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fieially fashioned (J. Anthrop. Tust., xii, 565 5 Tr. Hertsford Nat. Hist. 

 Soc, I, 545). lu sumujing up the evidence, Dr. Evans says that the 

 present verdict as to Tertiary man must be in the form of " not proven." 

 The latter i)art of the address is devoted to the question of tlie Aryan 

 langua}j;e and the Aryan race and to the improved resources of anthro- 

 pological stud}". Papers were read u[)ou the following topics: Hered- 

 itism, F. O. Morris ; Eeligion of the Australian aborigines, J. W. Faw- 

 cett; The present aspect of the jade question, F. W. Kudler; Is there 

 a break in mental evolution? Lady Welby ; Unidentitied peoples in 

 Britain in pre-Ronian times, J)r. Phene ; Yourouks of Asia Minor, T. 

 Bent ; Aryan cradle laud, J. Stuart (llennie 5 Reversions,^ Nina Layard ; 

 Physical development, G. W. Hambletou; Archix^ological remains 

 bearing on the origin of the Anglo-Saxons in England, Dr. Munro; 

 Duggleby "Howe," E. Maure Cole; Romano-British graveyard in Wet- 

 wang-with-Fimber, J. R. Mortimer; Minute neolithic implements, H. 

 C. March ; Retrogression in prehistoric civilization in Thames Valley, 

 H. Stopes; Boring of stone hammers, W. Home; Stethographic trac- 

 ings of male and female respiratory movements, Wilherforce Smith; 

 Human remains at Woodyates, Wittshire, J. G. Garson ; Old and 

 modern excavations of the Waudsdyke at Woodyates, Gen. Pitt 

 Rivers. 



The British Association committees form an active part of the 

 general meetings. Upon anthropological subjects were the Report 

 upon the new edition of the little handbook for collectors entitled 

 Notes and Queries; Report of the committee on anthropometric 

 laboratory; On prehistoric inhabitants of Britain; On nomad tribes 

 of Asia Minor; On northwestern tribes of Canada; On India. The 

 British Association for the Advancement of Science, cooperating with 

 the Anthropological Institute of London, organized a lecture course on 

 anthropology, differing from the Paris course not only in being less 

 technical, but also in the repetition of the lectures before institutions 

 and before the public in various cities throughout the United Kingdom. 

 The series was as follows : 



(1) Physical anthropology. By Dr. Garson. 



(2) The geological history of num. \>y F. W. Rudler. 



(3) Prehistoric dwellings, tond»s, and moiuiments. By A. L. 

 Lewis. 



(4) Development of the arts of life. By Henry Balfour. 



(5) Social institutions. By E. W. Brabrook. 

 (G) Anthropometry. By G. W. Bloxam. 



During the current year the beneficent results of the Paris Exposition 

 began to appear, es])ecially in the form of reports on the various con- 

 gresses. Of the tenth session of Congres international d'Anthropologie 

 et d'Archeologie jjehistoriques, M. Hamy, Membre de I'lnstitnl, and 

 general secretary of the congress, i)repared the ('ompte Rendu, a 

 pamphlet of 46 pages, The Frencli Association for the Adyancemeut 



