FEBRUARY, 1899.

EDITED BY WILLIAM JAY YOUMANS.


CONTENTS.

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I.Vegetation a Remedy for the Summer Heat of Cities. By Stephen Smith, M.D., LL.D[433]
II.Mivart's Groundwork of Science. By Prof. Wm. Keith Brooks[450]
III.The Science of Observation. By Charles Livy Whittle. (Illustrated.)[456]
IV.Death Gulch, a Natural Bear-Trap. By T.A. Jaggar, Jr. (Illustrated.)[475]
V.The Labor Problem in the Tropics. By W. Alleyne Ireland[481]
VI.Principles of Taxation. XX. The Law of the Diffusion of Taxes. Part II. By the Late Hon. David A. Wells[490]
VII.The Great Bombardment. By Charles F. Holder. (Illustrated.)[506]
VIII.The Spirit of Conquest. By J. Novicow[518]
IX.A Short History of Scientific Instruction. II. By Sir J.N. Lockyer[529]
X.The Series Method: a Comparison. By Charlotte Taylor[537]
XI.The Earliest Writing in France. By M. Gabriel de Mortillet[542]
XII.Sketch of Gabriel de Mortillet. (With Portrait.)[546]
XIII.Correspondence: The Foundation of Sociology.—Evolution and Education again.—Emerson and Evolution[553]
XIV.Editor's Table: The New Superstition.—Emerson[557]
XV.Scientific Literature[559]
XVI.Fragments of Science[569]

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