Chapter I: THE EUSKARIC STOCK. Basques and their congeners. Physical

type. Language.

II. _The Aryac Stock._ Synonyms. Origin of the Aryans.
Supposed Asiatic origin now doubted. The Aryac physical
type. The prot-Aryac language. Culture of proto-Aryans.
The “proto-Aryo-Semitic” tongue. Development of inflections.
Prot-Aryac migrations. Southern and northern
streams. Approximate dates. Scheme of Aryac migrations.
Divisions. 1. The Celtic Peoples. Members and
location. Physical and mental traits. 2. The Italic Peoples.
Ancient and modern members. Physical traits. The
modern Romance nations. Mental traits. 3. The Illyric
Peoples. Members and physical traits. 4. The Hellenic
Peoples. Ancient and modern Greeks. Physical type.
Influence of Greek culture. 5. The Lettic Peoples. Position
and language. 6. The Teutonic Peoples. Ancient
and modern members. Mental character. Recent progress.
7. The Slavonic Peoples. Ancient and modern members.
Physical traits. Recent expansion. Character. Relations
to Asiatic Aryans. 8. The Indo-Eranic Peoples. Arrival
in Asia. Location. Members. Indian Aryans. Appearance.
Mental aptitude.

III. THE CAUCASIC STOCK. Its languages. Various groups
and members. Physical types. Error of supposing the
white race came from the Caucasus.

LECTURE VI.

THE AUSTAFRICAN RACE 173

CONTENTS.--Former geography of Africa. Area of characterization
of the race. Its early extension. Divisions.

I. THE NEGRILLOS. Classical tales of Pygmies. Physical characters.
Habits. Relationship to Bushmen. Description
of Bushmen and Hottentots.

II. THE NEGROES. Home of the true negroes. 1. The Nilotic
Group. 2. The Sudanese Group. 3. The Senegambian
Group. 4. The Guinean Group.

III. THE NEGROIDS. Physical traits. Early admixtures.
1. The Nubian Group. 2. The Bantu Group.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE RACE. Low intellectual position.
Origin of negroes in the United States.

LECTURE VII.

THE ASIAN RACE 195

CONTENTS.--Physical geography of Asia. Physical traits of
the Race. Its branches.

I. THE SINITIC BRANCH. Subdivisions. 1. The Chinese.
Origin and early migrations. Psychical elements. Arts.
Religions. Philosophers. Late migrations. 2. The Thibetan
Group. Character. Physical traits. Tribes. 3. The Indo-Chinese
Group. Members. Character and Culture.

II. THE SIBIRIC BRANCH. Synonyms. Location. Physical
appearance. 1. The Tungusic Group. Members. Location.
Character. 2. Mongolic Group. Migrations. 3. The
Tataric Group. History. Language. Customs. 4. The
Finnic Group. Origin and migrations. Physical traits.
Boundaries of the Sibiric Peoples. The “Turanian”
theories. 5. The Arctic Group. Members. Location.
Physical traits. 6. The Japanese Group. Members. Location.
History. Culture. The Koreans.

LECTURE VIII.

INSULAR AND LITTORAL PEOPLES 221

CONTENTS.--Variability of islanders and coast peoples. Physical
geography of Oceanica. Ethnographic divisions.

I. THE NEGRITIC STOCK. Subdivisions. 1. The Negrito
Group. Members. Former extension. Physical aspect.
Culture. 2. The Papuan Group. Location. Physical
traits. Culture and language. 3. The Melanesian Group.
Physical traits. Habits. Languages. Ethnic affinities
of Papuas and Melanesians.

II. THE MALAYIC STOCK. Location. Subdivisions. Affinities
with the Asian Race and original home. 1. The Western or
Malayan Groups. Physical traits. Character. Extension.
Culture. Presence in Hindostan. 2. The Eastern or
Polynesian Group. Physical traits. Migrations. Character
and culture. Easter Island.