ANTHROPOLOGY. ^^^ 



sibility Of thoughts Without words. The same question was raised some 

 years ago iu the Anthropological Society of Washington, by Protessor 

 Porter, of tlie Deaf Mute College. This correspondence is all printed 

 as an appendix to "Three introductory lectures on the science ot 

 thought" by Max Miiller. (London, 1888, 8vo.) 



ETHNOLOGY. 



What was previously said of psychology may be repeated concerning 

 ethnology ; it is at bottom a biological science. That is, when we say 

 "race" we ought to mean blood, not language, nor nationahty, nor a 

 region of country, certainly not arts or institutions. 



It is true that the science includes all about a certain breed or stock ot 

 mankind ; indeed, it is the anthropology of men taken by breeds. The 

 ethnologist and the ethnographer are biologists to start with, but they 

 cover the entire area of the namral history of man. The latter works 

 out the anthropology of a siugle stock or breed. The latter is concerned 

 with anthropology arranged with blood or consanguineous groups tor 

 his primary concept. Strictly speakiug we apply the term ethuogra- 

 pher to a student of a nation or any other agglommeration ot human 

 beings, but this ought not so to be. 



As the first question in anthropology is the origin of man so the first 

 question in ethnology is the origin and boundaries of races. Thesearch 

 for primitive man, therefore, is at the same time thesearch tor primitive 



men. 



The second inquiry, which trenches on archii^ology, and is indeed the 

 motive of the archaeologist's researches, is what races of men have lived 

 on the earth and what may be the relation of the present races to them. 

 Upon this question M. de Quatrefages and Marquis de NadaiUac are our 

 chief authorities ; while for general treatises on the species at large the 

 reader must consult Snell, Kriegel, Achelis, Maladini, Robei-t Browu 

 Weatherman, and various translations and adaptations ot ^ on Hel wald. 

 The seventh volume of the Standard Natural History is reprinted with 

 an appendix which very much adds to its value. Prof. A. H. Keane in 

 his published classifications and in his reviews iu Nature continues to 

 be the best English authority on general ethnology. 



The biological inquiry into color of hair, eyes, and skin, into pilosity 

 and other anthropometric 'characteristics is mainly with reterence to the 



subject of race. 



Iu the Journal of the Anthropological Institute (xvi,3-0-3* J) Mr. a. 

 S. Poole shows the Egyptian classification of the races of man. 



The question of racial healing or medical ethnography is considered 

 bv Tifianv and Veirier. 

 ' In all anthropological journals will be found more or less ethnography. 

 In Paris is published Ilevue d'Ethnographie. The Journal of the IJoyal 

 Asiatic Society of London is a rich mine of information, and a <^omplete 

 index of all its volumes will be found at the close of the volume for 1888, 



