The Popular Science Monthly May 1879 Volume XV

1879. Moderate general wear. 384 pages. The Origin of Worlds. By Professor Daniel Vaughan. (Illustrated). The Growth of the Will. By Professor Alexander Bain. Clews in Natural History. By Dr. Andrew Wilson (Illustrated). Dietetic Curiosities. lI. By Felix L. Osborn, M. D. Bodily Conditions as related to Mental States. By Charles Fayette Taylor, M. D. New Guinea and its Inhabitants. lI. By Alfred Russell Wallace. Dangers of Darwinism. Disease of the Body as a Mental Stimulant. On Sensation and the Sensiferous Organs. By Professor T. H. Huxley Residual Phenomena. By Professor Pattison Muir. The 'Autobiography' of George Combe. By Eliza A. Youmans . Sketch of Professor W. D. Whitney. (With Portrait). CORRESPONDENCE: On the Fear of Death-Earthworms, etc . EDITOR'S TABLE: Morality and Evolution-The Late Daniel Vaughan. LITERARY NOTICES. POPULAR MISCELLANY: Famines in Ancient and Modern Times-The Age of the World- Professor Clarke on Lockyer's Researches-The Distinctions between Man and Animals-The Earthquake of November 18. 1878-Physiological Effects of Arsenic-What shall we eat? etc. NOTES. 6827.…