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THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY 



ilizations that developed before white 

 men discovered the Western Hemisphere, 

 in Mexico, Central America and along the 

 Pacific coast of South America from 

 Ecuador to Peru. The author thinks it 

 probable that there were "three invasions 

 of North America, all of which started 

 from Asia: an Australian, a Melanesian 

 and a Mongolian proper. The Mon- 

 golians, coming last and in greatest 

 numbers, overwhelmed the first two so 

 completely that only in a few inaccessible 

 regions of South America can traces of 

 them still be detected. Everywhere else 

 the Mongolian impress has been decisive. 

 To all intents and purposes the American 

 Indian is a Mongolian, physically, tem- 

 peramentally and psychically." 



A REPORT ON THE TREATMENT OF 

 CANCER OF THE UTERUS AT THE 

 SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL. Reports 

 on Public Health and Medical Subjects No. 47. 

 By Janet E. Lane-Claypon and W. McK. H. 

 McCullagh. His Majesty's Stationery Office 

 9 shillings London 



6x9!; iv + 36 (paper) 

 A study of the after-results of surgery 

 for cancer of the uterus. The actual 

 proportion of survivors in the Samaritan 

 Free Hospital series, after abdominal 

 hysterectomy, is given as 43.8 per cent 

 alive after 5 years, and 36.6 per cent alive 

 after 10 years. These figures are for 

 cancer of the cervix only, and the percent- 

 age was taken upon all patients operated 

 upon, excluding, however, those who died 

 from causes other than cancer within the 

 given period. For cancer of the body of 

 the uterus, the corresponding proportions 

 of survivors after operation are much 

 higher— 61.5 per cent (5 years). No 

 death occurred after 5 years in the 10-year 

 series. 



THE KIWAI PAPUANS OF BRITISH 

 NEW GUINEA. A Nature-born Instance of 

 Rousseau's Ideal Community. 

 By Gunnar Landtman . The Macmillan Co . 

 $ii. 00 5! x 8f ; xxxix + 485 New York 

 This book is a detailed account of the 

 manners, customs, and beliefs of the 

 natives of the western portion of British 

 New Guinea, with whom the author 

 lived for two years. It will be of interest 

 to all students of anthropology and 

 sociology. It is well and extensively 

 illustrated. Our only serious objection is 

 to the author's speaking of "pidgin- 

 English" when he means " beche-de-mer." 

 The confusion is common, but unjustified. 



DIE RASSEN UND VOLKER DER ERDE. 



By Ernst Vatter. Quelle und Meyer 



1.80 marks Leipzig 



4! x 7I; 134 -f 14 plates 

 A little book in a series on Wissenschaft 

 und Bildung designed to present the results 

 of the labors of science to the populace, 

 which has to read as it runs. In 131 

 small pages are covered Rassenkunde und 

 Vdlkerkunde und ihre historische Entwicklung, 

 Rassenbegriff, Rassenentstehung und Rassen 

 systematik, Rassenbeschreibung, die Sprache, 

 Sprachgruppen und V biker. The German 

 love of detail does not escape even these 

 popular presentations, as judged by this 

 example. 



LA PREHISTOIRE. (Introduction aux 

 etudes prehistoriques?) Les Ages de la Pierre. 

 Les Metaux. 



By Raymond Eur on. Albert Blanch ard 



xo francs 5! x 8f ; 187 (paper) Paris 

 This is a brief outline of pre-history, 

 intended for the intelligent layman. The 

 author has succeeded in getting a great 

 deal of information into a small space, 



