ealized that even here women could exert the influence ascribed
by Goethe to women generally. (C. Lumholtz, _Among Cannibals_, p.
132.) Much has, again, been written about the beauty of the
American Indians. See, e.g., an article by Dr. Shufeldt, "Beauty
from an Indian's Point of View," _Cosmopolitan Magazine_, April,
1895. Among the Seminole Indians, especially, it is said that
types of handsome and comely women are not uncommon. (_Clay_
MacCauley, "Seminole Indians of Florida," _Fifth Annual Report of
the Bureau of Ethnology_, 1883-1884, pp. 493 et seq.)

There is much even in the negress which appeals to the European
as beautiful. "I have met many negresses," remarks Castellani
(_Les Femmes au Congo_, p. 2), "who could say proudly in the
words of the Song of Songs, 'I am black, but comely.' Many of our
peasant women have neither the same grace nor the same delicate
skin as some natives of Cassai or Songha. As to color, I have
seen on the African continent creatures of pale gold or even red
copper whose fine and satiny skin rivals the most delicate white
skins; one may, indeed, find beauties among women of the darkest
ebony." He adds that, on the whole, there is no comparison with
white women, and that the negress soon becomes hideous.

The very numerous quotations from travelers concerning the women
of all lands quoted by Ploss and Bartels (_Das Weib_, seventh
edition, bd. i, pp. 88-106) amply suffice to show how frequently
some degree of beauty is found even among the lowest human races.
Cf., also, Mantegazza's survey of the women of different races
from this point of view, _Fisiologia della Donna_, Cap. IV.

The fact that the modern European, whose culture may be supposed to have
made him especially sensitive to aesthetic beauty, is yet able to find
beauty among even the women of savage races serves to illustrate the
statement already made that, whatever modifying influences may have to be
admitted, beauty is to a large extent an objective matter. The existence
of this objective element in beauty is confirmed by the fact that it is
sometimes found that the men of the lower races admire European women more
than women of their own race. There is reason to believe that it is among
the more intelligent men of lower race--that is to say those whose
aesthetic feelings are more developed--that the admiration for white wome