XVI PREFACE. 



from the original in their arrangement : for the greater 

 comfort of the reader I have placed them at the foot, 

 whereas in the German they appear in the text. 



The present edition has been enriched by numerous 

 additional notes and references from the pen of the 

 author, the former, as a rule, having been incorporated in 

 the text. I have, partly on that account and partly from 

 the character of the work, refrained, with two or three 

 exceptions, from encumbering its pages with additions of 

 my own. But this course will be no precedent for 

 the editors of future publications of the Society. In 

 many cases it may be the special duty of the editor to 

 bring the work of which he has charge up to the science 

 and knowledge of his day. 



The table "of contents has been somewhat amplified, 

 and a copious index added. This was required, inas- 

 much as the time when the work will be continued has 

 not been determined on by the Society, and the pre- 

 sent volume is complete in itself, forming one of the 

 most valuable contributions, that has yet appeared, to 

 general Anthropology. 



J. R C. 



4, St. Martin's Place, London, 

 October 14th, 1863. 



