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PAGE
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May 1884
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The Sins of Legislators I
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1
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The Beaver and his Works
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14
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The Progress of the Working-Classes in the Last Half-Century
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22
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An Experiment in Prohibition
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47
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The Milk in the Cocoa-Nut
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50
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Longevity in Astronomers
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60
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The Chemistry of Cookery XII
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62
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How Flies Hang on
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68
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Where Did Life Begin?
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73
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Christian Agnosticism
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78
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The Beginnings of Metallurgy
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86
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Our New Skin and Cancer Hospital
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94
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The Morality of Happiness V
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103
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Was He an Idiot?
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110
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Sketch of Mary Somerville
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113
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Correspondence
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121
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Editor's Table
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123
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Literary Notices
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130
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Popular Miscellany
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138
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Notes
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143
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June 1884
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The Sins of Legislators II
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145
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Modes of Reproduction in Plants
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159
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Evolution and Dissolution of the Nervous System
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171
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The Pole and Wire Evil
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181
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Stethoscopy
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189
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Coal and the Coal-Tar Colors
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191
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The Chemistry of Cookery XIII
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212
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Ensilage and Fermentation
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219
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Geography and the Railroads
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230
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The Life-Work of Pasteur
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235
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Clean Drinking-Water
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244
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Physiology versus Metaphysics
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249
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Professor Dvorak's Sound-Mills
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258
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Arnold Henry Guyot
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261
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Editor's Table
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266
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Literary Notices
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269
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Popular Miscellany
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277
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Notes
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286
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July 1884
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The Great Political Superstition
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289
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Colorado for Invalids
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313
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The New Theology
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320
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Our Debt to Insects
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332
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The Fruits of Manual Training
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347
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Are Science and Art Antagonistic?
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357
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The Volcanic Eruption of Krakatau
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365
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The Prevention of Hydrophobia
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376
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The Morality of Happiness VI
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378
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Diseases of Plants
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385
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Adaptation to Climate
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396
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Glasgow's Bandy-Legged Children
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400
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Sketch of Averroes (Ibn Rushd)
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405
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Editor's Table
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410
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Literary Notices
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414
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Popular Miscellany
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425
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Notes
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431
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August 1884
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Hickory-Nuts and Butternuts
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433
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The Ghost of Religion
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440
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Retrogressive Religion
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451
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Some Rambles of a Naturalist
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474
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Scientific Philanthropy
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481
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The World's Geyser-Regions
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494
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Reparation to Innocent Convicts
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508
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The Chemistry of Cookery XIV
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514
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My Monkeys
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522
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The Salt-Deposits of Western New York
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530
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The Morality of Happiness VII
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537
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The Mystic Properties of Numbers
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543
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Sketch of Professor Felipe Poey
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547
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Editor's Table
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553
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Literary Notices
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556
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Popular Miscellany
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565
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Notes
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575
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September 1884
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Scientific Culture
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577
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The Upper Missouri River System
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863
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Aims of the Study of Anthropology
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605
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Where and How We Remember
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609
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The Astronomy of Primitive Peoples
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620
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Sorghum as a Source of Sugar
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627
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The Chemistry of Cookery XV
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636
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Hygiene For Smokers
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643
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How the Dodder Became a Parasite
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647
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Sun-Kinks
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652
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National Health and Work
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653
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The Morality of Happiness VIII
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663
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The Problem of Population
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671
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Protection Against Lightning I
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678
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Chinese Coroners' Inquests
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690
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Sketch of Professor J. P. Lesley
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693
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Correspondence
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696
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Editor's Table
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698
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Literary Notices
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704
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Popular Miscellany
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713
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Notes
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719
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October 1884
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The Significance of Human Anomalies
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721
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Measurement of Character
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732
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The Recent Progress of Physical Science
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739
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Man's Right Over Animals
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759
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Fetichism of the Bantu Negroes
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767
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Further Remarks on the Greek Question
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772
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The Chemistry of Cookery XVI
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778
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The Origin of Cultivated Plants
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784
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Wages, Capital and Rich Men
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788
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Du Motay's Process of Ice-Making
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796
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The Physiological Aspect of Mesmerism
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800
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Protection Against Lightning II
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810
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The Morality of Happiness IX
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825
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The Cholera-Germ
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829
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Curious Funeral Ceremonies
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831
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Sketch of Lord Rayleigh
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840
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Editor's Table
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843
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Literary Notices
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845
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Popular Miscellany
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855
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Notes
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863
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Index
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865
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