W H R Rivers

-The measurement of visual illusion (Report of the British Association for the
Advancement of Science 1901, p. 818)

-Kava-drinking in Melanesia (Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1910, p. 734)

[The writings of W. H. R. Rivers and others have raised the kava complex to a position
of theoretical importance in the study of Polynesian ethnology. The following very
detailed account of the ceremonial preparation of kava in the Tongan Group is,
therefore, of great interest. Such a ceremonial as is here recorded is now rare in those
islands, and many members of modern kava parties scarcely know the right positions to
take up, much less the details of the ceremonial.—EDITOR.]

Works
[edit]1888

 A case of spasm of the muscles of the neck causing protrusion of the head (St. Bart's Hosp.
Repts., XXIV., pp. 249-51)

[edit]1889

 Abstract of a paper on 'Delirium and its allied conditions', read before the Abernethian
Society (St. Bart's Hosp. Repts. XXV., pp. 279-80)

[edit]1891

 A case of treadler's cramp (Brain, XIV., pp. 110-11)

 Abstract of paper on 'Hysteria', read before the Abernethian Society (St. Bart's Hosp. Repts.,
XXVII, pp. 285-6)

[edit]1893

 Abstract of paper on 'Neurasthenia', read before the Abernethian Society (St. Bart's Hosp. Repts.,
XXIX., p. 350)

[edit]1894

 Review of O. Külpe's 'Grundriss d. Psychologie auf experimenteller Grundlage dargestellt' (Mind,

New Series, Vol. 3, No. 11, pp. 413-17)
 A Modification of Aristotle's Experiment (Mind, New Series, Vol. 3, No. 12, Oct., 1894, pp. 583-
584)

[edit]1895
 Review of H. Maudsley's 'Pathology of Mind', and E. Kräpelin's 'Psychologische Arbeiten' (Mind,
New Series, vol. 4, pp. 400-3)
 Paper on 'Experimental psychology in relation to insanity', read before the Medico-Psychol. Soc.
G.B & I. (Abstract in Lancet, LXXIII., p. 867)
 Review of T. Zichen's 'Psychiatrie f. Aertze und Studierende' (Brain, XVIII., pp. 418-21)
 On binocular colour mixture (Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc., VIII., pt. 5, pp. 273-7)
 On the apparent size of objects (Mind, New Series, Vol. 5, No. 17, Jan., 1896, pp. 71-80)

[edit]1896

 'Observations on mental fatigue and recovery', paper read before the Medico-Psychol. Soc. G.B
& I. (Abstract in Lancet, LXXIV., p. 711)
 On mental fatigue and recovery (J. Mental Science,XLII., pp. 525-9)
 Über Ermüdung und Erholung, with E. Kräpelin (Psychol. Arbeit, I., pp, 627-78)

[edit]1897

 The photometry of coloured paper (Journ. of Physiol., XXII., pp. 137-45)

[edit]1899

 Contributions to comparative psychology from the Torres Straits and New Guinea (Report of the
British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1899, p. 486, and J.R.A.I., N.S., II., pp. 219-222)
(With W. McDougall and C.S Myers)
 Two new departures in anthropological method (Report of the British Association for the
Advancement of Science, pp. 789-90)

[edit]1900

 The senses of primitive man (Abstract in Science, N.S., XI., pp. 740-1, and trans. 'Über die Sinne
d. primitiven Menschen'inUmschau, XXV.)
 'Textbook of physiology', 6th ed. revd., Part IV., 'The Senses', by Sir M. Foster assisted by W.H.R
Rivers
 Article on 'Vision', in Schäfer's 'Text-book of physiology'
 A genealogical method of collecting social and vital statistics (J.R.A.I., XXX., pp. 74-82)
 Report of Committee on mental and physical deviations from the normal among children in...
schools (with others). (Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1900, pp.
461-6)

