The Living Races of Mankind. By H. N. Hutchinson, J.
W. Gregory, and R. Lydekker. Vol. II. (Hutchinson and Co. 7a. 6d. net.)—Chaps. 13.17 (numbered successively from Vol. I.) describe the negro races of Southern, Western, and Eastern Africa ; those of the Equatorial and Nilotic regions ; and those of the Soudan and the Guinea Coast. Then we have the Abyssinian and Ethiopian tribes. These, again, are followed by the Hamites and Semites of North Africa. Chaps. 18-21 are assigned to the Europeans, and 22-24 to North and South America. There is no note assigning authorship, and, indeed, the letterpress is of com- paratively little importance in comparison with the illustrations, of which there is a striking collection. We are glad to see that the monstrosities which disfigured Vol. I. are not repeated. It is stated, we observe, that the Hausas are a non-warlike race, the excellent soldiers whom our officers have often led to victory being really Hausa-speaking negroes.
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