Light thrown by these discoveries on the Pharaoh of the Bible, and on Melchizedek, who reigned in Abraham's day. Other archaeologists of note, Glaser, De Morgan, De Sarzec, and Botta. Relics of Buddha, and the Hittite inscriptions. The Moabite Stone, and work of the English Palestine Exploration Fund at Jerusalem. Dr. Schliemann's labors among the ruins of Troy. Researches and discoveries at Crete. The mounds, pyramids, and temples of the American aborigines. The cliff-dwellers and the Mayas, Incas, and Toltecs. The Calendar Stone and statue of the gods of war and death found in Mexico. What treasure yet remains to be recovered of a past civilization. MICHAEL FARADAY. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM. BY EDWIN J. HOUSTON, PH.D. "The Prince of Experimental Philosophers". Unprecocious as a child; environment of his early years. His early study of Mrs. Marcet's "Conversations on Chemistry," and the articles on electricity in the "Encyclopaedia Britannica". Appointed laboratory assistant at the London Royal Institution. Inspiration received from his teacher, Sir Humphry Davy. Investigations in chemistry, electricity, and magnetism. His discovery (1831) of the means for developing electricity direct from magnetism. Substitutes magnets for active circuits. Simplicity of the apparatus used in his successful experiments. Some of the results obtained by him in his experimental researches. What is to-day owing to him for his discovery and investigation of all forms of magneto-electric induction. His discovery of the relations between light and magnetism. Action of glass and other solid substances on a beam of polarized light. His paper on "Magnetization of Light and the Illumination of the Lines of Magnetic Force". His contribution (1845) on the "Magnetic Condition of All Matter". Investigation of the phenomena which he calls "the Magne-crystallic force". Extent of his work in the electro-chemical field. His invention of the first dynamo. His alternating-current transformer. Induction coils and their use in producing the Röntgen rays. Edison's invention of the fluoroscope. Faraday's gift to commercial science of the electric motor. His dynamo-electric machine. Modern electric transmissions of power. Tesla's multiphase alternating-current motor. Faraday's electric generator and motor. The telephone, aid given by Faraday's discoveries in the invention and use of the transmitter. Modern power-generating and transmission plants a magnificent testimonial to the genius of Faraday. Death and honors. RUDOLF VIRCHOW. MEDICINE AND SURGERY. BY FRANK P. FOSTER, M.D. Jenner demonstrates efficacy of vaccination against small-pox. Debt to the physicists, chemists, and botanists of the new era. Appendicitis (peritonitis), its present frequency. Experimental methods of study in physiology. Hahnemann, founder of homoeopathy, and physical diagnosis of the sick. The clinical thermometer and other instruments of precision.