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526 prevails among apes could possibly acquire an intellectual capacity such as that possessed by man. The genus Homo differs from the anthropoid apes in that his skull possesses an innate power of growth, especially in its anterior part, which permits full development of the anterior lobes of his brain, and thus of his intellectual capacity and speech." He adopts the view enunciated in this country by Prof. Boyd Dawkins, and considers the Eskimos as "pure descendants of the glacial inhabitants of Europe"; nor does he hesitate to write of "the men living in Europe before and during the glacial period." Of the pre-glacial existence of man, we are reminded of a special anthropological discussion on this subject, held in London some years ago, at which the President, Sir John Evans, advised the attitude of "Caution, caution, caution." The racial origin of the people of England is accepted by Mr. Macnamara as "formed by the Iberian stock, who, until the mid-neolithic period, were the only human inhabitants of our island"; and the Iberian race is elsewhere defined as "the people who were directly descended from the aborigines of Northern Africa and Western Europe." Scotland, Wales, and Ireland have distinct summaries, and the volume is another evidence of the intelligent interest taken by the reading public in the fascinating study of British Anthropology.