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and may now be left, at any rate, for the present. This 

 remark is not intended to apply to the collections of facts 

 which both these writers accumulated, but only to the con- 

 clusions which they endeavoured so laboriously to enforce. 

 In the laudable desire to collect facts as this basis, Spencer 

 was perhaps as zealous as Lane -Fox, but he had not his 

 skill or energy. The latter was by instinct a museum maker, 

 and he added to his zeal for accumulating objects a passion 

 for their orderly arrangement. His museum of anthropology, 

 now known as the Pitt Rivers Museum, at Oxford, is one of 

 great and permanent value. Nor will the name of its founder 

 ever take other than a foremost place in the history of the 

 evolution of the human intellect, as viewed from the matter- 

 of-fact side. 



It is difficult, however, even after the perusal of these 

 interesting papers, not to feel doubt as to whether the term 

 "evolution'' is quite applicable to what is called " culture." 

 In a certain sense it is self-obvious, but the probabilities of 

 spontaneous developments in different regions and amongst 

 different races are so manifold that we cannot help feeling 

 some doubt whether the so-called steps were in any way con- 

 nected. All must, however, acknowledge that it is the right 

 method of work, and accord respectful homage to our author 

 as a foremost master in the art. The Pitt Rivers Dorsetshire 

 Museum was one of much originality, and set an excellent 

 example to country gentlemen of wealth. We extract from 

 one of its founders addresses the following reference to it : — 



" It would be a mistake, however, to suppose that the agricultural 

 labourer can be reached by museums alone. Hodge, though better 

 off than he has ever been before, is in a lower condition, morally and 

 mentally, than at any previous period. He is too incessantly plied 

 with pernicious doctrines to have a soul for anything above party 

 politics. It is to the larger and smaller tradesmen in the towns and 

 villages that such things as museums appeal, and, moreover, they 

 must be supplemented by other inducements to make them attractive. 

 Within a short distance of the Museum, I have formed a recreation 

 ground, called the Larmer Grounds, where my private band plays 



