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THE ELEPHANT HEADS IN THE WALDECK MANUSCCRIPTS. L. ERIC THOMPSON . 392
THE GOLD COAST. CHARLES H. KNOWLES ...................................... 399
TROPICAL CLIMATOLOGY. DR. ALFRED C. REED .404
THE TREND OF MODERN PHYSICAL SCIENCE. PROFESSOR JAKOB KUNZ .1................ 417
THE PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND OF RELATIVITY. DR.
MORTON MOTT-SMITII .................. 421
ENTOMOLOGY IN RELATION TO INDUSTRY. PROFESSOR D. M. DELONG .......429
FISHERY PRODUCTS IN THE ARTS AND INDUSTRIES. LEWIS
RADCLIFFE . .. 43 5
STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS. DR. HENRY B. KUMMEL 445
COMMON FOOD- FALLACIES. T. SWANN HARDING .451
THE ACTION OF ALCOHOL ON THE BODY ANID ON ITS OUT- PUT OF WORK. DR. J. FRANx DANIEL ................................... 461
NEW HARMONY. DR. DAVID STARR JORDAN and DR. AMOS W. BUTLER 468
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