898 General Notes. [August, 
de Copenhague. The programme includes the following sub- 
jects: 
HISTORY AND GEOLOGY. 
The rasan of N. America by European este glee 
The colonization of Greenland by the Northm 
Mexican Calpullis, their administration and pie munism 
ead d systems of Mexico Psi Peru before the conquest, 
Critical examination of the Popol Vuh. 
Grater of the kingdoms of Cezco, Trujillo and Quito, as to their sei legis- 
lation, language, architecture, oe &e 
Catalogue "ola ncient Peruvian divin 
Migrations of the Carib race and their limits i in S. America. 
ARCHÆOLOGY 
Kjokkenmoddings sA Serenan pm other parts 4 America, 
Sacred symbols fou 
Religious and sablë atk iia of pinsaia types of idols, &c., in Peru. 
Classification of the monuments of Per 
oe: Pana haa Pee AND ETHNOGRAPHY, 
itg Pan 
he Dadia of N. America and of Western Asia piset 
LINGUISTICS AND PALÆOGRAPHY. 
ing. 
Ditarik anguages on the coast and in ihi mountains compared. 
THE SOCIETE p’ETHNOGRAPHIE.—In the excitement of pree 
prosperity we must not forget the pioneers of our science. j 
Société d’Ethnographie of Paris has just celebrated its. twenty 
fourth anniversary. Its history may be briefly indicate th 
Société d’Ethnographie Américaine et Orientale, s 14ta 
March, 1859, incorporated 26th April. oe 
Société d’ Ethnographie, this title assumed and recognized by 
the government 28th September, 1864. 
The society took Sen in the Exposition Universelle de ander 
1867 ; Congrès international des sciences Ethnographiques, un 
the patronage of the government, 1878. 8 = 
The society founded the Institution Ethnographique, 107 r o 
The society recognized as an institution of public utility, 
The general secretary i is M. Leon de Rosny. 
what 
Fork Lore.—The folk tales of a peopie are to sociologi tech- 
myths are to religion and stone implements to the history a 
nology. Societies for the collection of these tales ana My is the 
exist in various places, but the most active among : 
Folk Lore Society of London. The hic Aaa are as 
1878. The Folk Lore Record, Vol. 1. (For members and the 
1879. Notes on the Folk Lore of the northern estas a p England 
rdaers, 
The Folk Lore Record, Vol. 11. (For members only.) 
