The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo

Abstract

A NTHROPOLOGISTS are again indebted to Mr. Ling Roth for presenting to them, in a convenient form, the results of wide reading and diligent compilation. It is by such well-directed enthusiasm that the labours of the student are materially lightened; for not only has the author, in this instance, marshalled a portentous array of accurately acknowledged quotations, but he has sedulously collected illustrations of objects preserved m numerous museums and private collections, in order to fully illustrate the descriptions that he quotes. It is perfectly evident that this has necessitated an immense amount of painstaking labour, which of itself is sufficient to raise the book from the rank of a mere compilation to that of a work containing original research. It is true that Mr. Ling Roth has borrowed illustrations from other authors; but he has supplied a large number of well-chosen figures, most of which are clever pen-and-ink sketches by Mr. C. Praetorius.