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but a small part of the community, 

 but the interest in anthropology ex- 

 tends far outside of the classroom. 

 Courses of public lectures are aston- 

 ishingly well attended. Prof. Put- 

 nam at Cambridge, Dr. Brinton at 

 Philadelphia, Prof. Starr at Chau- 

 tauqua, at New York, and at Chicago 

 have with others for some years 

 past spoken to thousands and have 

 helped to kindle a wide public in- 

 terest in the subject. To-day the 

 great peripatetic Associations for the 

 Advancement of Science Ameri- 

 can, Australian, British, French all 

 have their Section of Anthropology. 

 Many know what a battle had to be 

 fought in at least one of these asso- 

 ciations for recognition of the new- 

 comer. To-day it is not only pres- 

 ent, it dominates. No other section 

 of the American Association draws to 

 its public meetings as does this one; 

 nor is it surpassed in the number of 

 important papers presented. In the 

 popular magazines of the day a con- 

 stantly increasing amount of space 

 is given to papers in some one or 

 other division of the science. In the 

 various science series a full share of 

 volumes are anthropological. Thus, 

 it has been noticed that in the Con- 

 temporary Science Series nearly all 

 the volumes are devoted to the 

 science of man, and every one has 

 observed the great number of valu- 

 able works in this field in the Inter- 

 national Scientific Series. And just 

 now, apparently in response to a 

 demand, two other series have been 

 started, the one devoted to anthro- 

 pology generally, while the other 

 deals with that importaut subdi- 

 vision of the science which makes 

 the criminal the special object of 

 study. 



Museums of ethnography and 

 archaeology increase. In no part of 

 the world are they quite wanting. 

 The Museum of Gizeh in Egypt is 

 superb, for study; that at Tiflis in 



the Caucasus is rich ; at La Plata in 

 the Argentine Confederation is a 

 vigorous young institution, with a 

 good anthropological department ; 

 at many of the small capitals of 

 Mexican States are choice series of 

 antiquities. In this matter the 

 United States lags somewhat ; but 

 at Boston (Cambridge), Salem, New 

 York, Philadelphia, Washington, 

 Chicago, Davenport, St. Louis, and 

 San Francisco are collections of 

 significance which are open to the 

 public. The last comer in this group 

 is the Field-Columbian Museum at 

 Chicago, with an excellent depart- 

 ment in anthropology under the 

 curatorship of Prof. Holmes. 



Anthropological societies are not 

 numerous in America. Work in 

 some direction is done in connection 

 w T ith State and local historical so- 

 cieties and State academies of sci- 

 ence. Such local societies as the 

 New York, Chicago, and Davenport 

 Academies of Science have Ethno- 

 logical Sections. Specific Anthro- 

 pological Societies exist at Washing- 

 ton and New York. The Anthro- 

 pological Society of Washington 

 publishes an official organ of value. 

 The Woman's Anthropological So- 

 ciety in the same city has been ac- 

 tive. Interesting societies, including 

 study and social features, are those 

 at Yonkers, N. Y., and at Brook- 

 ville, Ind., both of which have had 

 l'egular meetings at short intervals 

 for several seasons. Of societies 

 which devote themselves to a sin- 

 gle phase of work, there are many, 

 among the most intei*esting of which 

 are the folklore societies. The 

 American Folklore Society meets 

 annually and at various places, but 

 its branches at Montreal, Boston, 

 Philadelphia, New York, New Or- 

 leans, etc. hold regular meetings at 

 stated times. The Chicago Folk- 

 lore Society now the International 

 Folklore Association holds month- 



