Cxl GENERAL SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC AND 



{ArcMv,Ylll.), calls attention to tlie length of the fore- and the ring- 

 finger. Dr. Kuhf, in Bevue (V Anthropologie^ No. 3, reviews J. W. Spren- 

 gel's " Schadel vom Neanderthal-Typus," and contributes also some 

 notes on prehistoric femurs. Dr. R.Verneau, Paris, is the author of a 

 pamphlet entitled " Le Bassin dans les Sexes et dans les Races " {Rev. 

 d'Anth.^ No. 3, 1876). Dr. Schmidt, of Essen, contributes to the first 

 quarter oiArchiv a very elaborate paper upon the true horizontal of 

 the skull. In the same number Dr. A. Ecker discusses the influence 

 of cranial deformation upon the volume, position, and form of the 

 cerebrum and its single parts. Dr. Daniel Wilson read a paper be- 

 fore the American Association on " Brain Weight and Size in Rela- 

 tion to the Relative Capacity of Races." The subject of the anthro- 

 pology of idiots is discussed in Archiv fur Anth.^ IV., 317. A paper 

 on "Right-handedness" was read before the British Association by 

 Mr. James Shaw. Professor Virchow, in Ahhmidl. der Konigl. Akad. 

 zu Berlin^ considers some characteristics of the skulls of the lower 

 races of mankind. 



3. External Characters. The Jour. Anth. Institute reproduces, with 

 plates, the article of Dr. Pruner Bey (Anth. Bev., II., 1864) on " Human 

 Hair as a Race Character." The treatise will well repay a second 

 reading to those who have not had the benefit of the plates. 



4. Comparative Psychology. The Quarterly Journal of Science pub- 

 lishes an article, by G. J. Romanes, on " Conscience in Animals." 

 The subject of mental progress of animals during the human period 

 was discussed by Mr. James Shaw before the British Association. 

 Articles entitled " Associationism and the Origin of Moral Ideas," 

 and " Evolution in Ethics," are published in Mind for July 1, 1876. 

 Professor Barret read before the British Association a paper on 

 '' Some Phenomena associated with Abnormal Conditions of the 

 Mind." A warm discussion ensued, in which there was a lack of 

 " philosophic calmness." Professor Paul Mantegazza contributes to 

 Archivio a long and studied essay on the " Expression of Grief." 



5. Sex and Bace. In A^island^ for June 19th, Dr. Escherich dis- 

 cusses the numerical relations of the sexes in Prussia, Bavaria, and 

 Wiirtemberg. In all cases and the reasons are assigned there is 

 a preponderance of women over men. Before the London Institu- 

 tion, March 28d, Mr. E. B.Tylor read a communication on the " Races 

 of Mankind and their Civilization." 



6. Environment. The influence of geological phenomena upon 

 human migrations was discussed by M. Roujou in a communication 

 to the French Association. Ferd. F. von Andrau treats of the influ- 

 ence of elevation upon human settlements in the Mittheil. der Anth. 

 Gesellsch., in Wien, 1 and 2. M. Paul Bert's treatise on the " Pressure 

 of the Air and Living Beings " is reviewed in Bev. Sc., July 15th, and 

 in Bev. d''Anth.^ No. 2. In the last-named journal, No. 3, M. A, Morice 

 discusses the " Acclimation of Races of Men and Animals in Lower 



