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Published and unpublished articles and notes

Notes and papers on civilisation, colonisation, the position of native populations and ethnology

Ethnographic material

"On The Importance of Studying and Preserving the Languages spoken by Uncivilized Natives, with the View of Elucidating the Physical History of Man": paper read to Philological Society

Philological Society paper on extinction of aboriginal languages

Ethnological extracts reprinted from the <i>Monthly Chronicle</i>: "On the Extinction of Human Races" by James Cowles Prichard, and "On the Practicability of Civilising Aboriginal Populations" by Hodgkin

British Association Manual of ethnological questions to be asked by travellers

"The Progress of Ethnology": paper prepared for the inaugural meeting of the Ethnological Society, fragmentary draft

"On the Races and Varieties of Man": draft prospectus for a series of publications

"On the Bedouins", plus covering letter: paper sent to the British Association

Notes on Bedouins

Minutes of meeting of unspecified society concerned with ethnology

"Report of the Committee to Investigate the Varieties of the Human Race"

"Report of the Committee to Investigate the Varieties of the Human Race"

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