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Contents. 



The Growth of Children.— II. 



Franz Boas 281 



The Brooklyn Institute and Political 



Science 282 



Preparation for the Study of Medi- 

 cine. E. L. Holmes Rusk 282 



Notes and News 384 



Current Notes on Anthropology. — VI. 



Edited 6y D. G. Brinton.. 386 



Notes on Local Jassid^. Edmund B. 



Southwick. 287 



Letters to the Editor. 



Eeadjustments of the Loup Rivers. 



E. L. Hicks 288 



Sistrurus and Crotalophorus. i\ 



Garman 290 



"Scientific " Genealogy, Rejoinder. 



" Veritas.'' 290 



Book Reviews. 



Helen Keller 391 



Bacteriological Diagnosis 291 



Among the Publishers 293 



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