392 ANTHROPOLOGY. 



That tliere is a growing interest in this newest of the sciences is evi- 

 denced by several considerations. Among these are the multiplication 

 of i:»rivate collections, public museums, and journals devoted entirely to 

 the subject. The cursor}^ perusal of a bibliographical list will indicate 

 at once how much more minutely research is ramifying itself in the 

 human subject. The multiplication and j)erfecting of instruments of 

 precision and the record of many hundreds of observations are evidence 

 in the same direction. 



Although the progress and expansion of anthropology are very ap- 

 parent, it is difficult to indicate their rate in a single year, for the growth 

 of knowledge, like the flight of time, is not marked by trenchant lines. 

 Moreover, many of the best works published in any year do not come 

 to hand immediately, and thus are omitted from every enumeration. 

 Owing to this fact, the summary will have a somewhat narrower range 

 than formerly. It will include all works on American anthropology so 

 far as known, and such publications relative to the subject abroad as 

 •have been received bj^ the Smithsonian Institution. The American 

 summary embraces not only works relative to the American races, when- 

 ever issued, but also the publications of American scholars in all depart- 

 ments of this science. 



The order chosen in the summary is based on the convenience of spe- 

 cialists, rather than upon a scientific analysis of the subject. The follow- 

 ing are the headings under which the notes and the bibliography are 

 collected : 



I. Anthropogeny. 

 II. Archaeology. 



III. Biology of man. 



IV. Comparative psychology. ♦ 

 V. Ethnology. 



YI. Glossology. 

 VII. Comi^arative technology. 

 VIII. Sociology. 

 IX. Daimonology. 

 X. Instrumentalities of research. 



I. — Anthropogeny. 



No epoch making work like that of Haeckel has appeared during the 

 year. The Duke of Argyle, in a series of papers entitled " The Unity 

 of Nature," develops a scheme of law in nature which is consistent with 

 Christian theism. Dr. Lazarus Geiger's contributions to the history 

 of the development of the human race have been translated into Eng- 

 lish by David Asher and published by the Triibners. The jjaper of Dr. 

 Theodore Gill ui)on the zoological relations of man is a resume of the 

 evolution theory as applied to the human race, in which the author 

 rather states the present condition of the problem than attemi)ts to put 

 forth anything new. The same may be said of the communication of 



