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 �Vol. XX VL] ( I^ovember, 1884. [No. L

��POPULAR SCIEKCE MONTHLY.

��CONDUCTED BY E. L. AND W. J. YOUMANS.

CONTENTS. „,„„

I. The Relations between the Mind and the Nervous System. By

William A. Hammond, M. D 1

II. German Testimony on the Classics Question. By F. A. Fernald. 20

. III. Origin of the Synthetic Philosophy. By Herbert Spencer. . 30

IV. The Future of the Negro in the South. By J. B. Craighead. 39

V. Pending Problems of Astronomy. By Professor C. A. Young. 46

VI. Drowning the Torrent in Vegetation. By S. W. Powell 67

VII. What is Electricity ? By Professor John Trowbridge 76

VIII. Chilian Volcanoes, Active and Extinct. By Dr. Karl Ochsenius. 88

IX. The Chemistry of Cookery. By W. Mattieu Williams 91

X. Domestic Arts in Damaraland. By Rev. C. G. Buttner 99

XI. Old Customs of Lawlessness. By Herr M. Kulischer 105

XII. The Oil-Supply of the World. 1 108

XIII. Sketch of Professor James Hall. (With Portrait.) 120

XIV. Editor's Table : The American Association at Philadelphia. — Harrison,

Comte, and Spencer. — Is the Contrast valid ? • • • . 124

XV. Literary Notices 128

XVL Popular Miscellany 138

XVIL Notes 143

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