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ANTHROPOLOGY. 1 

 Review of Recent Works on Anthropology. — 



nthropology: an introduction to the study of Man and Civilization. By Edward 

 B. Tylor, D.C.I... F.R.S.. with illustrations. Xew York, I). Appleton & Co., 



he ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ire- 



Primitive Industi in stone, bone and clay of the 



Abbott, M.D., etc. Salem, Mass., George A. Bates. Cincinnati, Robert Clarke 

 & Co. 1881. 8vo, pp. 560. 

 Report upon Ui Surveys west of the 100th meridian, in 



charge of First Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, under 

 the direction of Brig. Gen. A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army. 

 Published by authority of the Honorable the Secretary of War, in accordance 

 with Acts of Congress of June 23, 1874, and Ferbuary 15, 1875, in seven vol- 

 umes, ace- itlas. Vol vn — 

 Archaeology. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1879. [Special Titles, 

 page vn and VIII.] 4to, pp. 497. 



Anthropology is the application of scientific methods to the 

 study of man — it is the natural history of the human race. In 

 order to appreciate the merits and the defects of a scientific trea- 

 tise, it is first necessary to have a clear conception of the exten- 

 sion and structure of the subject matter itself. Of anthropology 

 the best idea can be conveyed by sions as they 



are understood by those most conversant with* the subject, to 



1. Hexicology (Mivart). — The study of environment, inorganic, 

 organic and social, in all its relations to our race. 



2. Autliropogeny (Haeckel). — The discussion of man's origin 

 with respect to place, time, zoologic affinities and primitive con- 



3. Archceology. — Prehistoric and classical. The early history 

 of mankind, including modern races still in the stone period. 



4. Biology of Man. — The investigation of man's physical nature 

 during its life-history, embracing anatomy, physiology and anthro- 

 pometry, and compared with the evolution of lower forms. 



5. Comparative Psychology. — The study of intelligence among 

 all animated beings, and the comparison of the various races of 



6. Glottology. — Research into the origin of language and of the 

 Various forms which it has assumed. 



7. Ethnology. — The discussion of the origin and characteristics 

 of the races of men. The description of races is ethnography. 



8. Comparative Technology. — An examination of human arts as 

 to their origin and the lines of their elaboration. 



9. Sociology. — The study of society in the family, the commu- 

 nity and the organized government. It includes the structure of 



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