, 1876-12-16

HUMAN RACES,


HUMAN RACES.
rut hAcre OF MAN, Axp pTnE,n Enun At1,tcAL DIS.
1nlnu7tos. Fran Ing German Of t!scA!: PEN,tEt.
1amo:, rp ~. New Y9tk . =. Appleton sS
In was in the beginning of the year 1859 that
1r,r Pcsche1, Professor Of Geography IN the
1n,ycrujty of Lcipsc, accct]cl tn tho rro,,cst Of
a. v,u non,, tho tbnr 1,r,ss,on atiu,s,or
Of War; 10 prepare revised caltion OF the work
ot the latter upon "EthnoIogy 0s an Introluc-
lion 10 Political GeographY.n The Joint pro-
a,o,,o, una tn npnnnr IN The mann nf Inn fwo
atnota wno s''"'su u nv ~ plspa'a',on. Wns'',
II the cloae ol hear1y I'VE years OF !aoort tnc
work WAS ready for tho press, ilf-hcalth had
rendered Il impossible for Gen, Won Room to
rre n thc osqIstonre arrcc9 1,non. nn,1 1cnrc n
s"e I ..,s,os 49,, s.,s,sa ~ ~ -. ~. III.
Mas slssuca uaue' tue a"St'eesol 's' ao'o autnot'
Prof. Pcschc!. AS The book now stands, 1t Is
intended as manual OF the science of Eth
no1oey. aud presents the rcncralfy.arceptcd
fatts, incof1cs' anu fhc1aoa o1 arrangement OIL
xhlcl' tile doctrinas system is founded, rather
than new hypotl1esesalld modes Of classification,
which may be original with tho author or with
o,hcrs and arc yet suh,crt IN o,,cstion'
''4sa' @ ". a :. 1;,,,a, sats' ~ a,a ~ Y.sn.
tae "o'A - su.s,aeu 'o1o I've p"!ts VI eu1Ne'S,
entitled, respectively, Introduction: Physical
Characters; Linguistic Characters; Industrial,
soeal, and Religious Phases Of Development;
u Hux
lead orc treated tho lnootcl topIca Of mans
nlsrc In creatio,l, Tic unity or ni,1raltv oi thn
human race, the place Of ORIGIN Of princyal uaIt.
and lis probable antiquity Although lie sit al.
thor rrcounts With iutrnrss tho yarious prominent
theories advanced upon these several silbiccts iIc
occasionally bctrays tic tcndcucics Of his t,wt,
opinions. IT. IL evidently an adbcreut Of tfls
dortrInc Of Evolution; bit tic Darwinlun theory
nj NATURAL Sclcrttun he rrrardH M unsat isiuS.
tory notwltlIstaniliur it aifurils tic bsst solI.
iio, ri thu variability ri srrrfrs thut
Ias vet bccu offered. Will r.
gatd to the agitation whjcl, rcIirlon
Eas suffered on nrc,,ifnt of thfa hrnnthrs}s h.
ouictiy remarks: iii Is scarcely cttn,,r.jirnsi.
ts,;nc @ for ,rration 1nlna IN i'1ntx ny, i,ns ts
lSftuncr If it nossesses tic power 81 rcnnva,io
"A to H." niac. ~" tt,r ,i.,is whc,. III, ,,,r.r
,,rr lad thcIr sirst homr lgy'f p"shnl va,t,,ra.
to state that it must have been on rn,ttnan,
After rryicw,ur I'm rontlItions most fnvnrci'io
tbe scv"t ur.t .c15iona ~ ~ l,, s,,ct
hr lrj.s t5nt III rir,'mston"es ~ no1ss,u ~
tradti", nnss nf hist"rv ,,oint ~ ~. *,,, y.
merged continent OF Leuiuy}a rs the prStnhie
terles eys,onci intn thc i,,itnmn hcn, "''Is TIIs
ion,insn' iplne H. ~, 1maan nne.,, tta1 .s'h
naiard nv mi: E.psh znn,nrist s.1ot"r ia '",' r'
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snttah. ~ ~ "h1 ii, t,o " rr, ,,an1itt Ssay a
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W n.s. W :. LILY .eS " 1e @ohc u '' ""tnfo"
STi, rH srt,stion ] or this ,oca,,tvn sav. film
su,bnrs ID t,"rsov4r fnr ,,',Is 9rthoJ,,x ,o,, "
GnI Gss"i,ns T., III ";elI I, af ~. ~ nerc
rn;annts H r,yars ~ ~ ~ IT, M lug 'ar
yimHtv nf tho Ntin IN E,,,,'."t,s ~ rt.,t' se
and H. In,t',s III H." ot,,,,.l s,h"rn.G .u iGss
I.m,,rJ. thn ov,,,,.i.s IS $ t'. nI n"o. Sess -
aI,n ~, .,,i lug Hhpnaso !1o ta!aa'sg would
hc aI1"T thnt .,. ~ tns !'ny
~ n..an auue@ 1hat eesleslas,scal wftera sncll as
Maur,s osms ln.lirnn"ncts s>s, md i,1ns "1a:, Jus