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Dr. A. J. Parker read before the Academy of Natural Sci- 

 ences, Philadelphia, a communication on the Convolutions of 

 the Negro Brain. Upon the subject of cerebral convolutions, 

 additional references will be given further on. 



In the Popular Science Monthly for August, Mr. A. R. Grote 

 lias an article on Man and his Structural Affinities. In the 

 same number the subject of Composite Portraits is discussed 

 by Mr. Francis Galton. The object of this study is to com- 

 bine in one photograph several faces, so as to eliminate in- 

 dividual characteristics, and bring out those that are typical. 



Murray, of London, publishes a work by Wm. J. Thorns on 

 the Longevity of Man. In the Journal of the Anthropolog- 

 ical Institute is a paper by Professor Rolleston, read May 

 14, describing a Skeleton found at Cissbury. The Anthro- 

 pometric Committee of the British Association have issued 

 instructions for the measurement of individuals in the Brit- 

 ish Isles. A manual on the same subject is announced by 

 Mr. Charles Roberts, of London. Kaltbrunner's "Manuel du 

 Yoyageur," published by Wurster & Co., Zurich, contains 

 nearly 300 pages of anthropological instructions. 



Mr. H. C. Sorby contributes to Vol. VIII. of the Journal of 

 the Anthropological Institute a memoir of extraordinary in- 

 terest on the Coloring Matter in the Human Hair. Consult 

 also Dr. Schwalbe's article entitled Ueber die Menschliche 

 Haare, in the Correspondenzblatt, No. 1. 



Chapman & Hall, of London, issue an English edition of 

 Topinard's work on Anthropology; the same work appears 

 as Vol. III. in the "Library of Contemporary Science." 



A review of the whole subject of Brain-weight is given in 

 the JRevue cV Anthropologic, pp. 277-285, by Dr. Samuel Pozzi. 

 The paper is accompanied by tables and copious references 

 to authorities, which make it a desirable work of reference to 

 comparative anatomists. In the same journal, Dr. Paul Broca 

 makes several very important communications concerning 

 the brain. In No. 1, pp. 1-47, is a discussion of the Brain 

 of the Gorilla. In No. 2, pp. 193-237, Dr. Broca treats of 

 Cerebral Nomenclature, Names of the Divisions and Subdivi- 

 sions of the Hemispheres, and of the Anfractuosities on their 

 Surfaces. In No. 3, pp. 385-499, the subject of the memoir 

 is the Comparative Anatomy of the Cerebral Convolutions : 

 the great limbic lobe and fissure in the series of mammals. 



