gesture II	629
Non-Conductors of Heat	644
On Vodu-Worship	651
The Relative Value of Cements	663
Adaptation to Climate	670
Laws of Government Among the Lower Animals	677
International Congress of Americanists	685
Sketch of Samuel Latham Mitchill	691
Correspondence	699
Editor's Table	701
Literary Notices	705
Publications Received and Popular Miscellany	712
Publications Received and Popular Miscellany	712
Notes	719
Obituary Notes	720
April 1891
From Freedom to Bondage	721
A Brief History of the Ohio River	739
Street-Cleaning in Large Cities	748
Training for Character	755
What Keeps the Bicycler Upright?	766
Professor Huxley on the War-Path I	775
Social Changes in California	794
Dr. Henry T. Schliemann	803
The Badger and the Fox	807
Race Influence and Disease	817
Scientific Jottings in Egypt	823
Whale-Catching at Point Barrow	830
Sketch of Daniel Garrison Brinton	836
Editor's Table	841
Literary Notices	844
Publications Received	853
Popular Miscellany	854
Notes	863
Index	865