Social History of the Races of Mankind

Abstract

MR. FEATHERMAN does not improve. Those who have read the severe criticisms evoked by previous volumes, and still more those who have read the volumes themselves, will understand how much is implied in these few words, which could be justified only by a stern sense of duty, and regard for the interests of scientific truth. But, as the huge work grows under his hands, it becomes more and more evident that he has undertaken a task entirely beyond his strength. The present volume brings especially into painful evidence the inherent defects of his method, his inadequate grasp of the subject-matter, and his many shortcomings betrayed at every step in the treatment of details.

Social History of the Races of Mankina.

Second Division: "Papuo and Malayo Melanesians." By A. Featherman. (London: Trübner, 1887.)