[edit]1901

 The measurement of visual illusion (Report of the British Association for the Advancement of
Science 1901, p. 818)
 Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits, Vol. II., Physiology and
Psychology, pt. I., Introductory, and Visin, pp. vi., 140. Cambridge
 On erythropsia (Trans. Ophthal. Soc. Lond., XXI., pp. 296-305)
 Primitive orientation (Folk-Lore, XII., pp. 210-12)
 The colour vision of the Eskimo (Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc., XI., pp. 143-9)
 Primitive colour vision R. Inst. Lect. (Pop. Sci. Mthly., LIX., pp. 44-58)
 Review of W.A. Nagel's 'Farbensinn d. Tiere' (Brain, XXIV., pp. 663-4)
 Review of A. Lehmann's 'Körperliche Äusserungen psychischer Zustände' (Mind, N.S., X., pp.
402-4)
 The colour vision of the natives of Upper Egypt (J.A.I., XXXI., pp. 229-47)
 Colour vision: reviwes of Holden and Bosse's 'The order of development of colour perception and
of colour preference in the child'(Man, I., pp. 107-9)
 On the function of the maternal uncle in Torres Straits (Man, Vol. 1, 1901, pp. 171-172)
 On the functions of the son-in-law and brother-in-law in Torres Straits (Man, Vol. 1, 1901, p. 172)

[edit]1902

 Report of Committee on pigmentation survet of the schoolchildren of Scotland (with others)

(Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1902, pp. 352-3; 1903, p. 415)
 Welsh words for colour, (Atheneaum, London, 1830, 3874, 1902: Jan., p.119)
 Note on the sister's son in Samoa (Folk-Lore, XIII., p.199)

[edit]1903

 Observations on the vision of the Uralis and Sholagas (Madras Govt. Mus. Bull., V., pp. 1-16)
 Toda Kinship and Marriage; the Toda dairy (Report of the British Association for the Advancement
of Science, 1903, pp. 810-12)
 The psychology and sociology of the Todas and the tribes of Southern India (Report of the British
Association for the Advancement of Science, LXXIII., pp. 415-16)
 The funeral of Sunerani (Eagle, XXIV., pp. 337-43)

[edit]1904

 Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits, Vol. V: Genealogical

tables; Kinship; Totemism (with A.C Haddon); The regulation of marriage; Personal names
 Note on R.C. Punnett's 'On the proportion of the sexes among the Todas' (Proc. Camb. Philos.
Soc., XII., pp. 487-8)
 Toda prayer (Folk-Lore, XV., pp. 166-81)
 Some funeral customs of the Todas; On the senses of the Todas (Report of the British Association
for the Advancement of Science, 1904, pp. 726, 749-50)
 Investigations of the comparative visual acuity of savages and of civilised people (Brit. Med. J.,
1904, II., p. 1297)
 'Acuité visuelle des peuples civillisées et des sauvages' (Ann. d'Oeul., CXXXII., pp. 455- )

[edit]1905

 Observations on the senses of the Todas (Brit. J. of Psych., I., pp. 321-96)
 The afferent nervous system from a new aspect; with H. Head and J. Sherren (Brain, XXVIII., pp.
99-115)

[edit]1906

 The Todas. Map, illus., 22cm. London

 Demonstration of new apparatus for psychological tests (Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc., XIII., p. 392)
 Report on the psychology and sociology of the Todas and other Indian tribes (Proc. Roy. Soc. B.,
77, pp. 239-41)
 The astronomy of Torres Straits Islanders; A survival of twofold origin (Report of the British
Association for the Advancement of Science, 1906, pp. 701-2)

[edit]1907

 The marriage of cousins in India (J. R. Asiatic Soc., PP. 611-40)

 Report of a Sub-Committee appointed to advise on the publication of a new edition of 'Notes and
Queries on Anthropology' (with others)
 The action of caffeine on the capacity for muscular work (Journ. Physiol., XXXVI., pp. 34-47)
 Review of Sex and Society by W. I. Thomas (Man, Vol. 7, 1907, pp. 111-111)
 On the origin of the classificatory system of relationships (Anthrop. Essays pres. to E.B Taylor, pp.
309-23. Oxford)
 Report of Committee on anthropometric investigation in the British Isles (with others) (Rep. Brit.
Assoc., 1907, pp. 354-68)
 Morgan's Malayan system of relationship; Some sociological definitions (Rep. Brit. Assoc.,
LXXVII., p. 640, and pp. 653-5)
 Review of C.F Jayne's 'String Figures' (Folk-Lore, XVIII., pp. 112-16)

[edit]1908

 Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits, Vol. VI (Eastern

Islanders): Genealogies; Kinship; Personal names; The regulation of marriage; Social organisation
 The influence on alcohol and other drugs on fatigue (Croonian Lects., R. Coll. Physicians, 1906).
London: E. Arnold, pp. 144
 A human experiment in nerve division (with H. Head) (Brain, XXXI., pp. 323-450)
 The illusion of compared horizontal and verticle lines (with G.D. Hicks), and The influence of
small doses of alcohol on the capacity for muscular work (with H.N. Webber) (Brit. J. of Psychol., II.,
pp. 252-5)

