The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-05-30
The Popular Science Monthly.

The June issue of the pcss,lur
Science Monthly has a.. tempting
table of contents which thoroughly sus-
tains its we'll established character.
The claim Of this magazine to the atten-
ton of Intelligent readers is unique
among American periodicals, as it rep
resepts not so much the icchnicaiities of
pure science as its intisence on ques-
tons of popular interest and public
welfare, and its bearing upon great sub
iects of both theoretical and practical
moment.
The first article in this number well
illustrates the peculiar character of the
Monthly. II Is an original scientific
paper by Mr. w. X. Brooks, brilliant
young biologist of John Hopkins Uni
versity, on the woman question from n
geological point of view. While multi
tudes are dabbling with this subject
from the political standpoint, we have
here a careful inquiry into the organic
foundation of the problem; an investi-
CATION of the differences in the natures
| of the sexes, and the broad and deep
mental diversties which spring from
their unlike constitutions and expert
ences. The views are new and strik-
ing, and the article will attract wide at.
tention.
Professor .Trowbridge, of Harvard
considers the study Of physics in the
lower schools in very instructive pa
per. The best modes of teaching ply
sizes in the secondary schools are point
ed ont, and the mischievous results O
a mere literary culture that does no
touch upon investigation or evidence
and leaves the mind exposed to al
kinds of superstitious imposture. ar,
most clearly presented. There fellow
an elaborate article of universal inter
est by Mr.. William Bracket, which
treats in full of the topic touched upoi
by Professor Trowbridge. 1t is enti
tied "Modern Science in its Relation {,
Literature" The writer assumes tina
among the innovations of science upoi
other modes of thought which hav,
been SO marked and extensive during
the last half century, its profound ant
, extensive influence upon literature i
far from having been sufficiently recog
nized. This view is deliberately AM
admirably presented, and the paper i
full of fresh and vigorous thought an,
of weighty suggestion.
!, A copiously illustrated article OF
"The Life-saving Service of the Unite,
States' is full of curious information
concerning a kind of adventurous ar
that has grown to high degree of per
lection within the last thirty or fort
years. DIR. Wilson writes PLEASANT
of "Whales and their Neiehbors"; an,
Francis II. Gender has valuable pape
on the question, care Explosions i
Coal Mines preventable?" Professo
Ira Remsen considers "Chemistry in it
Relations to Medicine; and Mr.. f. b
Tyler is very entertaining in his "His
tory of Games" Professor Grant Al
len, under the title ga Problem in Hu
man Evolution" asks what has becom
of the hair ofthe human species if thei
, progenitors were thickly covered wit
it. There are a portrait and sketch G
the late Professor Clifford; and also i
the body of the number brief article
on "Sclecting First Meridian" by L
Cortambert; "Observations on the Cha
meleon," by DR.. 0. Il. Bachelor; an
"The Diseased Condition of the Facult
of Wonder" by Professor Gardner, G
the University of Edinburgh.
The editor discourses on Freeman
Riddle, and Spiritualism, under the ii
:, tie of ga Curious Survival of Savag
ISM; and there is the usual amount Q
varied information in the department
of popular Miscellany" and "Notes.
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