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every miud, and furnishes the .startinj^ innnt lor every department ol 

 knowledge. 



To this subject are now devoted several journals, namely: 



Folk-Lore Journal. Loudon. I Melii.sine. Piiiis. 



The Journal of American Folk-Lore. i Le Museon. Louvain. 



Cambridge. Bibliograpliie dcs Traditions. Paris. 



Journal ol' the Gypsy-Lore Society. Lon- I Arch;eological Review. London. 



don. Revue des Traditions Populaires, Paiia, 



Les Litteratnres Populaires de routes les 

 Nations, twenty-seven volumes. Or- 

 leans. 



The English Folk-lore Society has made the greatest possible advance 

 in systematizing its work by the tabulation of folk-tales. This works 

 a great economy in two ways. First, two or more persons do not waste 

 their time by working on the same author. A list of collections is pub- 

 lished and the name of the tabulator is appended to each volume. 

 Second, and this is the greatest improvement, there is a form of tabu- 

 lation prescribed by the society, consisting of the title of the story, the 

 dramatis person;e, an abstract of the story, giving its leading incidents 

 and leaving out vain repetitions, an alphabetic list of incidents, and so 

 much bibliography as will enable the future student to follow up the 

 matter for himself. It can be readily seen how much labor is spared 

 to the comparative folk-lorist by this economic scheme. 



IIEXIOLOGY. 



The surroundings of a people, the play of the environment on the 

 peoi)le, and their effect on the nature of things around them Mivart calls 

 hexiology. 



In the U. S. National Museum is a room, the function of which is to 

 show how vegetable and animal i)roducts have been made contributory 

 to human weal and happiness. A few titles of books and papers along 

 this line of research will show how important to us is this branch of 

 study. 



The French have a societe d'acclimatation, i)atronized by the Govern- 

 ment, i)nblishing a large series of journals, and consulted with reference 

 to colonization. Attention may also be called to the following: The 

 animal economic products of India: J. K. Murray. L'intiuence du milieu 

 sur les peuples de I'Asie (Jentrale: M. de Ujfalvy. On tropical and sub- 

 tropical climate and the acclimatization of the fair races in hot countries: 

 D. II. Cullimore. Origin of the domestication of the horse: R. S. Iluide- 

 koper. Le cheval sauvage de la Dzoungaril: Dr. Fauvelle. E(iuidae 

 de laperiodequarternaire: Ed. Piette. The nietab of ancient Chaldaea: 

 P. E. P>erthelot. On nephrite and jadeite: F. W. Clarke and O. P. Mer- 

 rill. Food and fibre plants of the North American Indians: J. S. New- 

 berry. Nouvelle recherches sur le type sauvage. 



In this brief record, doubtless many titles of great value are omitted. 



