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May 1888
The Economic Outlook: Present and Prospective III 1
The Moral Influence of Climate 37
Is Combination Crime? 42
A Great Confession 55
The American Robin and his Congeners 74
The Relation of Evolution to Materialism 79
Sound-Signals at Sea 86
Primitive Worship of Atmospheric Phenomena 99
The Future of the American Indian 104
Darwinism and the Christian Faith I 108
Sketch of Gustav Robert Kirchhoff 120
Correspondence 125
Editor's Table 126
Literary Notices 129
Popular Miscellany 138
Notes 143
June 1888
The Surplus Revenue 145
A Counter Criticism 150
The Philosophy of Commercial Depression 159
Whistles Ancient and Modern 169
The Earned Decrease vs the Unearned Increment 177
The Effects of Moderate Drinking 184
A Study of the Ainu of Yezo 200
Darwinism and the Christian Faith II 209
The Geological Tourist in Europe 216
Education and the Employment of Children 230
The Island of Nias and its People 233
Animals as Modified by Environment 243
The Imitative Faculty of Infants 249
The Flame of a Candle 256
Sketch of Alpheus Spring Packard 260
Editor's Table 267
Literary Notices 270
Popular Miscellany 278
Notes 286
July 1888
Safety in House-Drainage 289
Gourds and Bottles 310
Darwinism and the Christian Faith III 322
The Teaching of Psychology 332
Customs and Arts of the Kwakiool 345
Lines of Progress in Agriculture 352
Fallacies in the Trades-Unions Argument 361
Botany as it May Be Taught 369
Arctic Alaska 376
Manual or Industrial Training 386
Sketch of Paul Bert 401
Correspondence 408
Editor's Table 411
Literary Notices 415
Popular Miscellany 423
Notes 430
August 1888
The Octroi at Issoire: A City Made Rich by Taxation 433
The Home of the Great Auk 456
The Ethics of Kant 464
Mosses and their Water-Supply 479
Injurious Influences of City Life 484
Something About Snakes 490
Ainu Houses and their Furnishing 497
Teaching Physiology in the Public Schools 509
The Unity of Science 520
The Parlor-Game Cure 528
Drift-Sands and their Formations 534
The Future of the Negro 543
Sketch of Spencer F. Baird 547
Correspondence 556
Editor's Table 557
Literary Notices 559
Popular Miscellany 568
Notes 575
September 1888
The Growth of Jelly-Fishes I 577
Some Chinese Mortuary Customs 589
Eye-Mindedness and Ear-Mindedness 597
Antagonism 608
Mental Traits in the Poultry-Yard 625
Underground Waters and Mineral Veins 633
Writing-Machines for the Blind 643
Expert Testimony 653
Animal and Plant Lore II 656
How the Opium-Habit Is Acquired 663
Stigmatization 667
Heliotropism: The Turning Motions of Plants 674
A Fossil Continent 682
Sketch of Carl Friedrich Gauss 694
Correspondence 699
Editor's Table 701
Literary Notices 705
Popular Miscellany 713
Notes 719
October 1888
The Relation of the Sexes to Government 721
A Living Mystery 730
The Growth of Jelly-Fishes II 740
Man in Relation to the Lower Animals 751
Hypnotism: What it Is and What it Is Not 755
Ethics and Economics 771
Curiosities of Evolution 783
Spiders and their Ways 787
What Is Known of the Earth 808
The Last Stages in the Genealogy of Man I 821
Bird Courts of Justice 832
Sketch of J. B. Boussingault 836
Correspondence 842
Editor's Table 844
Literary Notices 848
Popular Miscellany 856
Notes 863
Index 865