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said for this classification from a practical point of view, but the more detailed analysis that he gives is open to much criticism on the part of specialists. On the other hand, if libraries were arranged on his plan, it would facilitate classification and reference, even though exception will be taken by experts.

Following his classification is a very useful Bibliography, the earliest date being 1501 and the latest 1905, each entry being followed, in most cases, by a brief indication of the scope of the work or paper. Finally a list is given of " Anthropological and Ethnological Societies and their Publications," but all Folklore Societies are omitted ! Also, in the list of " Leading Ethno- graphical Museums and Museums containing important Ethno- graphical Collections," the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford, the Pitt Rivers Museum at Farnham (Dorset), the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, and various other museums in this country are not mentioned ; in his own country, no mention is made of the fine collections in Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Brooklyn ; and the great collections in Calcutta, Madras, Sarawak, Batavia, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, New Zealand, Cape Town, Pretoria, and many other places are ignored. One cannot expect a librarian to know the intricacies of anthropological data, but the author would have been well advised if he had submitted his lists of Societies and Museums to those whose business it is to be acquainted with such bodies and institutions.

A. C. Haddon.

Anthropology and the Classics. Six Lectures delivered before the University of Oxford by Arthur J. Evans ; Andrew Lang; Gilbert Murray; F. B. Jevons; J. L. Myres; W. Warde Fowler. Frowde, 1908. Pp. 191.

This book, which consists of a series of six lectures on subjects connected with classical literature, is a welcome indication of the success of the Oxford school of anthropology. The first discourse, by Dr. A. J. Evans, forms the prolegomena to his attack