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THE SCIENCE SERIES

1. The Study of Man. By A. C. Haddon. Illustrated. 8º 2. The Groundwork of Science. By St. George Mivart. 3. Rivers of North America. By Israel C. Russell. Illustrated. 4. Earth Sculpture; or, The Origin of Land Forms. By James Geikie. Illustrated. 5. Volcanoes; Their Structure and Significance. By T. G. Bonney. Illustrated. 6. Bacteria. By George Newman. Illustrated. 7. A Book of Whales. By F. E. Beddard. Illustrated. 8. Comparative Physiology of the Brain, etc. By Jacques Loeb. Illustrated. 9. The Stars. By Simon Newcomb. Illustrated. 10. The Basis of Social Relations. By Daniel G. Brinton.


For list of works in preparation see end of this volume.

The Science Series

EDITED BY

Professor J. McKeen Cattell, M.A., Ph.D.

AND

F. E. Beddard, M.A., F.R.S.

THE BASIS OF SOCIAL RELATIONS

The Basis of Social Relations
A Study in Ethnic Psychology

By

Daniel G. Brinton, A.M., M.D., LL.D., Sc.D.

Late Professor of American Archæology and Linguistics in the University of Pennsylvania; author of “History of Primitive Religions,” “Races and Peoples,” “The American Race,” etc.

Edited by

Livingston Farrand

Columbia University

G. P. Putnam’s Sons

New York and London

The Knickerbocker Press

1902

Copyright, 1902

by

G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS

The Knickerbocker Press, New York