ANTHROPOLOGY FOR 1887 AND 1888. 



By Otis T. Mason. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The record of progress in atitbropology dnriuj:^ the years 1887 and 

 1888 includes i^iiblications of general and of special signiiicance. For 

 the sake of convenience, following the suggestion of Dewey in his deci- 

 mal classification of knowledge, this summary will commence with the 

 encyclopanlic portion of anthropology. To render this portion more 

 easy of reference, the following order may be observed : 



(0) General treatises, including addresses, courses of lectures, bibli- 

 ographies, dictionaries, encyclopa'dias, collections of materials for study, 

 general discussions, classifications of antliro])ology. 



(1) Societies, their history, scope, and enterprises, and a list of their 

 publications. 



(2) Journals, ])roceedings, transactions, organs of associated bodies. 



(3) Periodicals, like the Revue d'Anthropologie, etc., devoted to the 

 subject of anthroi)ology at large. 



(4) Congresses, caucuses, general assemblies for some si)ecial occa- 

 sion, Compto-rendus. 



(5) Laboratories and api)aratus of research, in whicii the whole ground 

 is covered. Si»e(;ial laboratories, such as Francis (Walton's, for socio- 

 logical inquiries, or Wundt's, in psycho-pliysics, should be described 

 under their appropriate head. 



(()) ]\Iuseums and (jollections. A properly arranged ac(;ount of all 

 collections, witii their specialties, would save niHch tiresome hunt and 

 enlarge the results of our work. 



(7) (xalleries or collections of anthr()})ological illustrations. Jvittle 

 has been done to perfect this side of anthropology. 



(8) Libraries, catalogues of books on anthropology, clieck-lists. and 

 similar devices for ready reference, classifications of books. 



(9) Instructions to collectors. 



Works on the general subject of the natural history of man have been 

 published in the two years covered by this summary by Ilerr Schaafif- 

 hausen, Serrurier and de („>uatrefages, Ilovelacciue and TTerve, Canes- 

 trini, Friedrich Ratzel, Johannes Ranke, O. T. Mason, -I. Lippert, E. 

 Morselli, and Sayce. 



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