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May 1894
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: From Creation to Evolution III 1
The Guests of the Mayflower 17
Up the Chimney 24
Frost-Forms on Roan Mountain 30
The Ice Age and its Work III 40
Cause and Effect in Education 51
Economic Uses of Non-Edible Fish 61
Peculiar Sound Effects 75
Religious Belief as a Basis of Moral Obligation 83
The Sleep of Mollusks 99
Waste Products: Cotton-Seed Oil 104
Ancient and Medieval Chemistry 109
Sketch of Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert 119
Editor's Table 125
Literary Notices 127
Publications Received 135
Popular Miscellany 136
Notes 143
Obituary Notes 144
June 1894
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: From Creation to Evolution IV 145
Nicaragua and the Mosquito Coast 160
Weismann's Concessions 175
The Cincinnati Ice Dam 184
The Eye as an Optical Instrument 199
The Kindergarten a Natural System of Education 207
Pleasures of the Telescope I 213
Should Prohibitory Laws Be Abolished? 225
Dairy Schools and Dairy Products 234
The Ice Age and its Work IV 244
Sketch of Gerard Troost 258
Correspondence 265
Editor's Table 266
Literary Notices 270
Publications Received 280
Popular Miscellany 281
Notes 287
Obituary Notes 288
July 1894
The Meaning of Corporations and Trusts 289
Sunshine Through the Woods 313
Studies of Childhood I 323
A Colonial Weather Service 331
Homes of Social Insects 338
Latitude and Vertebrae 346
Death of Professor Billroth 350
The Great Bluestone Industry 352
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Modern Bacteriology 359
Joseph Neef: A Pestalozzian Pioneer 373
Kiln-Drying Hard Wood 375
On Acquired Facial Expression 380
Savagery and Survivals 388
Sketch of Heinrich Hertz 401
Editor's Table 410
Literary Notices 413
Publications Received 424
Popular Miscellany 425
Notes 431
Obituary Notes 432
August 1894
The Chaos in Moral Training 433
A Family of Water Kings 443
Human Aggression and Crime 447
The Distribution of Government Publications 459
The Story of a Great Work 463
A Proposition for an Artificial Isthmus 472
Rain-Making 478
Milk for Babes 491
Nature as Drama and Enginery 496
The Nocturnal Migration of Birds 506
Modern Views and Problems of Physics 511
Form and Life 521
On Accuracy in Observation 533
The Photography of Colors 539
Sketch of William Mattieu Williams 548
Correspondence 553
Editor's Table 553
Literary Notices 557
Publications Received 568
Popular Miscellany 569
Notes 576
September 1894
Studies of Childhood II 577
The Humming Birds of Chocorua 588
Barberries: A Study of Uses and Origins I 594
Commercial Power Development at Niagara 608
Scientific Education 630
Ethical Relations Between Man and Beast 634
The Work of Dust 647
Arctic Temperatures and Exploration 653
The New Mineralogy 663
Science as a Means of Human Culture 668
Parasitic and Predaceous Insects 678
Seventeenth-Century Astrology 686
Sketch of Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg 689
Correspondence 699
Editor's Table 700
Literary Notices 703
Publications Received 712
Popular Miscellany 713
Notes 719
Obituary Notes 720
October 1894
The Football Situation 721
Studies of Childhood III 733
The American Champagne District 743
Some Lessons from Centenarians 756
The Half-Blood Indian 761
West African Folklore 771
Barberries: A Study of Uses and Origins II 784
The Professional Training of Teachers 796
Funeral Customs of the World 806
Poetry and Science 812
Astronomy of the Incas 823
Sketch of Asaph Hall 833
Correspondence 839
Editor's Table 840
Literary Notices 843
Publications Received 852
Popular Miscellany 853
Notes 863
Index 865