[edit]1909

 Review of B. Thomson's 'The Fijians' (Folk-Lore, XX., pp. 252-5)

 'Some notes on magical practices in the Banks' Islands,' a paper read before the Folklore Soc.
(Folk-Lore, XXI., p. 2)
 Totemism in Polynesia and Melanesia (J.R.A.I, XXXIX., pp. 156-80)

[edit]1910

 The genealogical method of anthropological inquiry (Sociol. Review, III, pp. 1-12)
 French translation of the above (Rev. d'Ethnogr. & de Sociol., Paris)
 The father's sister in Oceania (Folk-Lore, XXI., pp. 42-59)
 Report of Committee on establishment of a system of measuring mental characters (with others)
(Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1910, p. 267)
 Kava-drinking in Melanesia (Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1910, p. 734)
 The Solomon Island basket (with Mrs. A. H. Quiggin) (Man, X., pp. 161-3)
[edit]1911

 The ethnological analysis of culture (Pres. Address to Section H. Brit. Assoc.) (Science, XXXIV.,
pp. 385-97; Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1911, pp. 490-9; Nature, LXXXVII., p. 356)
 Report of Committee on mental and physical factors involved in education (with others) (Rep.
Brit. Assoc., 1911, pp. 177-214; 1912, pp. 327-38; 1913, pp. 302-5)

[edit]1912

 Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits, Vol. IV. Astronomy
 The disappearance of useful arts (Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1912, pp. 598-9)
 Island-names in Melanesia, The Geographical Journal, (Geog. Jorn., pp. 458-68)
 Conventionalism in primitive art (Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1912, p. 599)
 The socioloical significance of myth (Folk-Lore, XXIII., pp. 307-331)
 The primitive conception of death (Hibbert J., X., pp. 393-407)
 "Andrew Lang: Folklorist and Critic" [Obituary] in Folk-Lore, volume 23, (1912). pp. 369–371
 Articles on Methodology, Marriage, Relationship, Poperty and Inheritance in Part III., Sociology, of
'Notes and Queries on Anthropology,' 4th ed.

[edit]1913

 Survival in sociology (Sociol. Rev., VI., pp. 293-305)

 Report on anthropological research outside America (Carnegie Inst. of Washington publns., 200)
 A gypsy pedigree and its lessons (with G. Hall) (Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1913, p. 625)
 Massage in Melanesia (paper read at the 17th Internat. Congress of Medicine, sect. xxiii., pp. 39-
42. Lond.)
 The bow in New Ireland (Man. XIII., p. 54)
 The contact of peoples (essays to W. Ridgeway, pp. 474-92. Cambridge)
 Sun-cult and megaliths in Oceania; R. Inst. lect. (Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1913, p. 634, and Amer.
Anthrop., N.S., XVII., pp. 431-45)

[edit]1914

 Notes on the Heron pedigree (Gypsy Lore Soc., VII., 88-104)

 The History of Melanesian society (Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to Melanesia, 2 vols.
Cambridge)
 Kinship and social organisation (Studies in Economic and Political Science, No. 36)
 Kin, Kinship (Hastings' 'Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics,' VII., pp. 700-7)
 Is Australian culture simple or complex? Gerontocracy and marriage in Australia (Rep. Brit.
Assoc., 1914, pp. 529-32)

[edit]1915

 Descent and ceremonial in Ambrim (J.R.A.I., XLV., pp. 229-33)

 Review of Prof. G. Elliot Smith's 'The migrations of early culture' (J. Egyptian Archaeol., II, pp.
256-7)
 The boomerang in the New Hebrides (Man, Vol. 15, 1915, pp. 106-108)
 Melanesian gerontocracy (Man, XV., pp. 145-7)
 Marriage (Introductory and Primitive); Mother-right (in Hastings' 'Enc. Religion and Ethics,' VIII.,
pp. 423-32, 851-9)

[edit]1916

 Medicine, Magic and Religion- book published 1923] (Fitzpatrick Lects. 1915) (originally
published in stages. Lancet XCIV., pp. 59-65, 117-23)
 Irrigation and the cultivation of taro (Nature, XCVII., p.514, and Abst. in Manchester Lit. and Phil.
Soc. Mem. and Proc., LX., pp. xliv.-v., 1917)
 Sociology and psychology (Sociol. Rev., IX., pp. 1-13)

