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LECTURES ON ANTHROPOLOGY.Dr. Ward will deliver a series of four Monday evening lectures in U. Boylston beginning Feb. 18, at 7.30 o'clock, his subject being Anthropology, or the Scientific Method Applied to Man; including an historical sketch of the new science, its method and scope; the anthropological method illustrated by special subjects, such as the old and new ideas of the world, man's age in the world, his physical and mental development, the question of progress or retrogression: sociology and the development of the social condition; and advantages to be gained from anthropological study. The lectures will...
...closing, Mr. Villard gave a short sketch of the first new emperor and of his chancellor, and showed how one was necessary to the other...
...behalf of the committee having the matter in charge, and who were appointed last April, the president presented the new pamphlet of the Society containing a preface, historical sketch, the revised constitution, the names of honorary members and the past presidents and secretaries...
LECTURES ON ANTHROPOLOGY.Dr. Ward will deliver a series of four Monday evening lectures in Sever 11, beginning Feb. 18, at 7.30 o'clock, his subject being Anthropology, or the Scientific Method Applied to Man; including an historical sketch of the new science, its method and scope; the anthropological method illustrated by special subjects, such as the old and new ideas of the world, man's age in the world, his physical and mental development, the question of progress or retrogression: sociology and the development of the social condition; and the advantages to be gained from anthropological study. The lectures will...
...Williams contributes to the February number a sketch of Bokhara. It is a story of the reform of the affairs of the Persian kingdom by the Emir, who was called the "Father of the Wise." To turn the thoughts of his people from sordidness to the knowledge of higher things, the Emir hit upon the "Sand Plain of Bokhara." a City of Truth to the dwelling-place of sages from every nation. In this way was inaugurated the celebrated school of Bokhara...