XXX.]

FEBRUARY, 1887.

[No. IV.

THE

JOPULAR SCIENCE
MONTHLY.

CONDUCTED BY E. L. AND W. J. YOUMANS.

CONTENTS.

I. The Laws of Habit. By Professor WILLIAM JAMES.

II. Science in Religious Education. By DANIEL G. THOMPSON... 451
III. The South-African Diamond-Mines. (Illustrated.)...

459

IV. Materialism and Morality. By W. S. LILLY.....

V. Science and Morais: A Reply. By Professor T. H. HUXLEY.. 493
VI. Some Points on the Land Question. By OLIVER B. BUNCE.... 507
VII. Fetichism or Anthropomorphism. By GEORGE PELLEW....... 514
VIII. Misgovernment of Great Cities. By FRANK P. CRANDON.... 520
IX. Fulgurites, or Lightning-Holes. By GEORGE P. MERRILL. (Il-
lustrated.).

529

X. Views of Life in the Crazy Mountains. By Mrs. E. D. W. HATCH. 539
XI. Massage. By Lady JOHN MANNERS.

XII. Sketch of Charles C. Abbott. (With Portrait.)..

XIII. Correspondence..

543

547

554

XIV. Editor's Table: Prophets of Evil.-A Strange Sight in South Africa...... 555

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