the young."--_Chicago Times._

"Such a work as this can not fail to appeal to the pride of
patriotic Americans."--_Chicago Dial._

"These names are in themselves sufficient to guarantee adequacy
of treatment and interest in the presentation, and it is safe to
say that such succinct biographies of the complete portrait
gallery of our Presidents, written with such unquestioned
ability, have never before been published."--_Hartford Courant._

"A book well worth owning, for reading and for reference.... A
complete record of the most important events in our history
during the past one hundred and five years."--_The Outlook._

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THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SERIES.

NOW READY.

_THE BEGINNINGS OF ART._ By ERNST GROSSE, Professor of Philosophy in the
University of Freiburg. A new volume in the Anthropological Series,
edited by Professor FREDERICK STARR. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.

This is an inquiry into the laws which control the life and
development of art, and into the relations existing between it
and certain forms of civilization. The origin of an artistic
activity should be sought among the most primitive peoples, like
the native Australians, the Mincopies of the Andaman Islands,
the Botocudos of South America, and the Eskimos; and with these
alone the author studies his subject. Their arts are regarded as
a social phenomenon and a social function, and are classified as
arts of rest and arts of motion. The arts of rest comprise
decoration, first of the body by scarification, painting,
tattooing, and dress; and then of implements--painting and
sculpture; while the arts of motion are the dance (a living
sculpture), poetry or song, with rhythm, and music.

_WOMAN'S SHARE IN PRIMITIVE CULTURE._ By OTIS TUFTON MASON, A. M.,
Curator of the Department of Ethnology in the United States National
Museum. With numerous Illustrations. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.

"A most interesting _resume_ of the revelations which science
has made concerning the habits of human beings in primitive
times, and especially as to the place, the duties, and the
customs of women."--_Philadelphia Inquirer._

_THE PYGMIES._ By A. DE QUATREFAGES, late Professor of Anthropology at
the Museum of Natural History, Paris. With numerous Illustrations. 12mo.
Cloth, $1.75.

"Probably no one was better