[edit]1917

 Freud's psychology of the unconscious. Paper read at the Edinburgh Pathological Club, Mar. 7,
1917 (Lancet, XCV., pp. 912-14)
 A case of claustrophobia (Lancet, XCV., pp. 237-40)
 Medicine, Magic and Religion (Lancet, XCV., pp. 919-23, 959-64; book published 1923)
 New Britain, New Ireland, New Caledonia, New Hebrides (Hastings' 'Enc. Religion and Ethics,'
IX., pp. 336-9, 352-5)
 Dreams and primitive culture (Bull. J, Rylands Library, IV)
 The government of subject peoples ('Science and the Nation,' ed. A.C Seward, pp. 302-328)

[edit]1918

 The Repression of War Experience (Lancet, XCVI., pp. 513-33)

 Maori burial chests (Man, XCIII., p. 97)
 Why is the 'unconscious' unconscious? (Brit. J. Psychol., IX., pt. 2, pp. 236-46)

[edit]1919

 Psychology and medicine (Pres. Address Medical Section, Brit. Psychol. Soc.) (Lancet, XCVII.,
pp. 889-92)
 Mind and medicine (Bull. J. Rylands Library, V.)
 Psychiatry and the War (Science, New Series, Vol. 49, No. 1268 (Apr. 18, 1919), pp. 367-369)
 Review of C. Wissler's 'The American Indian' (Man, XIX, pp. 75-6)
 Psychology and the War; Pres. address to Brit. Assoc., Sub-Section Psychology (Rep. Brit.
Assoc., 1919, p. 313)

[edit]1920

 Studies in neurology (with H. Head and others) Oxford Medical publns. 2 vols.
 Anthropology and the missionary (Church Miss. Review, Sept.)
 Instinct and the Unconscious 1st edit. Cambridge
 The dying out of native races; Lect. at R. Inst. Public Health, May, 1918 (Lancet, XCVIII., pp. 42–
4, 109–11)
 The concept of “soul-substance” in New Guinea and Melanesia (Folk-Lore, 31, pp. 48–69)
 Freud's conception of the censorship (Psycho-analytic Rev., VII., 3)
 History and ethnology (History, N.S., V., pp. 65–80)
 Ships and boats; Solomon Islands (Hastings' 'Enc. Religion and Ethics,' XI., pp. 471-4, 680–5)
 Review of Mrs. Scoresby Routledge’s ‘The mystery of Easter Island’ (Folk-Lore, 31, pp. 82–87)
 Review of R.H Lowie's 'Primitive Society' (Amer. Anthrop., XXII., pp. 278–83)
 The statues of Easter Island (Folk-Lore, 31, pp. 294–306)
 Instinct and the unconscious (Brit. J. of Psychol., X., pp. 1–7)
 Psychology and medicine (Brit. J. of Psychol., X., pp. 183–93)

[edit]1921

 The orgin of hypergamy (J. Bihar and Orissa Research Soc., Patna, VII., pp. 9-24)
 Conservatism and plasticity; Pres. Address to the Folk-Lore Soc. (Folk-Lore, XXXII., pp. 10-27)
 Affect in the dream (Brit. J. Psychol., XII., pp. 113-24)
 Kinship and marriage in India (Man in India, I., pp. 6-10)
 The Todas (Hastings' 'Enc. Religion and Ethics,' XII., pp. 354-7)

[edit]1922

 Instinct and the unconscious. 2nd edit. Cambridge

 Psycho-neurotic symptoms associated with miners' nystagmus (Medical Reasearch Council:
Special Report Series, 65, pp. 60-64)
 Methods of dream analysis (Brit J. Psychol., Medical Section II., pt. 2, pp. 101-108)
 The symbolism of rebirth; Pres. Address to Folk-Lore Soc. (Folk-Lore, XXXIII, pp. 14-33)

[edit]1922 (posthumous)

 The psychological factor (Essays on the depopulation of Melanesia, ed. W.H.R.R., pp. 83-
Cambridge)
 History and Ethnology, with bibliography (Helps for Students of History, No. 48, S.P.C.K., Lond.)
 The relation of complex and sentiment (Brit. J. Psychol., XIII.)

[edit]1923

 Conflict and Dream (edit. G. Elliot Smith). London

 Psychology and Politics (edit. G. Elliot Smith). London

[edit]1924

 Social Organisation (edit. by W.J Perry). London

[edit]1926

 Psychology and Ethnology (edit. G. Elliot Smith). London