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author of a special study on the former distribution of the Esquimaux in 

 the Arctic regions. It will be remembered that Boyd Dawkius hints 

 an ancient southward residence of this people, as well as their uninter- 

 rupted circuit of the North Polar Sea. The National Museum at Wash- 

 ington has been able to secure the co-operation of the signal officers and 

 other Government officials in Alaska especially, and the result has been 

 an enormous addition to the number and variety of culture objects. 

 Mr. J. G. Swan continued his investigations among the Haidas and 

 other stocks of the northwest coast. The results of Bastian's researches 

 in the same region form a beautiful addition to our literature. 



Major Powell and the Bureau of Ethnology devoted much attention 

 to the subject of unraveling the linguistic stocks of our western area, 

 and it is believed that every tribe in the United States is sufficiently 

 enown to be properly relegated. 



The colossal work of H. H. Bancroft steadily goes on toward com- 

 pletion. During 1883 the following volumes appeared in the new se- 

 ries : Vols, i, II, Central America ; Vols. IV, V, VI, Mexico, 151G-1521 ; 

 Vol. xv, North American States; and Vol. xviii, California. The 

 series when completed will contain the following works : 



Vols. I-V. — The Native Races of the Pacific States. 



Vols. VI-VIII. — History of Central America. 



Vols. IX-XIV.— History of Mexico. 



Vols. XV-XVI.— History of the North Mexican States. 



Vol. XVII. — History of New Mexico and Arizona. 



Vols. XVIII, XXIV. — History of California. 



Vol. XXV. — History of Nevada. 



Vol. XXVI.— History of Utah. 



Vols XXVII, XXVIII. — History of the Northwest Coast. 



Vols. XXIX, XXX. — History of Oregon. 



Vol. XXXI.— History of Washington, Idaho, and Montana. 



Vol. XXXII. — History of British Columbia. 



Vol. XXXIII.— History of Alaska. 



Vol. XXXIV.— California Pastoral. 



Vol. XXXV.— California Inter Pocula. 



Vols. XXXVI, XXXVIL— Popular Tribunals. 



Vol. XXXVIII. — Essays and Miscellany. 



Vol. XXXIX. — Literary Industries. 



The history of the Pacific States is the central figure of this lit- 

 erary undertaking, the native races being preliminary, and the works 

 following the history supplementary thereto. The territory covered is 

 the western half of North America, from Panama to Alaska, including 

 all of Central America and Mexico, and is equivalent in area to one- 

 twelfth of the earth's surface. 



South America, so long neglected, received some marked attentions 

 in 1883. E. R. Heath publishes in the Kansas City Review an article 

 on the dialects of the Bolivian Indians, which has received much praise. 

 The best publication on South America, and one that will be read with 

 great pleasure, is im Thurn's " Indians of British Guiana." The names 



