524 RECORD OF SCIENCE FOR 1886. 



The minister of public instruction added to the course in the l5cole 

 des nautes Etudes a fifth section on the science of religion. To show 

 the scope of these lectures the programme is added: 



Religions of India, by M. Bergaigne. Eeligion of Egypt, by M. 

 Lefebure. Religions of the Far East, by M. de Rosny. Semitic Re- 

 ligions, by M. Maurice Veriier. Islamism and the Religious of Arabia, 

 MM. Hartwig and Derenbourg. The Hebrew Language, M. Carriere. 

 Origin of Christianity, by M. Ernest Ilavet. History of Dogmas, by 

 M. Albert Reville. Christian Literature, by MM. Sabatier and Mas- 

 sebrian. History of the Christian Church, bj' M. Jean Reville. History 

 of Canonica 1 Law, by M. Esruein. 



Chairs of anthropology have been established in Rome, in several 

 Gernnm universities and in one or two American colleges, examinations 

 being necessary to a degree. 



The InconograpMc Encyclopedia. — The second volume of this publi- 

 cation is based on von Eye's Culturgeschichte, but has a chapter on pre- 

 historic archteology, by Prof. Daniel G. Brinton, which doubles the value 

 of the original work. We have no hesitation in placing this article at 

 the head of all compendiums upon this subject. The method of treat- 

 ment is historical. The introductory chapter is devoted to a sketch of 

 the science and the methods and problems which have for the past 

 quarter of a century engaged the minds of archceologists. The char- 

 acteristics and art production of the European age of stone in its two 

 periods, the paleolithic and neolithic; the age of bronze and the age 

 of iron are treated in th6 first fifty pages. 



The prehistoric archaeology of the western hemisphere is treated un- 

 der the following analysis: 



I. Palseolitliic period. II. Ncolitliic period. 



1. The paliBolithic period of B. Archa3olof;y of Mexico and Coutral 



North America. America. 



3. The palicolitliic period of 4. Bone and shell. 



South America. .'>. Paper. 



Concluding remarks on the C. Archa-ology of Andean nations, 



paheolithic period. 1. Art in stone. 



II. Neolithic period. 2. Art in bone, shell, ami wood. 



A. Archaeology of the United States. 3. Metals. 



1. Art in stone. 4. Pottery. 



2. Pottery. !). Other arts. 



3. Bono. D. Archa'ologyofsouthernandsonlh- 



4. Shell. eastern South America and 

 .^). Metals. the West Indies. 



0. Other ancient remains. 1. Art in stone. 



B. ArchaeologyofMexico and Central 2. Pottery. 



America. 3. Metals, bones, and shell. 



1. Art in stone. General observations on American 



2. Metals. art. 



3. Pottery. 



In tlio second number of the Revue d' Anthropologic of the current 

 year Dr. Topinard commences a series of catalogues of the pivhistorio 



