clxxiv GENERAL SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC AND 



On domestic culture the following references are valuable: 

 Anfiinge der Familie (Ausland, Feb. 1, 1875) ; Discussion be- 

 tween Sir J. Lubbock and L. H. Morgan on Systems of Con- 

 sanguinity {Nature, June 3d and Aug. 9th) ; On McLennan's 

 Theory of Primitive Marriage, by J. J. Murray (Rep. Brit. 

 Ass., 1874). 



The science of social and public life is discussed by Dr. H. 

 K. von Giinther, on the Practice of Mummifying the Dead 

 (Munich Anth. Soc, April 13, 1875); by Sir Henry Maine, 

 on the Early History of Institutions ; by Dr. Bela Weiss, 

 on the Primitive Forms of Property (Ausland, No. 29, 1875, 

 p. 565). 



Important discussions on ethics and religion are: "The 

 Origin of the Moral Idea," by C. S.Wake (Anth. Inst., June 

 25, 1875) ; "The Degeneracy of Man," by Rev. Jos. Edkins 

 (Rep. Brit. Assoc, 1874, p. 150) ; " Mythology," by J. Raines 

 (Anth. Inst., June 25, 1875); "Rhabdomaney and Beloman- 

 cy," by Miss A. W. Buckland (Brit. Assoc, 1875) ; " Cultur 

 und Religion," by H. K. Hg. Delff (Gotha, Perthes, 1875) ; 

 and "The Theistic Conception of the World," by the Rev. 

 B. F. Cocker, D.D. (New York, Harper & Bros., 1875). 



IV. THE INSTRUMENTALITIES OF RESEARCH. 



Herr von Ihering made a report to the German Anthropo- 

 logical Society, 1874, on new craniometrical and craniograph- 

 ical apparatus. On the same subject is an article by A. H. 

 Cohausen in Archiv fur Anthropologic, 1875, Vol. II., and one 

 by Paul Broca in Bulletin de la Societe d> Anthropologic, 1875, 

 pp. 337, 377. 



The new code of symbols for archaeological maps, drawn 

 up by a committee of leading savants of Europe, was ex- 

 plained by Mr. John Evans before the British Association 

 at Bristol, and by Ernest Chantre before the French Associa- 

 tion ("Materiaux," liv. xi. Supplement, 1875). 



The president, council, and fellows of the Royal Geograph- 

 ical Society have prepared a Manual of Arctic Geography and 

 Ethnology. A similar manual has been published by the 

 Board of Admiralty. 



The Indian Bureau of the United States and the Smith- 

 sonian Institution have published a pamphlet of Ethnological 

 Directions, and circulars to Indian Agents and special col- 

 lectors for the Centennial Exposition. 



