Abstract
THE small size and cheap price of Mr. Driberg's booklet are in inverse ratio to its worth. He does not deal with the character of the savage, but merely with his capacity to think, and comes to the conclusion that they think as we do, argue, and make deductions from ascertained premises. That these deductions are often false is immaterial; they prove to be rational even when their customs appear most irrational.
The Savage as he really Is.
By J. H. Driberg. (Routledge Introductions to Modern Knowledge, No. 3.) Pp. ii + 78. (London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1929.) 6d. net.
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H., A. The Savage as he really Is . Nature 124, 720–721 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124720b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/124720b0
