CONTENTS. VII
Page.
On our Present Knowledge of the Origin of Man, by Ernst Haeckel 461
The Laws of Orientation Among Animals, by G. Reynaud 481
The Fresh-water Biological Stations of the World, by Henry B. Ward 499
The Theory of Energy and the Living World; The Physiology of Alimenta- tion, by A. Dastre 515
The Economic Status of Insects as a Class, by L. O. Howard 551
Recent Advances in Science, and Their Bearing on Medicine and Surgery, by
R. Virchow 571
A Sketch of Babylonian Society, by F. E. Peiser 579
The Excavations of Carthage, by Philippe Berger 601
The Transportation and Lifting of Heavy Bodies by the Ancients, by J. Elfreth
Watkins 615
The Past Progress and Present Position of the Anthropological Sciences, by
E. W. Brabrook 621
The Origin of African Civilizations, by L. Frobenius 637
Dogs and Savages, by B. Langkavel 651
The Life and Works of Brown-Sequard, by M. Berthelot 677
