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reasonable by nature as men, and that wrong educa- 

 tion was responsible for any difference between them 

 in this respect. After that came political emanci- 

 pation and economic emancipation, until today we 

 can say that the first is complete and the second 

 almost as far advanced as it is for individuals of the 

 male sex. 



Not being a pedant or a professor the 

 author is not afraid to write with some 

 wit and humor. 



scientific treatise. The general idea is 

 that social living is not "either a science 

 or a duty, but an act." The attempt is 

 made to measure social values in terms of 

 aesthetics. It is held that only in the 

 religious realm can full sociality be 

 realized. The book abounds in beauti- 

 fully turned phrases, and should prove a 

 veritable boon to parsons hard up for 

 sermon material. The biologist will find 

 it less useful. 



THE MEINI HIRION AND SARNS OF 

 ANGLESEY (Considered in relation to the 

 early Hundred System). A Key to the 

 Antiquities of Britain. 



By William Evans William Evans 



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Pen-y-Bont, Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey 

 5l x 8i; 49 

 "Meini Hirion" are menhirs. This 

 book is a concise account of an investiga- 

 tion which must have cost the author a 

 great deal of time and labor. The conclu- 

 sion is that these stone monuments were 

 boundary stones marking roads which 

 divided the island into blocks of sixteen 

 square miles each. Each square mile is 

 supposed to be a township. Giraldus 

 Cambrensis, who lived while the ancient 

 "Hundred System" was still followed in 

 Wales, says that Anglesey was divided 

 into three Hundreds, made up of 343 

 townships or trefydd. There are in fact 

 343 plots of one square mile each on the 

 island after allowing for roads and public 

 spaces. There is thus evidence in favor 

 of Mr. Evans' theory. 



SOCIALITY. The Art of Living Together. 

 By Atkinson Lee. Holburn Publishing House 

 5 shillings 5 x 7I; xxvi + 305 London 

 This book is more in the tone of a 

 somewhat pallid Unitarian tract than a 



THE NATURAL HISTORY OF A 



SAVANT. 



By Charles Richet. Translated from the French 

 by Sir Oliver Lodge. George H. Doran Co. 



$z.oo net 5 x 7I; xi + 155 AW York 

 This translation of a most entertaining 

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 read, and particularly the beginner in 

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 The natural history of great men is a 

 branch of human biology too much 

 neglected. While Richet's little book was 

 written primarily for fun, both his and 

 the reader's, it contains much real wisdom, 

 and some brief sketches of really great 

 men, which in their delicacy and sharpness 

 of detail remind one of the engravings of 

 the Little Masters. 



THE RACIAL CHARACTERS OF THE 



SWEDISH NATION. 



Edited by H. Lundborg and F. J. Linders. 



The Sivedish State Institute for Race Biology 



100 Swedish crowns Uppsala 



(American distributor G. E. 



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