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November 1895
Principles of Taxation: Introduction I 1
Primigenial Skeletons, The Flood, and the Glacial Period 14
Recent Tendencies in the Education of Women 27
Consumption Considered as a Contagious Disease 33
The Past and Future of Gold 39
Professional Institutions VII 49
The Aims of Anthropology 59
Recent Recrudescence of Superstition II 73
Evolution in Folklore 93
Studies in Childhood XII 105
Sketch of Alexander Dallas Bache 112
Correspondence 121
Editor's Table 122
Scientific Literature 127
General Notices 130
Publications Received 135
Fragments of Science 136
Minor Paragraphs 143
Notes 144
December 1895
Principles of Taxation: US Government II 145
New Evidence of Glacial Man in Ohio 157
Studies in Childhood XIII 166
The Anatomy of Speed Skating 180
Suggestibility, Automatism, and Kindred Phenomena I 193
Professor Forbes on Harnessing Niagara 198
Health Experiments in the French Army 204
Prehistoric Engineering at Lake Copais 209
Sir John Lubbock and the Religion of Savages 220
Among the Cannibal Islands 229
Miracles in French Canada 234
Has Immigration Increased Population? 244
Insects' Eggs 256
Sketch of David Dale Owen 259
Professional Institutions VIII 265
Why the Sea Is Salt 273
A Natural Paper Mill 278
Correspondence 283
Editor's Table 284
Scientific Literature 291
General Notices 295
Publications Received 298
Fragments of Science 299
Minor Paragraphs 305
Notes 306
January 1896
The Smithsonian Institution I 289
Principles of Taxation: US Government III 303
A Student's Recollections of Huxley 326
The Botanical Garden of Buitenzorg, Java 335
Helium, its Identification and Properties 339
Scientific Temperance 343
The Geological Work of the Air 355
New Outlooks in the Science and Art of Medicine 359
Suggestibility, Automatism, and Kindred Phenomena II 375
Studies of Childhood XIV 381
The Fifth International Prison Congress 395
Both Sides of Profit Sharing 401
Sketch of Ebenezer Emmons 406
Professional Institutions IX 412
The Electric Furnace in Chemistry 417
Correspondence 412
Editor's Table 412
Scientific Literature 418
General Notices 422
Publications Received 425
Fragments of Science 426
Minor Paragraphs 431
Notes 432
February 1896
Principles of Taxation: In Literature and History IV 433
The Smithsonian Institution II 449
The Effect of Prolonged Drought on Animal Life 465
Gathering Naval Stores 469
The Study of Inheritance I 480
Imitation Among Atoms and Organisms 492
Natural Features of Venezuela 510
Suggestibility, Automatism, and Kindred Phenomena III 520
Stamping Out of Crime 527
The Young Draughtsman 533
Sketch of Andrew Dickson White 546
Professional Institutions X 557
Lord Salisbury on Evolution 564
Expired Air and Ventilation 583
Editor's Table 567
Scientific Literature 562
General Notices 566
Publications Received 569
Fragments of Science 570
Minor Paragraphs 575
Notes 576
March 1896
Principles of Taxation: In Literature and History V 577
The Failure of Scientific Materialism 569
Steppes, Deserts, and Alkali Islands 602
The Study of Inheritance II 617
Exercise as a Remedy 626
The Story of a Monkey 637
Normal and Heightened Suggestibility 641
The Coming of the Rains in Guiana 652
The Ancient Islanders of California 658
Acclimatization I 662
Educational Values in Elementary School 675
The Velocity of Electricity 687
Sketch of William Starling Sullivant 690
Professional Institutions XI 697
Correspondence 697
Editor's Table 698
Scientific Literature 702
General Notices 705
Publications Received 712
Fragments of Science 713
Minor Paragraphs 719
Notes 720
April 1896
Principles of Taxation: In Literature and History VI 721
The Practical Results of Bacteriological Researches 735
Tropical Fruit Trees 751
War and Civilization 758
The X Rays 771
Acclimatization II 779
The Savage Origin of Tattooing 793
Hypnotic States, Trance, and Ecstasy 804
The New Geography 815
Quacks and the Reason of Them 821
The Ways and Means of Ants 826
The Social Function of Wealth 829
Sketch of Benjamin Smith Barton 834
Professional Institutions XII 841
Editor's Table 841
Scientific Literature 846
General Notices 849
Publications Received 855
Fragments of Science 856
Minor Paragraphs 863
Notes 864
Index 865