A.--Musée mexicaine.
B.--Musée péruvienne et de l’Amérique du Sud.
C.--Musée ethnographique de l’Amérique du Nord.
D.--Musée des Antilles.
The list of members contains the names of distinguished archæologists in
Europe, and a foreign membership already numerous; and it is
contemplated to add to this list persons interested in kindred studies
from all parts of the civilized world. The publications of the Society,
and those made under its auspices, comprehend, among others, _Essai sur
le déchiffrement de l’Ecriture hiératique de l’Amérique Centrale_, by M.
Léon de Rosny, President of the Society, 1 vol. in folio, with numerous
plates: This work treats critically the much controverted question of
the signification of Maya characters, and furnishes a key for their
interpretation.[5-*] Also, _Chronologie hiéroglyphico phonétique des
Rois Aztéques de 1352 à 1522, retrouvée dans diverses mappes américaines
antiques, expliquée et précédée d’une introduction sur l’Écriture
mexicaine_, by M. Edouard Madier de Montjau. The archæology of the two
Americas, and the ethnography of their native tribes, their languages,
manuscripts, ruins, tombs and monuments, fall within the scope of the
Society, which it is their aim to make the school and common centre of
all students of American pre-Columbian history. M. Émile Burnouf, an
eminent archæologist, is the Secretary. The _Archives_ for 1875 contain
an article on the philology of the Mexican languages, by M. Aubin; an
account of a recent voyage to the regions the least known of Mexico and
Arizona, by M. Ch. Schoebel; the last written communication of M. de
Waldeck, the senior among travellers; an article by M. Brasseur de
Bourbourg, upon the language of the Wabi of Tehuantepec; and an essay by
M. de Montjau, entitled _Sur quelques manuscripts figuratifs mexicains_,
in which the translation of one of these manuscripts, by M. Ramirez of
Mexico, is examined critically, and a different version is offered. The
author arrives at the startling conclusion, that we have thus far taken
for veritable Mexican manuscripts, many which were written by the
Spaniards, or by their order, and which do not express the sentiments of
the Indians. Members of this Society, also, took an active part in the
deliberations of the _Congrès international des Américanistes_, which
was held at Nancy in 1875.
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