REVIEWS OF RECENT LITERATURE. 
ANTHROPOLOGY. 
is a report, 
by Dr. Russell,’ of an expedition, under the auspices of the Univer- 
sity of Iowa, during the years 1892-94, to the region of the great 
Canadian lakes. The principal aim of the expedition was to obtain 
specimens of the larger northern mammals; the author supplemented 
this with additional investigations in natural history and ethnology of 
the regions visited. 
The work was apparently intended not to be too technical. It is 
written in a popular vein and contains many interesting incidents of 
hunt and travel. At the same time the report is interspersed with 
valuable ethnological and zodlogical data. The ethnological mate- 
rial comprises numerous notes on the natives of Saskatchewan, on 
the Athabascans, Crees, and Eskimos. The text is accompanied by 
a map and numerous illustrations. 
The book is printed on good paper and makes throughout inter- 
esting and instructive reading. HRDLICKA. 
West African Studies. — Miss Kingsley’s Studies* includes the 
narrative of her journey to the west coast, the climate of that region 
and its effect upon foreigners, the religion of the natives, commerce, 
and the crown colony system. The-book is written in a vivacious and 
entertaining style, though at times affected and verbose. Its great- 
est value to the ethnologist lies in its account of the character of 
the natives, and especially of their religious beliefs. It is to be 
regretted that Miss Kingsley did not follow the wholesome advice 
given by Tylor and call religion by its right name. The opinion is 
advanced that neither Christianity nor Mohammedanism in their 
pure forms will become the prevailing religion of the West Africans, 
though they now believe in a Supreme God, and the idea of a man- 
God, or mediator, appeals to them. Miss Kingsley divides West 
1 Russell, Frank. Zxflorations in the Far North. Davenport. Published by 
the peene of Iowa, 1898. 290 pp., plates and ma 
2 Kingsley, Mary H. West Tiaa Studies. Macmillan, 1899. xxiv + 639 pp. 
Illustrations and maps. 
