Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits

THIS volume completes the record of the anthropological exploration of Torres Straits undertaken by Dr. Haddon and his companions in 1898, itself the continuation of the author's own earlier work in those islands in 1888. These investigations were supplemented by a trip made in 1914 by Dr. Haddon and his daughter Kathleen now Mrs. Rishbeth when some of the previous results were checked, fresh material collected and many photographs taken. Haddon was already middle-aged when he planned and led the Cambridge expedition, and something more than brief thanksgiving to whatever gods there be must be rendered by his companions in the Pacific for the active presence among them to-day of their leader and friend. That no other could have written this volume as it is and ought to be written is manifest, but let us try to see what lay behind, not only the Reports, not only the expedition, but more important than these, the planning of the expedition.Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits Vol. 1: General Ethnography. By A. C. Haddon. Pp. xiv + 421 + H plates. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1935.) 40s. net.