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pleasure, such as the vast domain of religious 

 and symbolic art ; and consequently under 

 none of the sub-headings are these mentioned. 

 Why ' administration' and ' sociology' should 

 be separated is not obvious, and that it is 

 erroneous is apparent from the substantial 

 duplication of the sub-headings, as ' marriage' 

 under the former, ' relations of the sexes' 

 under the latter ; ' crimes' under one, ' ethics' 

 under the other ; ' governing powers' under 

 the one, ' family and clan' under the other, and 

 so on. 



A curious omission in these days is that of 

 folk-lore from the leading titles. It is a clear- 

 cut, independent branch of anthropology, with 

 a field of its own and a vast literature ; yet it 

 appears only as a third-rate subordinate sub- 

 ject ; though the Committee perhaps thought 

 to make amends for this by inserting it twice, 

 once under ' arts of pleasure' and again under 

 ' superstitions !' This would involve duplica- 

 ting at least a thousand titles a year. The 

 drama is placed under 'arts of pleasure,' 

 history under ' science,' while writing and 

 records are included under ' communication of 

 ideas.' This seems a forcible divulsion. 



The advanced anthropology of the present 

 day does not intend to confine itself to ' primi- 

 tive races ' nor prehistoric remains, but aims to 

 study the progressive and regressive develop- 

 ments of the species Man as a whole, and as 

 divided by natural or artificial lines into groups, 

 ethnic or demotic. All art, science and history, 

 when treated in this spirit and for this purpose, 

 become the material of the anthropologist, and 

 the subjects of his investigation. 



This broad comprehension of the spirit of the 

 science seems obscurely set forth, or rather, is 

 not at all recognized in the items of the schedule, 

 and it is earnestly to be hoped that before it is 

 proceeded with, it will be recast in a frame more 

 adequately adapted to represent the true scope 

 of anthropology. 



D. G. Beinton. 



'Development of some Anthracnoses,' by Miss 

 Bertha Stoneman. The paper aims to ascertain, 

 by the growth-characters developed in artificial 

 cultures, the relationships of certain fungus 

 diseases grouped under the common name of 

 anthracnoses and the connection of these imper- 

 fect fungi with perfect stages. The other article 

 of the number, by Mr. William L. Bray, dis- 

 cusses the relation of the flora of the lower 

 Sonoran zone in North America to the flora of 

 the arid zones of Chili and Argentine. 



The American Naturalist for August contains 

 the following articles : ' Dentition of Devonian 

 Ptyctodontidae, ' C.R.Eastman; 'The Wings 

 of Insects' (III), J. H. Comstock and J. G. 

 Needham ; ' Alternation of Sex in a Brood of 

 Young Sparrow Hawks,' R. W. Shufeldt ; ' Nox- 

 ious or Beneficial ? False Premises in Economic 

 Zoology,' Samuel N. Rhoads ; and ' A Pocket 

 Mouse in Confinement,' J. A. Allen. 



The frontispiece of Appletori's Popular Science 

 Monthly for September is a portrait of Charles 

 Goodyear and a sketch of the life of the Inventor 

 of vulcanized rubber is given by Mr. Clarke 

 Dooley. The opening article is an illustrated 

 account of geological waterways across Central 

 America, by Dr. J. W. Spencer. There are popu- 

 lar entomological papers by Clarence M. Weed 

 and Margaret T. D. Badenock, and several arti- 

 cles on educational and sociological topics. 



SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS. 

 The greater part of the Botanical Gazette for 

 August is taken up by an extensive and elabor- 

 ately illustrated article carried out under the 

 direction of Professor Geo. F. Atkinson, on the 



NEW BOOKS. 



Introduction, to the Theory of Analytic Functions. 

 J. Haekness and F. Moeley. London and 

 New York, The Macmillan Company. 1898. 

 Pp. XV -f 336. $3.00. 



Inorganic Chemistry According to the Periodic 

 Law. F. P. Venablb and James Lewis 

 Howe. Easton, Pa., The Chemical Publish- 

 ing Company. 1898. Pp. v+266. $1.50. 



Organic Evolution Considered, Alfred Faie- 

 HUEST. St. Louis, Christian Publishing Co. 

 1897. Pp. 886. 



The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion 

 and Sexual Desire. James Weie, Je. Louis- 

 ville, Ky. 1898. Pp. 338. 



The Elements of Physics. Alfeed Payson 

 Gage. Boston, Ginn & Co. 1898. Pp. 

 viii + 381. 



