The Popular Science Monthly June 1879 Volume XV

1879. Moderate general wear. 255 pages. The Condition of Women from a Zoological Point of View. 1. By Professor W. K. BROOKS. Selecting a First Meridian. By E. CORTAMBERT. (Illustrated.) The Study of Physics in the Secondary Schools. By JOHN TROWBRIDGE Modern Science in its Relation to Literature. By WILLIAM BRACKETT. Observations on the Chameleon. By O. R. BAOBELER, M. D. The United States Life-saving Service. By W. D. O'CONNOR. (Illustrated.) Diseased Condition of the Faculty of Wonder. By Professor GAIRDNER Are Explosions in Coal Mines preventable? By FRANOIS R. CONDER. Chemistry in its Relations to Medicine. By Professor IRA REMSEN . The History of Games. By EDWARD B. TYLOR. Whales and their Neighbors. By Dr. ANDREW WILSON . A Problem in Human Evolution. By Professor GRANT ALLEN . Sketch of Professor Clifford. (With Portrait.). EDITOR'S TABLE: The London 'Times' on International Copyright-Curious Survivals of Savagism. LITERARY NOTICES. POPULAR MISCELLANY: The National Academy of Sciences-The Growth of a Continent -Storms and Neuralgia-Physiological Action of Aconite-Curiosities of Nervouaness-A Botanical Usurper-Explorations In Central Africa. NOTES. 6827.…