748 2 Recent Literature. [Ang 
who have availed themselves of the facilities it affords. h 
amount and character of its biological work the Johns Hopkins 
University has but few rivals in America, and it is safe to sy 
that at least half of its prominence and prestige in this respet 
is due to the work done in its marine laboratory. T 
There is ample evidence that there is an increasing realizatiot 
of the importance of these summer schools in connection wit 
university instruction. Anything which should tend to less 
the present number would be deplorable. There should be mot 
of them, and more money for their support. Not all institutions 
have the wealth or have trustees with the breadth of view nec® 
sary for the establishment of such stations; and yet similar & 
cilities should be enjoyed by all. In such cases the deficienti 
should be met either by co-operation or by hiring tables at sof 
established laboratory. As it now is, except the Johns Hopkins 
Laboratory and that of the United States Fish Commission, 
of these stations are supported by individual efforts. The un 
however, cannot be far distant when there will be more of thë 
laboratories which will bear an intimate relationship to ouf i 
leges and universities. When that time comes biological inst 
tion will be of a higher character, and the biological scienc 
will take a higher rank in the public estimation than they 90" 
do. | | 
° 
‘RECENT LITERATURE. 
Review of Dr. H. Rink’s Paper on the East Gree he inter | 
— The following article is based on a consideration of the sae 
esting conclusions deduced by Dr. Rink in his admirable P#” 
n the 
on the East Greenlanders. 
esis that Alaska is the scene of their origin, and sup 
_ Statement in the fact that the Eskimo are not strictly COM a. 
the littoral portions of Alaska, but on the mainland ashe is 
selves along the more important rivers to a greater Of d e 
tance, which is in each instance determined by the ng Kur 
approaching the coast, along the river-banks. Along e 
* Die Ostgrönländer in ihrem Verhältnisse zu den übrigen Eskimostimm®™ 3 pa : : 
ep k. Deutsche geographische Blatter, vol. ix., No. 3, 1886, PP» 77 = 
