64 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [Vow XXXIIL 
form of the skeleton. Much less is known concerning the effect of 
these factors upon the more perishable portions of the body. The 
material is not agreeable to handle and the opportunity comes to 
but few. Dr. Théophile Chudzinski improved the opportunity which 
presented itself to him during the period of twenty years in which 
he was connected with the lakoratory of the School of Anthropology 
of Paris, and published the results of his indefatigable investigations 
in the field of comparative myology in a number of papers upon the 
variation of the muscles in the different races. From the vast quan- 
tity of laboratory notes and manuscripts which he had accumulated 
Professor Manouvrier announces in an introductory note that a num- 
ber of papers are to be published soon. The present memoir deals 
with thirty-five muscles, chiefly those of the upper extremities. The 
known variations of each muscle are considered with frequent allu- 
sions to dissections by the author other than those represented in 
the succeeding tables ; then a section is devoted to the comparative 
anatomy of the muscle; this is followed by a presentation of the 
“« Anthropological ” characters, with tables showing the mean, max- 
imum, and minimum dimensions, insertions, etc. The ‘Conclu- 
sions” briefly recapitulate the facts presented in the case of each 
muscle. The use of a different kind of type in these summaries 
would have enhanced the value of the work. It is not claimed that 
the results are final, nor is the classification of the subjects dissected, 
as noire or jaune, above criticism. However, the memoir contains 
a rich store of information for the somatologist. 
Publications of the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris. — The 
publications of the French society consist of its well-known Bud/etins 
and a series of original Memoirs. In No. 1, Vol. ix, of the Bulletins 
appears a reprint of the constitution and by-laws of the society, 
together with a list of its members. Four prizes, amounting to 
4500 francs, are awarded by the society for papers upon anthropo- 
logical subjects; neither “sex, nationality, nor profession” debars 
any one from competition. 
In the first article of the constitution it is stated that the object 
of the society is the “ scientific study of the races of mankind.” By 
this definition the scope of its operations is so broad that we turn to 
_ its publications to learn how this study is carried on. The number 
_ of the Bulletins mentioned contains nine articles, including abstracts, 
_ three of which are upon somatological, and the remainder upon 
oe poor subjects. — Important ethnographic papers are occa- 
