PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 
Since the publication of the first edition of this Manual, in 
1874, Anthropological Science has made such great advances 
that for some time past a second edition brought up to the 
requirements of the present time has been urgently required. 
The British Association for the Advancement of Science 
appointed a Committee to consider and report as to the best 
means of doing this. The Committee recommended that 
the work should be transferred to the Anthropological 
Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. This recommendation 
was approved of by the Association, and to assist in defray¬ 
ing the cost of publication it has made grants amounting to 
£70. A further sum of £10 was presented by the late Dr. 
Muirhead, of Cambuslang, Glasgow, towards this object. 
The Council of the Anthropological Institute having under¬ 
taken the publication of the work, appointed the two editors 
and a Committee of its members to prepare the new edition 
under its supervision. 
It has been found necessary to re-cast entirely the first 
part—Anthropography—owing to the great development of 
this branch of the science. In doing so the editor has had 
