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his work in political science and economics. At Union College, 

 Prof. Hoffman has found it necessary to give lectures on anthro- 

 pology, as preliminary to the best work in psychology. At the 

 University of Mississippi we believe it has been introduced as 

 fundamental to historical study. In one way or another the sub- 

 ject has been crowding itself into the curricula, until now, in 

 addition to the institutions already mentioned, Brown, Harvard, 

 Clark, Vermont, and the University of Pennsylvania offer facili- 

 ties for such study. At the new University of Chicago anthropol- 

 ogy is to be recognized, and 

 several courses, covering a 

 wide field, will probably be 

 offered. The work at two 

 or three of the universities 

 deserves special notice. At 

 Yale, Prof. W. G. Sumner 

 gives two courses of instruc- 

 tion in alternate years one 

 for undergraduates, the oth- 

 er for graduate students. 

 The elementary course is 

 based upon Tylor's Anthro- 

 pology and Joly's Man be- 

 fore Metals, both of which 

 are carefully read by the 

 students, and form the basis 

 of class - work. Lectures, 

 discussions, and prepara- 

 tion of original papers up- 

 on selected topics make a 

 suggestive and excellent 

 course. Supplementary reading of important French and German 

 writers is arranged for such students as desire to do the best 

 work. In the second course similar methods are pursued, and 

 the required reading consists of Topinard's Anthropology and 

 Letourneau's Sociology. These two courses are deservedly popu- 

 lar with the students. The instruction work in anthropology at 

 Harvard is an outgrowth of the Peabody Museum of American 

 Ethnology. Of the museum itself we shall speak later. The 

 work of Harvard University is divided into twelve departments, 

 of which the most recently established is the Department of 

 American Archaeology and Ethnology. This department is equal 

 in rank to any in the university, being on the same footing as the 

 Department of Ancient Languages, or the Department of Mathe- 

 matics. Graduate work leading to a Ph. D. degree is offered. 

 We quote the following announcement from the latest catalogue : 



Prof. W. G. Sumner. 



