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THE RACES

OF

THE OLD WORLD.

A MANUAL OF ETHNOLOGY.

BY CHARLES L. BRACE,

66
HOME-LIFE IN GERMANY," NORSE-FOLK," ETC.

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PREFACE.

THE subject of Human Races has exceedingly interested the public mind, both in England and America, for a number of years, and yet it has been very difficult to obtain trustworthy information upon it in any compact form. The facts in the science are scattered through such a number of varied works, such as the descriptions of travellers, the journals of missionaries, the contributions of army officers to foreign magazines, the papers on particular tribes written by students of races, or the examination of single languages made by students of language, that it is impossible to take a thorough survey of the subject without a vast deal of labour.

The vice of the science, too, has been the substitution of theory and hypothesis for facts, and the little distinction made to the student's mind between the careful results of investigation, and the fancies, whether in physiology or philology, of the author. It seems to be so difficult for any writer upon the subject of Human Races to confess anything uncertain, or to admit any want of classification.

There has appeared to be a need for a compact and careful work upon Ethnology. It is true, PRICHARD still remains the master of the science, and a patient study of his works will give a comprehensive view of

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