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364 and Sciences of Man's Social Progress, or the General Science of Sociology, if that barbarous term should still be preferred to such a more classical term as Kœnoniology (, Human Society).

The Historical Sciences of Physical Evolution are the Sciences of the history of Aptitude—the history of the evolution of (1) Races; of (2) Languages; and of (3) Inventions.

The Historical Sciences of Mental Development are the Sciences of the history of Culture—the history of the development of (1) Philosophy; of (2) Ideals; and of (3) Jurisprudence.

And the Historical Sciences of Social Progress are the Sciences of the history of Society—the history of the progress of (1) Economical Organisation; of (2) Religions (Folk-beliefs as distinguished from Culture-ideals); and of (3) Political Organisation.

Now, Folk-lore I have defined as Folk's lore, or, that lore of the Folk, knowledge of which gives us our knowledge of Folk-life. And I have said that, as the chief materials for the study of the historical sciences of Mental Development are to be found in what may comprehensively be called Culture-lore, the chief materials for the study of the historical sciences of Social Progress are to be found in what may be comprehensively named Folk-lore. But knowledge of Folk-lore, when it is systematised, becomes a Science. What is the nature of that Science and its place?

The Science of Folk-lore is a Descriptive or Classificatory Science—a Science, not of the Causes, but merely of the Description, and what that implies, when it is of a scientific character—the Arrangement, of phenomena. According as we retain for the Causal Science of Social Progress the barbarous term Sociology, or adopt for it the above-suggested term, Kœnoniology, its correllative Descriptive Science will be called Sociography, or Kœnoniography. And the Science of Folk-lore, as a department of this General Science, might be termed Demography.