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WILD LIFE IN LOUISIANA. PERCY VIOSCA, JR .19
AGRICULTURAL OBSERVATIONS OF BERNARD; PALISSY, THE HUGUENOT POTTER. GRACE M. ZIEGLER .28
THE LIGHTS AND SHADOWS BACON THREW ON SCIENCE IN THE NOVUM ORGANUM. DR. JONATHAN WRIGHT . 34
WAVE MECHANICS. DR. PAUL -R. HEYL .41
CAN BIRDS HOLD INJURIOUS INSECTS IN CHECK? PROFESSOR E. H. STRICKLAND .48
GRAZING AND FORESTS. DR. CHARLES WENDELL TOWNSEND . 57
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THE BACTERIOLOGICAL NVORK OF JOSEPH LISTER. PRO- FESSOR WILLIAM W. FORD ................... . 70
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THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE: The Nashville Meeting of the American Association; Darwin's House at Downe; Professor Fibiger's Work on Experimental Pro- duction of Cancer .87
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