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who have entrusted their collections to its care, as well as towards the 

 science of which such collections form the principal foundation. It will 

 be necessary, moreover, in the course of the work, to make various 

 additions concerning different portions of the subject-matter. 



PLAN AND CONTENTS OF THE WORK. 



At a cursory glance, it appears somewhat difficult to obtain a clear 

 idea as to the contents of the work. According to the Title Page, 

 the work should contain "the ethnological and anthropological results 

 of G. Holm's expedition in 1883 — 85 and G. Amdrup's expedition in 

 1898 — 1900". The Preface states that the volume combines "the eth- 

 nographic results of three Danish expeditions to East Greenland", namely, 

 in addition to the two already mentioned, "W. Thalbitzer's voyage 

 and wintering at Ammassalik in 1905 — 06". On examination of the 

 actual Contents we find, that the six first chapters (317 pages) consist 

 of an English translation of G. Holm's work already mentioned, 

 and the papers published in connection therewith in Vol. 10 of Medd. 

 om Grønland. The work has been partially revised, and augmented 

 with some new matter: to Holm's work, for instance, a description 

 of the journey has here been added, together with some new reproduc- 

 tions, while on the other hand, most of the illustrations pertaining to 

 the Holm collection have been removed from their place, and new 

 reproductions of the same objects included in Chapter VII. 



The six first chapters are thus, in all essentials, a translation of 

 previously printed work of acknowledged value. The seventh and 

 last, which comprises the greater part of the book, is composed 

 of entirely new matter. The first chapters having dealt with Holm's 

 expedition, one might naturally expect the last to give the promised 

 ethnological and anthropological results of the Amdrup expedition, or, 

 trusting to the words of the Preface, one might even hope to find those 

 of Thalbitzer's as well; the title of Part VII, however, mentions only 

 the ethnographical collections made by G. Holm, G. Amdrup and J. Pe- 

 tersen. The anthropologist who had hoped to find there G. Amdrup's 

 anthropological results will thus be disappointed, while the ethnographer, 

 on the other hand, will be pleasantly surprised to find that the promised 

 number of collections has been increased by one, viz; Johan Petersen's; 

 he will also, on perusing the part in question, find both the "Grønlandske 

 Administration's" and W. Thalbitzer's collections represented. 



The confusion which is thus apparent in the plan of the work as a 

 whole is, however, by no means inherent in the task entrusted to the 

 Editor, which was briefly and plainly this: to describe the Amdrup 



