Vol. XLIV.J Established by Edward L. Youmans. [No. 1.
POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.
NOVEMBER, 1893.
EDITED BY WILLIAM JAY YOUMAN'S.
CONTENTS. PAGE
I. The Conservation of our Oyster Supply. By R. F.Walsh. (Illus.) 1
II. Evolution and Ethics. I. By Prof. Thomas H. Huxley, F. R.S. 18
III. Laplace's Plan for Perpetual Moonlight. By Daniel Kirkwood. 36
IV. Electricity at the World's Fair. II. By C. M. Lungren. (Illus.) 39 V. The Pestalozzian System. By Hon. George S. Boutwell 55
VI, The Scientific Method with Children. By Henry Lincoln Clapp. 57
VII. Nature at Sea. By Prof. Francis H. Herrick. (Illustrated.). 69
VIII. North and South American Aboriginal Names. By M. V. Moore. 81
IX. Immaterial Science. By E. S. Moser 84
X. An Argument for Vertical Handwriting. By Joseph V. Witherbee. (Illustrated. ) 86
XI. Vegetable Diet. By Lady Walb. Paget 94
XII. Origin of the Mississippi Valley Rainfall. By J. H. Patton, Ph.D. 102
XIII. Mathematical Curiosities of the Sixteenth Century, By M. V. Brandicourt 106
XIV. Birds' Judgments of Men. By M. Cunisset-Carnot 110
XV. Sketch of John Ericsson. (With Portrait.) 112
XVI. Editor's Table : The Bearing of the Doctrine of Evolution on Social Problems.
Science at the Columbian Exposition 121
XVII. Literary Notices 126
XVIII. Popular Miscellany 136
XIX. Notes 143
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