272 ANNUAL KECOKD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



prepare an exhaustive memoir on the subject of Aboriginal 

 Burial among the American Indians, and has issued a cir- 

 cular asking for information from all quarters. 



Government. 



The Origin of Rank, Living Age, April 7 (from Saturday 



Review) ; " Flagellation and Flagellants," Rev. W. Cooper, 



published in London. 



Religion. 



Outlines of the Philosophy of the North American Indians, 

 J. W. Powell, American Geographical Society ; " Serpent and 

 Siva Worship in Central America," Hyde Clarke, Trubner and 

 Co. ; Culture Heroes of the Ancient Americans, J. T. Short, 

 Appletong Journal, March ; Mythologie, etc., des Esquimaux, 

 Jlelusinc, Feb. 20 (the last-named periodical is entirely de- 

 voted to comparative mythology) ; Nagualism, etc., in the 

 United States, Catholic World, April ; Basque Legends, Dr. 

 Fitzgerald, Gentleman? s Magazine, Sept., and by W.Web- 

 ster in a work published by Griffith and Farren (see Nature, 

 March 8) ; Tyrolean Superstitions, Ethel C. Gale, LippincotVs 

 Magazine, June ; Sicilian Folk-lore, Comhill Magazine, April ; 

 Religion and the Great Pyramid, R. A. Proctor, Fraser^s Mag- 

 azine, March ; An Egyptian Phallus and Hebrew Circum- 

 cision, Hermann Welcker, Archiv, parts i., ii. ; "Mythology 

 among the Hebrews," I. Goldzieher, Longmans; "The Folk- 

 lore of China," N. B. Denys, Trubner and Co. ; New Zealand 

 Myths of Creation, Journal of the Anthropological Institute, 

 Jan. ; " Magic among the Chaldeans," F. Lenormant, Maison- 

 neuve; "Les Dieux de Babylone et de l'Assyrie," id. ; Tradi- 

 tions Assyriennes,^wn. Ph. Chretienne, Jan. ; "Sur la Legende 

 du Boudlia," E. Senart, E. Leroux; Symbolism of the Feat- 

 ures, J. W. Jackson, Phrenological Journal, March 6 ; "Finger- 

 ring Lore," Win, Jones, reviewed in Academy, Nov. 18 ; Mes- 

 merism, etc.,W. B. Carpenter, Popular Science Jfonthly,JunQ; 

 Demonolatry, etc.,R. C. Caldwell, Contemporary Review; On 

 Demonology, M. D.Conway, Sunday Lecture Society; Myths, 

 R. A. Proctor, Pelgravia, Sept. ; The Myths and Marvels of 

 Astronomy, same, Putnairts Magazine; Astronomical Myths, 

 John P. Blake, from Flammarion ; La Nomenclature des 

 Legendes Anciennes, M. Daleau, French Association; Znr 

 Geschichte der Religion, Ausland, Feb. 5 ; The Rationale 



