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Show iS8o] AUTHORITIES 277 been monographs, and to the various writings of W. H. Holmes must be given the first place. These have appeared mainly under government auspices in Washington. The recent works of C. B. Moore on the mounds of Florida and the southeastern states are also model studies. These and other researches will be found noted in the special bibliographies mentioned above. GENERAL WORKS ON THE INDIANS There is no satisfactory comprehensive work on the American Indians. D. G. Brinton, American Race ( 1891), covers the tribes of both continents, but is so condensed that many groups of importance are not noticed and many points of fundamental significance are not even considered. While systematic in form the treatment is discursive and unsatisfactory. It is nevertheless a work of great learning and will be found useful by the student. T. Waitz, Die Amerikanert in his Anthropologic der Natur-vdlker, pt. iii. ( 1862), is out of date, but still remains one of the best books on the subject. G. B. Grinnell, Story of the Indian ( 1896), is based on personal observations among the tribes of the west, but does not give a general survey. F. S. Dellenbaugh, North Americans of Yesterday ( 1901), is a pleasantly written, popular work, but is unsystematic in treatment. The author has, however, utilized the results of modern research. A good brief review is the article, " Indians," in the New International Encyclopedia ( 1904), and the articles in the same work on the individual tribes are, in general, excellent. The older works which attempt to treat the subject in a general way are usually untrustworthy except where they relate to groups of which the authors had personal knowledge. The best- known books of this character are: J. Adair, History of the American Indians ( I775) t good for the southeastern tribes, but marred by certain absurd general theories; H. R. Schoolcraft, His- |