r.M I i;i;ttcA. 



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loan. led in 1S70; tluir lirst iii.-ct in-- was held in l)crlin. an<l 

 tlu'ir transactions appear in a goodly (juarto, the Ardiivrs 

 lor AnthroiK)lo<2;y, imltlishcd at lirunswick. 



But tlie most important coiij^ress. in vi<\v of its achitvc- 

 monts. is the International Congress of Antliropolo.iry, and 

 Pro-lnstorie Arelueology (/••) Their lirst meet in.^- was held 

 at NeutVhatel in ISC.C; the seeond at Paris in iSf.T; the 

 third at Xorwieh. Knuland. in 18()S; the fourth at ( opeii- 

 haoen in 1800; the lifth at IJologna in 1871 ; the sixth at 

 Brussels in 1872: the seventh at Stoekholm in 1874; the 

 eij^hth at Buda-Pesth in 1870; and the ninth at Lishon in 

 1880. I believe the next meeting is to be held at Venice 

 this year. The transactions of this association are published 

 after each congress. 



Finally, it must be added that the British Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, after much contention, ha.s 

 establi.shed a .section of anthropology. The French Asso- 

 ciation of the same name began with such a -eetion as j)art 

 of its original organization. 



I have no doubt that my hearers are rea.sonably grateful 

 that this dry enumeration of societies and their productions 

 has come to an end ; but it has been shown that all of these 

 associations, congresses and sections owe their origin to the 

 Paris School of Anthropology, and as that school, in its 

 turn, derived its very existence from the genius and energy 

 of one man, we are brought naturally to the point where a 

 sketch of the life and work of the founder of European an- 

 thropology comes properly into our jdan. 



Piqrre Paul Broca was l)orn at b'ainte Foix-la-Grande, in 

 182i. The town which announces it.self to the world under 

 this pretentious title is situated in the department of the 

 (iironde, on the bank <»f tlu' Dordogne, forty miles from 

 Bonleaux, and contains ai>out 1,000 inhabitants. It was 

 the birthplace al.so of Gratiolet, ilistingui^heii. like Broca, 

 in anthropology as well as in medicine. 



It is always interesting, and. indeed, e.s.sential to the due 

 estimation of a distinguished man, to state what may be 



