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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



erudition, and philosophical devotion ; 

 and a credit to the Society which has 

 sent forth, in a shape so serviceable, 

 what might otherwise have proved a 

 tantalising mass of learned collectanea. 

 . . . We have perused this translated 

 volume with alternate wonder and 

 amazement at its strange assemblage 

 of facts, its curious classifications, its 

 marvellous revelations of human pecu- 

 liarities ; and we do not hesitate to say 

 that more food for speculation, a more 

 cosmopolitan and comprehensive glance 

 over all the developments of savage and 

 civilised man has been collected here, 

 than could have been dreamed of by those 

 who may not have given it a perusal." 

 Dorset County CTirowfcfe, Nov. 18, 1863. 



" Dr. Waitz would appear to have 

 collected together all the authorities 

 and contradictory statements of former 

 writers. . . . The present work will be 

 hailed with pleasure by all who are in- 

 terested in the study of anthropology, 

 and will, it is hoped, induce a more 

 universal acquaintance with the sci- 

 ence." Observer, Nov. 8, 1863. 



" The Anthropological Society of 

 London have done well in publishing 

 a translation of Dr. Waitz's Anthropo- 

 logic der Naturvolker, of which this 

 volume is the first instalment. Dr. 

 Waitz's work is by far the most com- 

 plete that exists on the subject of 

 which it treats. It is the fullest col- 

 lection of facts, interwoven with, and 

 made to bear upon, all the theories 

 (and their name is legion) which have 

 been advanced in explanation of the 

 endless diversities and resemblances 

 that exist among mankind. Dr. Waitz 

 himself is wedded to no particular 

 theory, and in this volume, at least, 

 advances none, but he points out with 

 great clearness the effects that may be 

 fairly attributed to the various in- 

 fluences, external and internal, physical 

 and psychical, which affect the human 

 form and national character." The 

 Press, Dec. 5, 1803. 



" This volume will help to put the 

 science of anthropology in a proper 

 light before the scientific men of this 

 country. Whatever faults we may have 

 to find with this work, we feel sure that 

 its publication marks an epoch in the 

 study of anthropology in this country. 

 The anthropologist can now say to the 

 inquirer, Eead and study Waitz, and 

 London : LONGMAN, GREEN, 



you will learn all that science has yet to 

 reveal." Anthropological Review,No. 3. 



" The Anthropological Society de- 

 serve great praise for the energy and 

 activity they display in prosecuting 

 their object. . . . We find in this volume 

 a fair statement and discussion of the 

 questions bearing on the unity of man 

 as a species, and his natural condition. 

 He gives a very clear account of the 

 different views held on these questions, 

 and a full collection of the facts, or 

 supposed facts, by which they are sup- 

 ported. The chief fault of the book is, 

 indeed, this very fulness and fairness in 

 collecting all that can be said on both 

 sides of a question. . . . We must regard 

 the work as a valuable addition to the 

 books on this subject already in our 

 language, and as likely, by the thought 

 and inquiry it must suggest, to promote 

 the great end of the Society a truer and 

 higher knowledge of man, his origin, 

 nature, and destiny." The Scotsman, 

 Dec. 7, 1863. 



" We need hardly say, that it is quite 

 out of our power to give any detailed 

 account of this volume. It is itself a 

 volume of details. Its nature, charac- 

 ter, and value, may be gleaned from 

 the criticism bestowed upon it by the 

 Anthropological Society, and by the 

 fact of its being their first offering to 

 their members. There can be no doubt 

 that it is the best epitome of matters 

 anthropological now contained in our 

 language; and will be of great service 

 to the student as a book of reference" 

 British Medical Journal, December 

 26, 1863. 



" The difficulties which a reader 

 experiences who studies Waitz's original 

 German version difficulties attendant 

 on the involution of his style, and the 

 frequent mistiness of his forms of 

 expression vanish in the English 

 edition, which also differs from its 

 German prototype, inasmuch as the 

 embarrassing references which Waitz 

 intercalated in his text are prudently 

 cast don by Mr. Collingwood to the 

 foot of the page. . . . The student will 

 but have to read it through, in order to 

 feel himself endowed with an enormous 

 power of acquired facts, which, if he 

 duly assimilates, will enable him to 

 wield a tremendous weapon in contro- 

 versy against the unskilled anthropo- 

 logist." Reader, November 7, 18(33. 

 and Co., Paternoster Row. 



