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Christianity," a topic which has given rise to much curious specula- tion. — In the "Medical Magazine" (vol. vii. pp. 558-568), of Lon- don, G. Sharp publishes a brief article on "The Civilization and Medicine of the Ancient Mexicans, period 1519-1521, a. d." — A most welcome and valuable contribution to the literature of the Nahuatls is Prof. Frederick Starr's "The Mapa de Cuauhtlantzinco, or Codice Campos," which appears as Bulletin III. of the Depart- ment of Anthropology of the University of Chicago (Chicago, 1898, 38 pp.). The paintings in question consist of 44 pictures pasted on two large frames of stretched cotton, — all of which are reproduced in Professor Starr's article, from photographs taken on the spot, in the Pueblo of San Juan de Cuauhtlantzinco, in the state of Puebla. The pictures are of great historic interest, and date from a period shortly after Cortez' return to Spain in 1527. They are a record of daily life and customs, the thoughts of the natives after the con- quest, and are real native works of art. Professor Starr furnishes, besides the Spanish text of the explanatory descriptions, an English translation with notes.

Moki. In the "American Anthropologist" (vol. xi. pp. 313-318), Dr. J. W. Fewkes describes the " Hopi Snake Washing," as ob- served by him in 1897 at the pueblo of Miconinovi. Dr. Fewkes notes the simplicity of the ceremony here as compared with that at Walpi. We also learn that "new studies of the Hopi Snake Dances have revealed the fact that no two of the five celebrations of this dance are identical in details." — The " Passenger Department of the Santa Fe Route " publishes Mr. Walter Hough's " The Moki Snake-Dance." A popular account of that unparalleled dramatic pagan ceremony (Santa Fe, 1898, 8°). — From the "Smithsonian Report" for 1896, pp. 517-539, Dr. J. W. Fewkes reprints (Wash- ington, 1898) a "Preliminary Account of an Expedition to the Pueblo Ruins near Winslow, Arizona, in 1896," illustrated with numerous plates and figures. The symbolic and mythical bird figures used in pottery and other decorations are very interesting. — To the "Smithsonian Report for 1897" Dr. Fewkes contributes (pp. 601-623) "A Preliminary Account of the Archaeological Field Work in Arizona in 1897," the reprint being dated Washington, 1898, and well illustrated, like the previous report. Here again the symbolism in decoration is the chief point of interest. Dr. Fewkes's notes on the probable migrations of the old Arizonian Indians are very suggestive and valuable.

Yanan. See Copehan.

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