CONTENTS xv 



18. THE CLASSIFICATION OP THE VARIETIES OF THE HUMAN 



SPECIES. Presidential Address at tlie Anniversary Meeting 

 of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, 27th January 1885 .... 274 



The three principal types of man 1. Ethiopian, Negroid, 

 Melauian, or black 2. Mongolian, Xanthous or yellow 

 3. Caucasian or white Characteristics of each Subdivisions- 

 Position of the American and Australian races. 



19. THE PYGMY RACES OF MEN. Lecture at the Royal Institu- 



tion of Great Britain, 13th April 1888 . . 290 



Ancient belief in pygmy races Size a characteristic of race 

 The smallest existing races Andaman Islanders Other Negrito 

 people in the Eastern Archipelago and Mainland Small races of 

 Africa Bushmen of South Africa Negrillos of the forest region 

 of Central Africa Akkas. 



20. FASHION IN DEFORMITY. As illustrated in the customs of 



Barbarous and Civilised Races, 1880 . . .315 



Origin of fashion Fashion applied to domestic animals 

 Fashion in hair Finger-nails Tattooing Noses Ears Lips 

 Teeth Head Historic references Fashion in hands and feet 

 Action of the foot in walking Pointed toes High heels 

 Tight lacing. 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 



21. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF PROFESSOR ROLLESTON. Pro- 



ceedings of the(Royal Society, 1882 . . . . 357 



22. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF SIR RICHARD OWEN. Pro- 



of the Royal Society, 1894 . . . .363 



23. REMINISCENCES OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY. The North 



American Review, September 1895 . . . 381 



24. EULOGIUM ON CHARLES DARWIN. Centenary Meeting of 



the Linnean Society, 24th May 1888 . . . 390 



