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May 1873
Wave-Action in Nature 1
Instinct in Insects I 12
The Doctrine of Natural Selection 22
The Black Death in New England 28
The New Psychology 32
Ocean-Cables 38
The Study of Sociology X 45
The Borers of the Sea 60
On the Causes Which Operate to Create Scientific Men 65
The Sherman Astronomical Expedition 72
The Battle of Life Among Plants 75
The Hippopotamus and her Baby 85
Euthanasia 90
Freezing of Plants and Animals 96
Professor Tyndall's Deed of Trust 100
Sketch of Sir G. B. Airy 101
Correspondence 105
Editor's Table 113
Literary Notices 120
Miscellany 123
Notes 128
June 1873
The Constitution of Nebulae 129
The Hygiene of the Ear 139
Economy of Railway Locomotion 146
Instinct in Insects II 149
A Scientific Home Missionary 159
The Study of Sociology XI 172
Domestic Economy of Fuel I 193
Nature and Origin of the Drift-Deposits of the Northwest I 202
Some Observations on Niagara 210
State Geological Surveys 226
Natural Selection in Politics 230
Baron Liebig 232
Correspondence 235
Editor's Table 243
Literary Notices 247
Miscellany 249
Notes 255
July 1873
How the Sea-Depths are Explored 257
The Physiology of Death 270
Nature and Origin of the Drift-Deposits of the Northwest II 286
Domestic Economy of Fuel II 297
On the Hereditary Transmission of Acquired Psychical Habits 303
The Longevity of Trees 321
Early Hindoo Mathematics 334
The Study of Sociology XII 340
Venus on the Sun's Face 355
Evolution and Mind 359
In Quest of the Pole 363
John Stuart Mill 367
Editor's Table 389
Literary Notices 392
Miscellany 396
Notes 399
August 1873
Electric Telegraphs 401
The Study of Sociology XIII 419
Footprints in the Rocks 428
The Nature and Influence of Foods 441
Lunar Temperatures 448
The Problems of the Deep Sea 451
Condensed Milk in England 466
Lowly Vegetable Forms 469
The Weather and the Sun 479
Orientals at Vienna 493
The Morbid Effects of Heat 497
Sketch of Professor Coffin 503
Correspondence 509
Editor's Table 510
Literary Notices 513
Miscellany 519
Notes 527
September 1873
The Glass-Sponges 529
The Constitution of Matter 547
The Great Nebula in Orion 564
Old Continents 573
Magneto-Electric Illumination 584
The Study of Sociology XIV 594
The Intellectual Powers of Birds 614
Hypnotism in Animals I 618
Tongueless Speech 627
The Late Professor John Torrey, M.D. LL.D. 632
Editor's Table 639
Literary Notices 646
Miscellany 650
Notes 655
October 1873
Silk-Worms and Sericulture 657
Mental Science and Sociology 676
A National University 689
Agassiz and Darwinism 692
The Primary Concepts of Modern Physical Science I 705
Finding the Way at Sea 717
Secular Prophecy 732
Sympathetic Vibrations in Machinery 737
Speculation in Science 741
The Glaciers and their Investigators 746
The Moon 756
Editor's Table 762
Literary Notices 772
Miscellany 778
Notes 783
Index 785
Advertisements 790