700 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY
Amice Sociologiquc.
A NEW sociological review (annual) is announced, with above title, under the direction of Professor Kmile Durkheim, of Bordeaux. The contents of the first number, which has not yet reached us, are as fol- lows : Premiere partie --Menwires originaux: I, E. Durkheim, " La prohibition de 1'inceste et ses origines (L'exogamie); " II, G. Simmel, "Comment les forces sociales se maintiennent." 1 Deuxieme partie Analyses ef notices bibliograpkiques des ouvrages et articles pants sitr /<-s questions suivantcs: I, " Sociologie generale;" II, "Sociologie reli- gieuse" (Etudes ge*ne"rales de religions comparees. Religions primi- tives. Cultes domestiques. Rites funeraires et cultes des morts. Cultes agraires. Rituel. Mythes. Organisation du culte); III, "Soci- ologie morale et juridique" (Etudes sur Involution du droit et de la morale. Etudes sur les moeurs en general. La Famille. Le Mariage. La Peine. L'organisation sociale. Le droit de propriete". Divers); IV, "Sociologie criminelle" (Statistique morale. Le crime et les races. Facteurs particuliers du crime : sexe, age, profession, alcoolisme. Vagabondage. Criminalite, politique. Questions diverses); V, "Soci- ologie e"conomique" (Etudes sur la valeur. Conceptions economiques ge"ne*rales. Groupes professionnels. Histoire du travail. Evolution commerciale) ; VI, "Divers" (L'Anthropo-sociologie. La socio- geographie. Questions de demographic). A. W. S.
Die Philosophic der Geschiclite als Sociologie. Von DR. PAUL BARTH, Privatdocenten an der Universitat zu Leipzig. Erster Teil : Einleitungund kritische Uebersicht. Leipzig, 1897. Pp. xvi -f 396.
THE author's position appears in such propositions as these : " History as science has for its subject-matter human societies and their changes. In recent years sociology has claimed this definition for itself. Sociology is, therefore, nothing but history arrived at consciousness of its task" (p. 4). "A complete sociology would, therefore, be completely identical with historical philosophy. There is only a difference in the names. Since the name ' sociology,' how- ever, /. e., ' the science of society,' emphasizes only one object (/. e.,
1 This is an abbreviated version of the paper by DR. SIMMEL of which the fust half appears in the present number of this IOURNAL.
