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standard of man ' s height . Though accustomed to the great variety which exists in * colour , form , features , and intellect between the races of men , so great a deviation in the matter of stature startles our preconceived ideas and prejudices .
' " Presumptuous man ! the reason would ' st thou find Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ? Think , if thou canst , the harder reason guesa , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less . " The Erdmanniges , then , though less interesting , comparatively
speaking , than the Aztecs in their associations with the past , from their superior intelligence and mental culture , offer greater field for speculations as to the future—involving perhaps , in their own destiny , the continuance and perpetuation in Europe of a race soon to be extinct in Africa .
We now bid farewell to this interesting subject , trusting that our brief observations may tend to promote a more general curiosity on the subject of the Aztecs and Erdmanniges , resulting in more certain and authentic information respecting them .
J . M'G . A
Reviews Of New Books
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS
we regret that the great pressure upon our space , from the increase of Masonic Intelligence , compels our postponement of commentary upon the following works , for which reviews and extracts have been prepared to be inserted in the July number : — Athens and the Peloponnese : from the German of Hermann Heltner .
Chronicles of Wolfert ' s Roost , and other Papers . By Washington Irving . Tales of the Desert and the Bush . By Gerstacker . Tales of Flemish Life . By Hendrik Conscience . Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War . By Henritz Tokai . Brittany and . La Vendee . By Emile Souvestre . Homoeopathy . By Dr . Henderson .
[ The above are published by Messrs . Constable . ] Who is God in China ? By the Rev . G . C . Malan , M . A . London : Bagster . New and Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language . By H . Clarke , D . C . L . London : Weale . Pictures from the Battle Fields . By the Roving Englishman . London Routledge .
The Ear , in Health and Disease . By W . Harvey , F . A . C . S . Voltaire and his Times . By F . Bungener . Constable and Co . Choral Harmony . By the Rev . T . Maurice , D . D ., Oxford . The Career of a IUsing ^ Slan . By M . Viener . Newby . The Dwarf . By K L . A . Beswick . Newby . France before the Revolution . 2 vols . By F . Bungener . Constable . Wanderings in Corsica . 2 vols . Constable . Home Thoughts . ( Annual Volume . ) Conducted by Mrs . 0 . F . Owen . Rolfe , 32 , Duke-street , Manchester-square .
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standard of man ' s height . Though accustomed to the great variety which exists in * colour , form , features , and intellect between the races of men , so great a deviation in the matter of stature startles our preconceived ideas and prejudices .
' " Presumptuous man ! the reason would ' st thou find Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ? Think , if thou canst , the harder reason guesa , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less . " The Erdmanniges , then , though less interesting , comparatively
speaking , than the Aztecs in their associations with the past , from their superior intelligence and mental culture , offer greater field for speculations as to the future—involving perhaps , in their own destiny , the continuance and perpetuation in Europe of a race soon to be extinct in Africa .
We now bid farewell to this interesting subject , trusting that our brief observations may tend to promote a more general curiosity on the subject of the Aztecs and Erdmanniges , resulting in more certain and authentic information respecting them .
J . M'G . A
Reviews Of New Books
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS
we regret that the great pressure upon our space , from the increase of Masonic Intelligence , compels our postponement of commentary upon the following works , for which reviews and extracts have been prepared to be inserted in the July number : — Athens and the Peloponnese : from the German of Hermann Heltner .
Chronicles of Wolfert ' s Roost , and other Papers . By Washington Irving . Tales of the Desert and the Bush . By Gerstacker . Tales of Flemish Life . By Hendrik Conscience . Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War . By Henritz Tokai . Brittany and . La Vendee . By Emile Souvestre . Homoeopathy . By Dr . Henderson .
[ The above are published by Messrs . Constable . ] Who is God in China ? By the Rev . G . C . Malan , M . A . London : Bagster . New and Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language . By H . Clarke , D . C . L . London : Weale . Pictures from the Battle Fields . By the Roving Englishman . London Routledge .
The Ear , in Health and Disease . By W . Harvey , F . A . C . S . Voltaire and his Times . By F . Bungener . Constable and Co . Choral Harmony . By the Rev . T . Maurice , D . D ., Oxford . The Career of a IUsing ^ Slan . By M . Viener . Newby . The Dwarf . By K L . A . Beswick . Newby . France before the Revolution . 2 vols . By F . Bungener . Constable . Wanderings in Corsica . 2 vols . Constable . Home Thoughts . ( Annual Volume . ) Conducted by Mrs . 0 . F . Owen . Rolfe , 32 , Duke-street , Manchester-square .