CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. 



Dedication ......... xi 



Editor's Preface ........ xiii 



Author's preface ........ 1 



Introduction ........ 



DEFINITION AND SCIENTIFIC POSITION OF ANTHROPOLOGY. 



Definition; Naturalist's view; Theologian's view; Philosopher's view; 

 Position of Anthropology in Germany ; Division of Anthropology 

 into two parts ; Physiology and Psychology of Man ; History of 

 Civilization ; Scope of Anthropology ; Question of Species ; Po- 

 sition of Ethnology ; Latham's definition of Anthropology . 3 



ON THE UNITY OF MANKIND AS A SPECIES, AND ON THE 

 NATURAL STATE OF MAN. 



Man to be studied in aggregate ; Individual and social life of Man ; 

 Unity, or Plurality of Species ; Limited view of Mankind ; Plu- 

 rality of Species and Race- Antagonism ; Parallelism of physical 

 and psychical qualities of Man ; Psychical life ; Cuvier's view ; 

 Bory de St. Vincent on the Negro type; Division of the ques- 

 tion 10 



PAET I. 



PHYSICAL INVESTIGATION. 



The notion of Species ; Its application to the organic and inorganic 

 kingdoms of Nature ; Definition of Species discussed ; Cuvier's 

 definition ; Prichard's definition ; Unity of Species resulting from 



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