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his hearty recognition of the claims of a common 
humanity. This recognition makes him ap- 
preciate the seriousness of interpreting the men 
of one race to men of another race, and begets 
a fairness of presentation that lifts his work to 
a high standard of truthfulness. His manly 
conscientiousness is evident throughout the 
book in the choice of words, in the turn of a 
sentence, in the ‘‘testimony in favor of the 
Shamans, and the incidents related of Tall 
Chanter, Torlino and others; it is also noticeable 
in the illustrations of the book, particularly in 
the portraits, which, while characteristic, are 
without the brutal exaggerations of feature 
so painfully common in Indian pictures. While 
this may be regarded as the personal equation of 
the author, it nevertheless indicates certain 
qualities, the presence or absence of which in a 
field investigator helps or mars his work.’’ 
The contributions to ethnology offered in this 
volume are particularly timely, for the ques- 
tions, ‘‘ How have the tribes of North America 
been built up?’’ and ‘‘ what have been the di- 
rective influences in determining their arts, 
cults and organization ?’’ are of increasing im- 
portance, as the study of our native peoples 
passes beyond the initial stage. The student 
is under great obligations to the author for the 
perspicuous presentation of his material, due to 
his grasp of the subject, power of classification 
and concise statement, and his ability to rigor- 
ously exclude extraneous matter. 
The excellent workmanship of the book— 
the type and illustrations, three being in colors 
—is worthy of the publishers, and reflects credit 
upon the Folk-Lore Society. 
ALICE C, FLETCHER. 
BOTANY OF THE AZORES.* 
SINCE the publication of Hewett C. Watson’s 
chapters on botany in Godman’s Natural His- 
tory of the Azores, published nearly thirty 
years ago, no important contributions have 
been made to the botany of this group of ocean- 
ic islands. The present paper, based on two 
* Botanical Observations on the Azores. By Wil- 
liam Trelease. From the Eighth Annual Report of 
the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo. Is- 
sued September 9, 1897. 8vo, pp. 144, frontispiece 
and 55 plates. 
SCIENCE. 
[N. S. Vou. VI. No. 144. 
summers spent in the islands, is a catalogue of 
all of the plants, cryptogamic as well as phane- 
rogamic, heretofore recorded as. Azorean, with a 
reasonable attempt at the exclusion of syno- 
nyms, especially in the higher groups. While 
in the phanerogams comparatively few species 
have been added to those previously recorded, 
the distribution by islands is indicated much 
more fully than ever before, and the list of 
Thallophytes very considerably increased. It 
is stated that, although the list of flowering 
plants and ferns is believed to be nearly com- 
plete, and perhaps relatively few additions to 
the lichens will be made, the fungi are still 
practically unstudied, and the algal flora, es- 
pecially that of the wet sphagnum with which 
the highlands are usually covered, is likely to 
be very greatly increased by careful study. In 
the catalogue a reference is given, under each 
species, to places in which it has previously 
been mentioned as Azorean, and an adequate 
description and plate are cited. Where the 
latter has not been practicable, the species has 
been figured. In connection with this paper 
should also be noted Cardot’s recent paper on 
the mosses of the Azores and of Madeira, pre- 
viously mentioned in these columns. 
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Report. St. Louis, The Trustees. 1897. Pp. 
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