ANTHROPOLOGY. 



By Otis T. Mason. 



INTRODUCTION. 



There are times in the history of every science when its advocates 

 may pause and look around them to see what progress has beeu made. 

 The labors prosecuted in a science so complex as the natural history of 

 man must necessarily be of two kinds, those which explore to its lowest 

 depth each particular part of the field, and those which reach far and 

 wide to gather in the results of investigation in each area. Of this last 

 class attention may be directed to a few works of importance. 



In February of 1883 Dr. E. B. Tylor delivered two lectures at Oxford 

 on the general subject of anthropology. The vice-presidential address 

 before the American Association at Minneapolis was upon the same 

 comprehensive theme. 



Dr. Daniel Brinton, of Philadelphia, has taken in hand to publish 

 a series of works on American anthropology. His address before the 

 Congres International des Americauistes at Copenhagen; his article 

 on archaeology in the American Supplement of the Encyclopaedia Bri- 

 tannica; a paper before the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of 

 Philadelphia on European contributions to the study of American ar- 

 chaeology; two volumes in Brinton's Library of American Literature; 

 and several shorter papers on archaeological subjects, all attest his energy 

 and the obligation of anthropologists to his generosity. 



Parts 25-27 of von Hellwald's classical work on the natural history 

 of our species were published during the year. In Breslau appeared 

 Encyclopaedia der Naturwissenschaften ; Handworterbuch der Zoologie, 

 Anthropologic, und Ethnologie ; in Paris, Diction naire Usuel des Sciences 

 Medicales; but the highest claim of anthropology to rank as a real sci- 

 ence is presented by the apearance in Paris of Dictionnaire des Sciences 

 Anthropologiques, including anatomy, craniology, prehistoric archaeol- 

 ogy, ethnography, manners and customs, laws, arts, industries, demog- 

 raphy, languages, and religions. The editor-in-chief is M. Bertillon. 



The importance of the study of anthropology to physicians, legislators, 

 and sociologists is urged by several publications of great value. 



In the following chapters the usual order is followed. Frequent refer - 



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