204 General Notes. [ Feb. 
completely fills its envelopes, and hence the polar globules are 
forced into the soft surface of the yolk, where they are with dif- 
ficulty visible, at least without reagents. Leydig 
a quarter of a century ago, on the eggs of this same species 
showed bodies which have been supposed to be polar globules; 
but this could not have been the case, as these bodies which he 
describes were outside the chorion A full paper is a in 
the Verhandlungen of the Freiburg Gesellschaft — F. S 
ANTHROPOLOGY. 
The Races of Men.—A. Hennuyer, of Paris, will publish a 
series of volumes entitled “ Bibliothèque Ethnolo ogique, Histoire 
Générale des Races humaines.” The first volume has already 
appeared, with the title : 
Introduction à l'Étude des Races humaines, by A. de Quatre- 
fages. There will follow 
Les’ Races Noires, by E. T. Hamy. 
Les Races Jaunes, by M. J. Montano: 
Les Races Rouges, by Lucien Biart 
History of the Mongols, by Jules Denitar. 
Les Foulahs, by Dr. Tautain. 
Les Aztèques, by Lucien Biart 
M. Quatrefages perfects the scheme of nature which has al- 
ready appeared in his work, entitled “ L’Espèce humaine,” 
but which may not be familiar to all the readers of the AMERI- 
CAN NATURALIST 
EMPIRES. KINGDOMS. PHENOMENA. CAUSES. 
Sidereal Keplerian movement Gravitation. 
ish ase | . Keplerian movement Gravitatio 
Mineral i \ 
{ plus physico-chemist Etherodynamics. 
Keplerian movement Gravitation. 
Vegetal fo us physico-chemistry Me herodynamics. 
plus vitality 
Keplerian movem Gravit ation. 
Avie’ plus 5 physico-chemisuy E FA erodynam: 
Lee lus voluntary motion Animal Spirit. 
{ Keplerian movement Gravitation. 
plus us physico-chemistry Etherodynamics. 
Human | plus vitality + Life 
plus bier Me otion pore Spirit. 
plus morality and religiosity | Human Spirit. 
The views of monogenists and polygenists are presented in par- 
allel columns, with monogenism as the personal equation of the 
author. ve remains for a polygenist to prepare a similar table 
with as much fairness. 
fll men belong t one andthe same There are evel pecie ot men 
man groups are racial characters, mi 
