INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS DURING THE YEAR 1876. cxxxvii 



Europe. Mr. E. W. Brabrook read before the Anthropological In- 

 stitute, February 22d, a memoir by the Rev. J. Earle upon the " Eth- 

 nography of Scotland." The chief feature of the communication 

 was the com])arison of the physiognomy and dialects of the Scotch 

 with those of the Norwegians. The same subject was discussed by 

 Hector McLean at the British Association, September 16th. Lady 

 Verny contributes to the Contemporary Heview for February an essay 

 on " Old Welsh Legends and Poetry." 



The communication, by Gustavus Lagneau^ read before the Geo- 

 graphical Congress in Paris last year, is published in full in Revue 

 (VAnthropologie, No. 4, 1875, with copious bibliographical references. 



The Basques are the subject of the following treatises: A paper 

 read before the French Association, 1876, by M. Tubino ; an article in 

 Revue de Linguistique^ October, 1855, by the Rev.Wentworth Web- 

 ster; a notice in Bui. de la Soc. de Geog.., April, by V. Derrecagaix. 



No. 3 of Revue d^Anthropologie contains a very elaborate paper, by 

 Dr. A. Sasse, upon eighteen skulls which the author procured from 

 an ossuary in Righ, a village in the north of Holland. 



In the July number of the North American Review, Mr. T. F. Crane 

 treats of the Italian popular tales. 



M. Mainof, Secretary of the Ethnological Section of the Russian 

 Geographical Society, is preparing an exhaustive treatise on Russian 

 ethnography. It will appear in parts, each containing the mono- 

 graph of a section of the people. 



The Society of Anthropology of Paris offers a prize to the author 

 of the best memoir on " The Slavic Races," to be accompanied by 

 maps of the countries inhabited by Slavonians. Further contribu- 

 tions to Slavic subjects are : A paper read before the Royal Society 

 of Literature, by Rev. J. Long, upon "Russian Proverbs as illustrating 

 Russian Life and Manners;" a communication upon the Slaves, to 

 the French Association, by M. Hovelacque ; an article in the April 

 number of the Contemporary Review, by W. S. Ralston, on " Russian 

 Idyls." The October number of the Geograpliiml Magazine is devoted 

 largely to the Turkish question. Maps are given, showing the po- 

 litical divisions, the density of population, the distribution of the 

 Mohammedans, and the other nationalities. Dr. Nicolo J. Petrovitsch 

 contributes to Bas Ausland, June 19th, an article on "Manners and 

 Customs in Servia;" E. Picot, to Revue d^Anthropologie, No. 3, 1875, 

 a paper on the Roumanians ; and Jos. Jirecek publishes, in Prague, 

 " The History of the Bulgarians." 



Africa. In speaking of the megalithic monuments of Africa, ref- 

 erence was made to the blonde population of Morocco (Revue d'An- 

 thropologie, No. 3, 1876). The novel opinions of M. Broca are well 

 worth careful investigation. 



Further information of African subjects is to be found in Mr. B. 



