clxxii GENERAL SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC AND 



toric study among the orthodox; to the letters of Schlier- 

 mann from the museums of Leyden, Copenhagen, Stockholm, 

 Lubeck, Berlin, etc., in Academy, Nos. 171, 173, 174, 176, 179, 

 ISO ; and to the work of James C. Southall on the "Recent 

 Orisrin of Man." 



Physical Anthropology. Professor Rolleston, in his open- 

 ing address before the Anthropological Department of the 

 British Association, discussed the merits of Craniography in 

 deciding the question of race. 



On the subject of Macrobians, the article of Sir Duncan 

 Gibb (Journ. Anth. Inst., 1875, p. 804) is to be consulted. 



The work of M. Quatrefages on the " Fossil Races of Men " 

 is reviewed in the following publications : Comptes JRendus, 

 January 11, 1875 ; Ausland, March 15, 1875 ; and JRevue Sci- 

 entifique, January 23, 1875. 



Psychical Anthropology. On this subject w T e would draw 

 attention to Herbert Spencer on the Comparative Psycholo- 

 gy of Man (Anth. Inst., June 22) ; C. Staniland Wake on the 

 Origin of the Moral Idea (Brit. Ass. Rep., 1874, p. 158) ; and 

 to Dr. Redner on the Psychological Discussion of Memory 

 (Munich Anth. Soc, Feb. 26, 1875). 



Environment. M. Elisee Reclus's great work, "LaTerre et 

 les Hommes," is appearing in monthly parts. This learned 

 production will give the connections of geographical environ- 

 ment with the races of men who have inhabited the different 

 parts of the earth. 



Professor Marsh has brought out a new edition of his 

 "Man and Nature." 



A very interesting series of papers in Ausland (Jan. 4 to 

 Feb. 1) is devoted to the contribution of plants and animals 

 to Shemitic culture. 



General. The paper of "W. D. Mackintosh on Anthropol- 

 ogy, Sociology, and Nationality, before the British Associa- 

 tion, and that of L. II. Morgan, before the American Associa- 

 tion, on the Progress of Culture, are worthy of study. 



Culture. M. Pietrement, reviewing the treatise of M. San- 

 son, agrees with him that the bones found in great abundance 

 at Solutre are the remains of horses killed in the chase. In 

 this view he opposes M. Toussaint, who holds that the horse 

 was domesticated, and slaughtered for food and in sacrifice. 



J. S. Pliene, before the British Association, read a paper on 



