PREFACE
The following pages originally presented and approved as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Yale University in Ethnic Psychology, during the session, 1929-1930, are now appearing as a book form. The idea of writing a history of American Anthropology was first suggested to me by Prof. Clark Wissler with whom I worked at Yale; and he has laid me under a deep debt of gratitude not only by his valuable suggestions and thorough revision of the entire work in its manuscript form, but also acting as a Hindu ideal Guru (Guide and Preceptor) in teaching Western methods of research and keeping an ever wakeful interest in his pupil's future welfare.
In a monograph like this, which deals with so vast a subject as the history of American Anthropology, there is a great possibility of omission of even some of the important facts. Even somewhere I have been implicit where it would be better to be explicit. And, for the offences of commission and omission, if any, I would crave the indulgence of the readers.
I now take the opportunity of extending my cordial thanks to my friends at Yale, specially Prof. and Mrs. G. C. Mccurdy, Drs. Forrest Clements, Scudder Mekeel and Helen H. Roberts for valuable suggestions, to Miss H. A. Jones for verbal corrections, to my friends at New Haven the late Mr. H. Davidson, Mr. James Whitford (Jr.) and also to Mrs. S. C. Tenney and Mrs. Henry P. Sage whose encouragement and affection alone enabled me to complete my work. My thanks are also due to Mr. J. K. Gan, for his valuable assitanse and Mr. A. C. Ghatak, Superintendent of the Calcutta University Press and his staff, for their kind co-operation and seeing the work through.
Asutosh Building,
16th September, 1933P. M.
