(1) The Native Races of Australasia (2) The Native Races of Asia and Europe

Abstract

(1) IN the second volume of extracts from Sir James Frazer's notebooks, the principle of selection remains unchanged. In the main, material which has been used as evidence in his works has been omitted; and preference has been given to early or obscure sources, which would be outside any but an almost exhaustive knowledge of the literature. Hence it has been possible to give due recognition to the careful observation which has been made by Dutch travellers and officials of the natives of Holland's possessions in Indonesia. In these extracts from early travels, or from records appearing in periodicals and publications difficult of access to English readers, much material will be found of the greatest value to the student for the less familiar peoples of Sumatra, Java, Celebes and others of the more remote islands of Indonesia.

(1) The Native Races of Australasia

Including Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, New Guinea and Indonesia. A Copious Selection of Passages for the Study of Social Anthropology from the Manuscript Notebooks of Sir James George Frazer. Arranged and edited from the MSS. by Robert Angus Downie. (Anthologia Anthropologica.) Pp. vii + 390. (London: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co., Ltd., 1939.) 35s. net.

(2) The Native Races of Asia and Europe

A Copious Selection of Passages for the Study of Social Anthropology from the Manuscript Notebooks of Sir James George Frazer. Arranged and edited from the MSS. by Robert Angus Downie. (Anthologia Anthropologica.) Pp. vii+ 400. (London: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co., Ltd., 1939.) 35s. net.