﻿Miscellaneous 
  Intelligence, 
  475 
  

  

  geographical 
  environment 
  are 
  so 
  various, 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  inter-related 
  

   social 
  influences 
  are 
  involved 
  when 
  an 
  effort 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  account 
  

   for 
  their 
  condition. 
  The 
  author 
  has 
  vrisely 
  taken 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  

   forces, 
  viz 
  : 
  race 
  and 
  physical 
  environment 
  — 
  the 
  only 
  forces 
  in 
  

   social 
  affairs 
  which 
  seem 
  to 
  rest 
  on 
  definable 
  scientific 
  founda- 
  

   tions. 
  The 
  value 
  and 
  limitations 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  influences 
  are 
  

   traced 
  throughout 
  the 
  book 
  and 
  the 
  discussion 
  of 
  environment 
  vs. 
  

   race 
  (Chapter 
  xix) 
  is 
  an 
  attempt 
  to 
  explain 
  the 
  particular 
  effect 
  

   of 
  each. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  book 
  the 
  anthropological 
  data- 
  

   language, 
  head 
  form, 
  color 
  of 
  hair 
  and 
  eyes, 
  and 
  stature 
  — 
  are 
  first 
  

   discussed, 
  and 
  groupings 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  people 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  

   accordance 
  with 
  these 
  principles. 
  Each 
  race 
  and 
  type 
  is 
  then 
  

   described 
  in 
  detail 
  in 
  a 
  thorough, 
  interesting 
  manner. 
  Students 
  

   will 
  be 
  especially 
  grateful 
  for 
  the 
  clear 
  presentation 
  of 
  tiie 
  facts 
  

   in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  little-known 
  races 
  of 
  southeastern 
  Europe 
  and 
  

   Asia 
  Minor. 
  The 
  chapter 
  on 
  the 
  Jews 
  brings 
  out 
  their 
  striking 
  

   social 
  solidarity 
  and 
  their 
  equally 
  striking 
  response 
  to 
  environment. 
  

   This 
  chapter 
  well 
  deserves 
  the 
  attention 
  it 
  is 
  receiving 
  from 
  

   scholars. 
  Acclimatization 
  (Chapter 
  xxi) 
  is 
  of 
  timely 
  interest 
  in 
  

   that 
  it 
  treats 
  of 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  adaptation 
  of 
  white 
  races 
  to 
  

   tropical 
  climates. 
  

  

  The 
  illustrations 
  are 
  an 
  important 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  book. 
  The 
  

   portrait 
  pages 
  are 
  serviceable 
  in 
  that 
  they 
  enable 
  the 
  reader 
  to 
  

   study 
  the 
  physical 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  race 
  types 
  almost 
  at 
  first 
  hand. 
  

   The 
  numerous 
  maps 
  deserve 
  commendation 
  because 
  they 
  are 
  

   made 
  solely 
  to 
  illustrate 
  the 
  point 
  in 
  hand 
  and 
  not 
  as 
  an 
  exhibi 
  

   tion 
  of 
  artistic 
  skill. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  standpoint 
  of 
  the 
  student 
  — 
  especially 
  the 
  English- 
  

   speaking 
  student 
  — 
  no 
  more 
  important 
  contribution 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  

   to 
  the 
  broad 
  field 
  of 
  social 
  science 
  than 
  Ripley's 
  Races 
  of 
  Europe. 
  

  

  H. 
  E. 
  G. 
  

  

  4. 
  OstvKilcVs 
  Klassi'ker 
  der 
  Exakten 
  Wissenschaften. 
  Leipzig, 
  

   1899 
  (W. 
  Engelmann). 
  — 
  Recent 
  additions 
  to 
  this 
  valuable 
  series 
  

   of 
  scientific 
  classics 
  are 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  Nr. 
  104. 
  Untersucbimgen 
  iiber 
  die 
  Chemischea 
  Affinitaten. 
  Abhandlungen 
  

   aus 
  den 
  Jahren 
  1864, 
  1867, 
  1879. 
  Yon 
  C. 
  M. 
  Guldberg 
  und 
  P. 
  Waage, 
  (182 
  pp.) 
  

  

  Nr. 
  105. 
  Ueber 
  das 
  Geschlecht 
  der 
  Pflanzea. 
  (De 
  sexu 
  plantarum 
  epistola.) 
  

   Yon 
  R. 
  J. 
  Camerarius. 
  (1694.) 
  (78 
  pp.) 
  

  

  Nr. 
  106. 
  AbhandluDg 
  iiber 
  Dynamik. 
  You 
  D'Alembert, 
  de 
  I'Academie 
  Royale 
  

   des 
  Sciences, 
  (1743.) 
  (210 
  pp.) 
  

  

  Nr. 
  107. 
  Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung 
  (Ars 
  conjectandi). 
  Yod 
  Jakob 
  Ber- 
  

   noulli. 
  (1713.) 
  Erster 
  und 
  zweitcr 
  Theil. 
  (162 
  pp.) 
  

  

  Nr. 
  108. 
  Y^abrscheinlichkeitsrechnung 
  (Ars 
  conjectaQdi). 
  Yon 
  Jakob 
  Ber- 
  

   noulli. 
  (I7l3.) 
  Driller 
  und 
  vierter 
  Theil 
  mit 
  dem 
  Anhange 
  : 
  Brief 
  an 
  eiuen 
  

   Freund 
  iiber 
  das 
  Ballspiel 
  (Jeu 
  de 
  Paume). 
  (172 
  pp.) 
  

  

  OBITUAEY. 
  

  

  Sir 
  J. 
  William 
  Dawson. 
  A 
  telegram 
  from 
  Montreal, 
  dated 
  

   November 
  19, 
  announces 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  the 
  distinguished 
  Canadian 
  

   Geologist, 
  Sir 
  J. 
  William 
  Dawson, 
  Principal 
  of 
  McGill 
  Univer- 
  

   sity. 
  A 
  notice 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Dawson 
  is 
  deferred 
  until 
  a 
  later 
  number. 
  

  

  