68 Recent Literature. [zoe 



interest regarding the hearts of sheep, cat, man, monkey, panther, 

 raccoon, hyena, dog, deer, calf, horse, donkey and rabbit. 



November, 1891. — Language and Max Miiller: S. V. Clevenger, 

 M. D. A criticism of Miiller's attitude with regard to the evolu- 

 tion of language. The writer says: "Throughout Max Miiller's 

 writings he is handicapped by his exaggeration of the importance 

 of his particular line of research, carried on as an isolated study. 

 Could he but have a fair knowledge of associated sciences, such as 

 that of anthropology, anatomy, physiology and zoology, the value 

 of his work would be greatly increased, and his inferences would 

 undergo radical changes." On the Quantity and Dynamics of An- 

 imal Tissues: J. Lawton Williams. Recent Progress in the Dis- 

 covery of the Phylogeny of Man: Editorial. The discovery of 

 skulls verifying the supposition that a race of people inhabited 

 Europe with skulls similar to that of the Neanderthal man, is noted. 

 Also, of two nearly complete skeletons, of which they say: '' Tak- 

 ing it altogether, the Canstatter race answers the expectations 

 founded on theory as to what an ancestral type of man ought to 

 be." Professor Cope also finds confirmation for his theory that the 

 anthropoid apes and man were descended from the anthropoid 

 lemur Anaptomorphus, without passing the intervention of the old 

 world monkeys. c. A. K. 



The Ibis, for January, 1892, contains among articles of general 

 ornithological interest, a list of the birds of Heligoland as recorded 

 by Herr Giitke, by Henry Seebohm; Some further Notes on the 

 Periods occupied by Birds in the Incubation of their Eggs, by 

 William Evans, F. R. S. E. ; and the fourth part of the Rev. James 

 Sibree, Jr. 's, paper, On the Birds of Madagascar and their Connec- 

 tion with Native Folk-lore, Proverbs and Superstitions, c. A. k. 



Harald Schott, of the University of Upsala, Sweden, has 

 published: Beilrdge zur Kenntniss Kalifornisciier Collevibola, mit 

 4 tafeln in Bihang Till K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. Bd. 17, Afd. 

 iv, No. 8. 



Collembola are minute Thysanurae, or wingless insects, which live 

 under leaves and stones, and propel themselves by jumping. The 

 work is a very interesting one, as very little is known about these 

 small animals in any part of the world. The material was collected 

 in California by Dr. Gustav Eisen, and forwarded to the author for 



