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Asiatic Society of Japan, on Japanese Heraldry, by Thomas 

 R. H. McClatcher; but especially to Mr. Herbert Spencer's 

 series of articles in the Fortnightly Magazine, on the Evolu- 

 tion of Ceremonial Government; and to M. Laveleye's work 

 on " Primitive Property." The paper of Mr. Ad. F. Bandelier, 

 on the Tenure of Land among the Ancient Mexicans, previ- 

 ously mentioned, is also valuable under this head. 



Religion. 



Mr. E. A. Barber discusses the Traces of Solar Worship in 

 North America, in the American Naturalist for April ; and 

 Mr. Owens, the Folk-lore of the Southern Negroes, in Lippin- 

 coWs Magazine. In England, a Folk-lore Society publishes 

 a journal entitled The Folk-lore Record. In the Contempo- 

 rary Review, the subject of Forest and Field Myths is dis- 

 cussed by Mr. W. R. Ralston. M. Emile Cartailhac publishes, 

 in Paris, " L'Age de Pierre dans les Souvenirs et Superstitions 

 Populaires," a short review of which is given in the Athenceum 

 for March 2. In the Nineteenth Century for August is an 

 article on the Religion of the Greeks as Illustrated by Greek 

 Inscriptions. In the first four numbers of Das Ansland,F. 

 von Hellwald treats of the Eastern Question as a culture 

 problem. A good source of supply for Indian mythology is 

 the Indian Antiquarian. Professor Max Miiller discusses the 

 Origin and Growth of Religion in the Contemporary Review 

 for May. A work in two octavo volumes on the ''Evolution 

 of Morality," by C. S. Wake, is published by Trubner & Co. 



INSTRUMENTALITIES. 



The real progress of any science, and anthropology is no 

 exception, is commensurate with the instrumentalities by 

 which its facts are ascertained and verified. Indeed, there is 

 no branch of knowledge where the personal equation is so 

 complicated and perplexing. 



APPARATUS. 



The mechanical devices for anthropological study relate 

 mainly to ethnology in its anatomical operations, but charts 

 and diagrams are used in every portion of the science. The 

 Paris Exposition furnished an excellent opportunity for com- 



