1310 General Notes. [ December, 
(= mother of) as the case may be, below each entry. Let 253 be 
the number, then we get: 
253 126 63 15 7 3 child. 
: m m m m  m_ child. 
The foregoing is taken from a contribution to Mature by Mr. 
Francis Galton. The m and f for mother of and father of con- 
fuse one, the same letters having been recently used in an elabo- 
rate paper in the Anthropological Institute Fournal for male and 
female. It is to be hoped that Mr. Galton will continue his study 
on this point and seek to extend the application of the system to 
classificatory kinship. 
GERMAN ANTHROPOLOGY.—The third and the fourth quarterly 
parts of Archiv fiir Anthropologie, Vol. xiv, come to us in a sin- 
gle binding. Among the original papers the following are of 
general interest: 
A case of abnormal hairiness in a child. By Dr. H. Ranke. 
An alate extension of the skin in a human neck. By O. Kobylinski. 
The eye of the Fuegians and the sight of the lower races in comparison W 
cultured races. r. Seggel. oa. 
HE alloys, their description and application among ancient peoples. By Dr. E. : oS 
eyer. oe 
ith that of 
Account of Russian literature upon Anthropology, Ethnology, and Travel. By Dr: 
Ludwig Stieda, pp. 387-90. 
Review of Scandinavian literature. By Julia Mestorf, pp. 391-410. ie 
Reviews of the Anthropological literature of America. By Dr. Emil Schmidt, Po 
411-435. Re 
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Catalogue of anthropological literature: 
1. Pristine history and Archeology. By J. H. Müller, 41 pp- 
i. Anatomy. By Ad. Pansch, 5 pp. i 
1. Ethnology and Travels. By Dr. Albrecht Penck, 90 pp- 
1v. Zoölogy. By Dr. Georg Boehm, 13 pp. 
Account of the anthropological collection of the Schneck: 
furt, A. M. By H. Schaaffhausen, 30 pp. 
Account of the anthropological collection of the Grand-Ducal 
Schlosse, Darmstadt. By H. Schaaff hausen, 25 pp- : 
Correspondenz-Blatt, from xiir, No. 9, to xIv, No. 4. eee 
The titles of books and other publications mentioned’ a a 
are not merely a catalogue of names, but important <a Archiv 
followed by abstracts, many of them of great value. 106i n 
is facile princeps among the journals of anthropology. ; 
Colonel F. 4 
Seely, examiner in the U; S. Patent Office, read a paper M i 
the Washington Anthropological Society on the Origin tan 
tion. Itis well known that one whose daily life is span 
human inventions must acquire a semi-autom hile we © 
at all things in a peculiar manner. For instance, wi | il 
for the rudest form of a machine and follow up its nee 
to the perfected form, Colonel Seely would go just MET" ™ 
enberg Museums at Frank- : 
Cabinet, in Alten | 
