84 The American Naturalist. [January, 
Histologic Anthropology—Histology of the Nervous System and Its 
Principal Relation with other Systems of Organism. Prof. Dr. P. G. 
Mahoudeau ; Wednesday, 5 o’clock. 
Anatomic Demonstrations—Done at the Musée and Laboratory. 
Prof. Chudzinski ; Saturday, 3 o’clock. 
The card on which the foregoing announcements are made has this 
note at the foot: 
“A register for inscription is at the school for the auditors of the 
course who may desire a certificate of attendance.’’ 
Because of my greater interest in that branch of anthropology 
belonging to the prehistoric, the course of lectures which were given 
by Monsieur G. de Mortillet attracted me most. I give the divisions 
of his course during the two or three later years. 
The Origin of Man: Man during the Tertiary Geologic Pertod— 
A glance at the history of the theories of the origin of the earth and 
of man; geology, general notions; geologic revolutions and their 
causes; continued movements of the surfaces; theory of earthquakes; 
laws of paleontology ; succession of living (or created) beings; Prt 
cursor of man, fossil monkeys ; indication of the existence of an in- 
telligent being during the Tertiary period ; incised bones from Mount : 
Operto, Italy ; depot of Thenay (Loir and Cher), flints, burnt oF 
retouched ; depot of Puy-Courny (Cantal), split flints, fauna; depot 5 
of Otta (Portugal), flints chipped, fauna and flora; human skua 
veras, California; skeletons of Brescia, Italy; jaw of Monin i 
Quignon ; subdivisions and climatology of the Quaternary period; 
Neanderthal skull and race ; skulls of Engis (Belgium), of Oo a 
(Italy), Laugerie-Basse and Cro Magnon (Dordogne) ; transf a 
and filiation of man ; date (approximate) of the appearance of ee y 
chronometers ; glaciers, a proof of the antiquity of man. ee 
Origin of the Arts, Agriculture, and Industry —Heat, fire, lighting: 
beaux arts—engraving, sculpture, painting, music, architecture; M=" 
cine, surgery, sculpture, and religion; arms—hatchets, a 
swords and poignards, bows and arrows, defensive arms ; instrumen®™ 
knives, Scrapers, razors, saws, etc., etc. ; hunting, fishing, navigation r 
agriculture, horticulture, domestication ; dress and omane a 
allurgy—gold and copper, bronze and tin, iron, silver, and | ; 
ceramics—pottery, glass, enamel, foo 
_This has lasted two years in the course, and will be published 
separate volume. es 
