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of Malthus,” by Dr. Welling ; “The Development of Timekeeping 
in Greece and Rome,” by F. A. Seeley; “ Anthropological Notes 
on the Human Hand,” by Dr. Frank Baker. A future number 
will contain an article “ From Barbarism to Civilization,” by Major 
Powell, Director of the U. S. Bureau of Ethnology, a continuation 
of his history of man from savagery to barbarism. 
Among the papers read before the society, of great value, and 
which we hope to see published ere long, was the prayer of a Nav- 
ajo shaman, by Dr. Washington Matthews, U.S. A.; a linguistic 
map of North America, by Mr. H.W. Henshaw, of the U. S. Bureau 
of Ethnology, in which the author showed the existence, the con- 
dition and the relationship of the various Indian languages and 
dialects in all North America. The discussion of the Nephrite 
ansston, by Profs. Clarke and Merrill, was also interesting and 
valuable, 
Success and of practical value would require the co-operation of 
European anthropologists. Without it the proposed congress might 
be but slightly more important than the meetings of the section of 
anthropology in the Association for the Advancement of Science. If 
the co-operation and promise of attendance of the anthropologists 
of Europe has been secured, the success of the project is assured. 
b An attempt was made to hold such a congress at Athens, Greece, 
ut it failed, owing to want of co-operation combined with the un- 
settled state of the country. But is not the time too short between 
rate and June to correspond with the European anthropologists, 
‘stant and widely scattered as are their residences? Is it possible 
oe their co-operation? Possibly it has already been done? 
ey will take much interest in an international anthropological 
Congress in America; many of them will gladly attend if the in- 
Vitation is given within sufficient time, and they will feel grieved, 
than eee ® offended, at any arrangement which would leave 
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