NEW BIOLOGICAL BOOKS 



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LE NON-CIVILISE ET NOUS. Diffir- 

 ence Irreductible ou Identite Fonciere? 

 By Raoul Allier. Payot 



Z5 francs 5! x 9; 317 (paper) Paris 

 This is an analysis of the primitive 

 mind, starting from the basic question as 

 to whether there are two fundamentally 

 different kinds of human beings — one 

 capable of making all the progress and 

 the other destined merely to serve the 

 former or perish. The conclusion is that, 

 at bottom, all human beings have a good 

 deal in common, although some have been 

 the victims of a knotty entanglement 

 psychically which seems to have perma- 

 nently arrested all possibility of any new 

 development. The bearing of all this 

 on the problem of colonization is one of 

 the chief concerns of an interesting book. 



LA FRANCE ET LES ETRANGERS 



(Depopulation. Immigration. Naturalisa- 

 tion). 



By Charles Lambert. Librairie Delagrave 



7 francs 4! x 7!; 155 (paper) Paris 

 Although at bottom a piece of political 

 propaganda, with an introduction con- 

 tributed by M. Herriot, this little volume 

 will be a useful addition to the library 

 shelves of the human biologist interested 

 in the problem of migration. Since the 

 war France has had such a large immi- 

 gration that the thoughtful among her 

 citizens are beginning to be disturbed over 

 its present and potential consequences. 

 This book is a discussion of the facts, and 

 of what is to be done about them. 



LA QUESTION DU LAIT. Etude Midi- 

 cale, Biologique et Sociale. 

 By J. Rennes. Mass on et Cie 



18 francs 6x9!; 2.2.x (paper) Paris 

 Those in this country who have strug- 

 gled to secure clean and wholesome milk 



will doubtless be interested in this account 

 of the problem as it presents itself in 

 France. The author discusses first, the 

 factors that affect the goodness and bad- 

 ness of milk; second, the political and 

 psychologic factors involved in the cam- 

 paign for better conditions; and third, the 

 psychology of the milk man and the 

 methods to be used in teaching him and 

 in controlling his behavior. 



STAMMBAUM UND ARTBILD DER 



DEUTSCHEN UND IHRER VERWAND- 



TEN. Ein kultur- und rassengeschicbtlicher 



Versuch. 



By Fritz Kern. J. F. Lehmanns Verlag 



13 marks (paper) Munchen 



15 marks (bound) 



6 x 8f ; viii -f- 305 

 The general conclusion of this semi- 

 popular treatise, with 445 illustrations, 

 which discusses the evolutionary ancestry 

 of the German people, is that what has 

 hitherto been regarded as the pure Nordic 

 race is probably a composite of two races — 

 one the descendants of Cromagnon man, 

 the other the true Nordic race. In present 

 day Germans are to be seen both races in 

 close combination and more or less com- 

 plete fusion. 



ABRISS DER ERBBIOLOGIE UND 

 EUGENIK. 



By K. Fetscher. Otto Salle 



4 marks 5! x 7! ; viii +155 Berlin 

 An excellent little popular treatise on 

 human inheritance and eugenics, consti- 

 tuting Volume 10 of a series with the 

 general title ' ' Mathematisch-naturwissen- 

 schaftlich-technische Bucberei." There are 

 79 illustrations, and a brief bibliography 

 of the more important German books on 

 the subjects treated. 



