Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, April 1899 Volume LIV, No. 6, April 1899

"Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, April 1899" by Various is a collection of scientific articles from the late 1800s that gives readers a window into the scientific ideas of the time. The essays cover a wide range of topics, like psychology, the economy, living things, and how society takes care of its people, showing just how many different areas science was looking into back then. A featured essay titled "The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of" by Havelock Ellis, is included, and it examines the mysterious world of dreams, trying to explain what they mean for how we understand our own minds. Ellis suggests that dreams blend together what we experience when we're awake with old, basic thoughts we've had for centuries, suggesting that dreams connect us to the past and to the evolution of humans. He sums up how dreams work, like how they mix images together and how deeply we feel things in our dreams. Ellis believes that dreams are important for studying the mind, revealing truths about how we think and how we're connected to history, culture, and how we've changed as a species.