Popular Science Monthly/Volume 37

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Table of Contents
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May 1890
Edward Livingston Youmans 1
On Justice I 19
Sumptuary Laws and their Social Influence 33
The Strength of Spiders and Spider-Webs 41
Secondary School Programmes-French and American 48
Scenes on the Planet Mercury 64
Artificial Honey and Manufactured Science 70
Wallace on Darwinism 75
Cats and their Friendships 91
Recent Glacial Work in Europe 103
The Botanic Gardens at Kew 106
Sketch of Henry R. Schoolcraft 113
Correspondence 122
Editor's Table 123
Literary Notices 127
Publications Received 136
Popular Miscellany 137
Notes 143
Obituary Notes 144
June 1890
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: Archaeology I 145
Glass-Making IV 157
Atmospheric Dust 177
On Justice II 183
Evidences of Glacial Action in South-Eastern Connecticut 196
Utility in Architecture 202
Education and Crime 211
The Affirmative Side of Agnosticism 217
Tin and its Native Land 233
Animal and Plant Lore III 240
Natural and Artificial Cements 253
Sketch of Theodor Schwann 257
Correspondence 265
Editor's Table 267
Literary Notices 271
Publications Received 279
Popular Miscellany 280
Notes 286
Obituary Notes 288
July 1890
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: Archaeology II 289
Greenland and the Greenlanders 302
Evolution and the Distribution of Animals I 313
Concerning Corporation Law 323
Insect Pests of the House 333
Apparatus-Making in Education 345
Why So Many Definitions of Religion? 348
The Musical Sense in Animals and Men 352
Human Heredity 359
A Talk About Meteorites 366
Observations Upon Doubling of Flowers 374
Telpherage in Practical Use 382
The Commercial Geography of South America 391
Sketch of Matthew Fontaine Maury 400
Correspondence 408
Editor's Table 410
Literary Notices 413
Publications Received 422
Popular Miscellany 423
Notes 430
Obituary Notes 432
August 1890
Common Sense Applied to the Tariff Question I 433
Sanitary Work in Great Disasters 459
Missions and Mission Indians of California 465
Mental Strain 485
Ancient and Modern Ideas of Hell 489
The Discovery of Invisible Worlds 501
Evolution and the Distribution of Animals II 505
Centers of Ideation in the Brain 514
A Queer Pet 528
The Uses of Animal Color 533
Thunder-Storms 538
Sketch of Rudolph Koenig 545
Correspondence 551
Editor's Table 551
Literary Notices 554
Publications Received 562
Popular Miscellany 563
Notes 574
Obituary Notes 576
September 1890
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: Anthropology I 577
Common Sense Applied to the Tariff Question II 591
Some Natives of Australasia 607
King Bomba's Philosophical Catechism 618
Wild Horses 626
The Lights of the Church and the Light of Science 631
A Little Boys' Game with a Ball 650
The African Pygmies 658
The Migration of Symbols I 671
Can the Mosquito Pest Be Mitigated? 679
Slavonian Fairies 684
Sketch of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall 690
Editor's Table 696
Literary Notices 699
Publications Received 710
Popular Miscellany 711
Notes 718
Obituary Notes 720
October 1890
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: Anthropology II 721
Barrier Beaches of the Atlantic Coast 736
Ancient Dwellings of the Rio Verde Valley 745
The Earthly Tabernacle 763
Liquor Laws Not Sumptuary 768
The Migration of Symbols II 778
Mothers and Natural Science 788
Cotton-Spinning South and North 798
Invisible Assailants of Health 806
The Evolution of Chemical Truth 814
Irrigation in China 821
Rice and its Culture 827
Sketch of Rene Descartes 833
Editor's Table 841
Literary Notices 845
Publications Received 855
Popular Miscellany 856
Notes 862
Obituary Notes 864
Index 867