472 PROC4RE8S OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN 1892. 



A great deal of the material mounted in Wasliiugton for tlie World's 

 Fair in Chicago was exhibited in Madrid, adding to tlie interest of the 

 exhibit. The catalogne was prepared by Mr. Walter Hough, of the 

 TJ. S. National Museum, and an account given by the same author in 

 the American Anthrajwlogist for July, 1893, 271-277. 



Dr. Brinton assumed control of the current notes on anthropology 

 in Science (New York), enabling the reader to profit at small ex])euse 

 by a vast amount of research, especially into European literature inac- 

 cessible to most. The method pursued is to devote short paragraphs 

 to the comprehensive statement of the author's aim and a short analy- 

 sis of the work. 



An extensive catalogue of anthropological literature is to be found 

 in each volume of Archiv fiir Anthropologie, classified as follows: 



I. Prc-liistory and Arcliaeology : i. Germany; li. Austria; iii. Switzerland; iv. 

 Great Britain; v. Denmark: vi. Sweden; vii. Norway; viii. France; ix. Belgium; 

 X. Italy; xi. America. 



II. Anatomy: i. 1888; it. 1889; iii. 1890. 



III. Volkerkunde (1890): i. Sources; ii. Ethnology (1. Methods, liistory of the 

 science; 2. General anthropology; 8. Inttuence of climate and environment; 4. 

 General sociology ; .5. Special sociology). 



III. Ethnography: i. General ethnography ; ii. Special etlimigrajihy (A. Europe, 

 with 15 subdivisions; B. Asia, "with 13 divisions, each with several subdivisions; C. 

 Australia, Avith 1 divisions ; D. Africa, with 9 division8;E. .\merica, with 4 divisions). 



IV. Zoology: Account of zoological literature in connection with anthropology 

 for the year 1890. (A. Mannnals and human remains from the diluvium and i)re- 

 historic times; B. Mammals from the diluvium, with no near association with 

 man; C. Mammals from the Tertiary and Mesozoic times; I). Recent mammals, both 

 systematic study and distribution. ) 



There are many things to be said in favor of the classified bibliogra- 

 phy, but the tendency nowadays is to a single alphabet. The title col- 

 lection of the Archiv is excellently done, and frequently a brief review 

 accompanies of great value. The only drawback to the handy use of 

 such a biT)liography is the impracticability of carrying so long an 

 analysis in the memory. The list is especially full by reason of its in- 

 cluding only works that are two years behind the date of tlie Archiv. 



1. BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 



Dr. Friedrich Ratzel's Anthropogeographie at the close of 1891 

 reached tlie end of its second volume. In the first volume the 

 physiograpliical and the climatological differences were discussed as 

 conditioning the varied forms of settlement and civilization and the 

 endless varieties of mankind. 



The second volume is devoted to bio-geography, including a graphic 

 picture of human distribution, a sketch of the peopling of the earth as 

 a whole {the wlumcne of the Greeks) and the effect of position in this 

 wlitmcne. In the second part of this volume some important matters 

 are taken up, namely, the significance of the density and the distri- 

 bution of poj^ulations, the want of progress in some peoples, their ex- 



