Excerpt from The Natural History of Man: A Course of Elementary Lectures The study of the races of mankind in recent times, by the method of Natural History, has given rise to an important branch of knowledge known as the science of Anthropology. Societies have been established in various countries for its promotion, and many learned works have been written upon it in different lan guages. The subject has, moreover, now become one of such great public interest, that it is important it should be presented in its rudiments for the benefit of beginners. In this country, especially, where all the great races of the world-european, African, Asiatic, and American - fare thrown together on an im mense scale, and practical problems of great difficulty arise from the interaction of diverse foreign populations, it is desirable that broad scientific views of the subject should be widely dissemi nated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.