REVIEWS OF RECENT LITERATURE. 
ANTHROPOLOGY. 
Report of the Smithsonian Institution.!— The report for 1896 
contains an account of the ‘“ Pueblo Ruins” near Winslow, Arizona, 
by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes. The exploration of these ruins brought 
to light a large number of specimens of great interest and value, 
several of which are depicted in the accompanying illustrations. 
The character of these plates is noteworthy; they represent the art 
motives and the symbolism of the ancient Hopi rather than the 
colors and general appearance of the objects. The small but well- 
made specimens of turquoise mosaic figured in this paper suggest 
the more elaborate turquoise-covered objects from ancient Mexico. 
The chief interest in these investigations arises from their bearing 
upon the migration legends of the Hopi; we cannot but believe that 
the examination of the numerous skeletons collected would supple- 
ment and enhance the value of Dr. Fewkes’s conclusions. 
A second paper of anthropological interest is by Professor Her- 
mann Meyer upon the “ Bows and Arrows of Central Brazil.’ This 
is announced to be an introduction to a larger treatise in prepa- 
ration. The author based his work upon the ethnographic material 
contained in the museums of Northern Europe, and deplores the well- 
known difficulties in the way of ascertaining the exact place of origin 
of such specimens. A number of illustrations and a map of the 
central portion of the continent show the distribution of the several 
types of bows and arrows found in that region. As a preliminary 
paper this is suggestive and helpful, but with such scanty data the 
author’s deductions regarding the ethnographic character of the Mato 
Grasso peoples would seem to be ree to considerable modification 
as the investigation proceeds. 
Report of the Anthropological Work in the State Institution 
for Feeble-Minded Children.*—-This paper of nearly a hundred 
1 Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1896. 
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1898. 
2 Forty-Eighth Annual Report of the Masapies of the Syracuse State Institution 
Jor Feeble-Minded Children, for the year 1898. Supplement by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka. 
' Syracuse, N. Y., State Printers. 
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