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November 1894
The Glaciers of Greenland 1
Preparation for College by English High Schools 15
Alcohol and Happiness 28
Unsolved Problems of Science 33
Manual Training I 48
The Swiss Watch Schools 62
The Cobra and Other Serpents 67
Redonda and its Phosphates 78
The Sioux Mythology 88
Some Analogies and Homologies 91
The Chemistry of Cleaning 101
Philibert Commerson, the King's Naturalist 112
Sketch of Sears Cook Walker 116
Editor's Table 122
Literary Notices 126
Publications Received 133
Popular Miscellany 134
Notes 142
Obituary Notes 144
December 1894
Athletics for City Girls 145
Responsibility in Crime from the Medical Standpoint 154
The Need of Educated Men 164
The University as a Scientific Workshop 170
Helmholtz's Tribute to Heinrich Hertz 182
Pithecoid Man 183
Studies of Childhood IV 186
The Economic Theory of Woman's Dress 198
Shinto, The Old Religion of Japan 206
The Ancient Outlet of Lake Michigan 217
The Chemistry of Sleep 230
The Geology of Natural Scenery 240
Geologies and Deluges 245
Sketch of Zadoc Thompson 262
Editor's Table 268
Literary Notices 270
Publications Received 279
Popular Miscellany 280
Notes 287
January 1895
Pleasures of the Telescope II 289
Twenty Five Years of Preventive Medicine 302
Ethics in Natural Law 322
On the Origin of Weeks and Sabbaths 329
Two Lung-Tests 343
Studies of Childhood V 348
School Ethics 363
The Barometric Measurements of Heights 366
Babies and Monkeys 371
Animal Tinctumutants 388
Schoolroom Ventilation as an Investment 393
Correlation of Factors in Organic Growth 397
Sketch of Denison Olmsted 401
Correspondence 409
Editor's Table 409
Literary Notices 413
Publications Received 422
Popular Miscellany 423
Notes 430
Obituary Notes 432
February 1895
Studies of Childhood VI 433
A Day's Hunting with the Eskimos 446
Nature's Triumph 456
Pleasures of the Telescope III 466
The United States Geological Survey 479
The Thorns of Plants 498
Some Material Forces of the Social Organism 502
The Serum Treatment of Diphtheria 512
Windmills and Meteorology 522
Brain Development as Related to Evolution 525
Symbols 539
Sketch of Charles A. Le Sueur 547
Editor's Table 551
Literary Notices 554
Publications Received 565
Popular Miscellany 566
Notes 575
March 1895
The Birth of a Sicilian Volcano 577
The Lesson of the Forest Fires 586
Copper, Steel, and Bank-Note Engraving 597
Scientific Method in Board Schools 614
The Mother as a Power for Woman's Advancement 622
Wellner's Sail-Wheel Flying Machine 627
Biological Work in Secondary Schools 634
The Mutual Aid Society of the Senses 640
An Old Industry 649
The Scientific Work of Tyndall 658
The Highest Mountain Ascent and the Effects of Rarefied Air 668
Bookbinding: Its Processes and Ideal 671
The Beginnings of Agriculture 678
Sketch of Thomas Nuttall 689
Correspondence 697
Editor's Table 698
Literary Notices 700
Publications Received 710
Popular Miscellany 711
Notes 719
Obituary Notes 720
April 1895
Some Curiosities of Thinking 721
Pleasures of the Telescope IV 738
The Successor of the Railway 750
Some of the Outliers Among Birds 760
Studies of Childhood VII 781
The Personal Equation in Human Truth 792
Manual Training II 799
Animals That Live in Caves 815
The Shad's Annual Pilgrimage 818
Communicated Insanity 828
Sketch of Prof. Lardner Vanuxem 833
Editor's Table 841
Literary Notices 845
Publications Received 853
Popular Miscellany 855
Notes 863
Obituary Notes 864
Index 865