This interesting study is the first survey 'of the possible contribution of ethnological material to the planning of research in competitive and co-operative habits' under the direction of the Social Science Research Council. The book considers the available material chapter by chapter from various ethnological sources, e.g. the Kwakiutl of Vancouver Island, the Bachiga of East Africa, etc.

The author considers she is justified in coming to certain fairly definite conclusions as the result of even this preliminary survey. They are as follows:

'Whether a group has a minimum or a plentiful subsistence level is not directly relevant to the question of how co-operative or competitive in emphasis a culture will be.

'The social conception of success and the structural framework into