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��Particularly is this true of the strictures on William Jones, the modern pioneer in this field, whose farther progress in the subject was cut off by his early death.

It may be added that while the problem in question must be solved by strictly technical means, its bearings are certainly of some gen- eral interest. The Algonkin family of lan- guages is one of the most widely spread and populous in America; its distribution in part coincides with lines of cultural cleavage; and its type is an extremely peculiar or radical one. Its characteristic qualities clearly cul- minate in its verbs; so that a just understand-

��ing of these promises to be of ultimate sig- nificance to anthropologists engaged in other lines of work.

The author is to be congratulated on his capacity for analytic criticism ; and Professor Uhlenbeck on his success in stimulating an- other productive convert to American philol- ogy. Anthropologists in this country will appreciate the interest developing in this field abroad, and can but be the gainers by hearty cooperation with the new Dutch school.

A. L. KROEBER

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

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