Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1899, Volume LIV, No. 4, February 1899Front matterReading editionChapter navigation19 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterAPPLETONS' POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLYVEGETATION A REMEDY FOR THE SUMMER HEAT OF CITIES.MIVART'S GROUNDWORK OF SCIENCE.[7]THE SCIENCE OF OBSERVATION.DEATH GULCH, A NATURAL BEAR-TRAP.THE LABOR PROBLEM IN THE TROPICS.PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION.PART II.THE GREAT BOMBARDMENT.THE SPIRIT OF CONQUEST.A SHORT HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTION.[32]THE SERIES METHOD: A COMPARISON.THE EARLIEST WRITING IN FRANCE.SKETCH OF GABRIEL DE MORTILLET.Correspondence.Editor's Table.Scientific Literature.Fragments of Science.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →APPLETONS' POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLYAll chapters and sections (19)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsAPPLETONS' POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLYVEGETATION A REMEDY FOR THE SUMMER HEAT OF CITIES.MIVART'S GROUNDWORK OF SCIENCE.[7]THE SCIENCE OF OBSERVATION.DEATH GULCH, A NATURAL BEAR-TRAP.THE LABOR PROBLEM IN THE TROPICS.PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION.Parts2Part 2 · Other sectionsTHE GREAT BOMBARDMENT.THE SPIRIT OF CONQUEST.A SHORT HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTION.[32]THE SERIES METHOD: A COMPARISON.THE EARLIEST WRITING IN FRANCE.SKETCH OF GABRIEL DE MORTILLET.Correspondence.Editor's Table.Scientific Literature.Fragments of Science.Established by Edward L. Youmans◇APPLETONS' POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY →