A ig chapter deals with the primitive Tartars of the Manchurian Region, especially the so-called Fish-skin Tartars of the Lower Sungari, a vill of which people he visited. maintains that these people are present day rem-} nantg of a race that must have occupied Europe and Northern Asia during the Paleolithic Epoch, whose remains are found in certain parts of Europe and have been given the name of Cro-maynard. He is not first to set forth the idea that the Mongolois and ancient Cro-magnards belong to the same stock, but, as he admits, this theory has been seriously combatted by many eminent anthropologists. We need not follow the process of reasoning and. the course of study of skulls which has led him to once more revive this theory, though it may be stated that the section of the book dealing with this subject shows a considerable amount of intensive research.
A very full bibliography and index complete a book that must be of considerable value to all who are interested in the region under discussion, and especially to future ex-blorers.
The book is attractively got up, with a handsome cover design, and contains three coloured illustrations painted by the author, as well as numerous half-tone and line. work illustrations. The publishers are the Tientsin Press, Ld., Victoria Road, Tientsin, and the price of thie volume is $12.50. es. M.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.