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    Pec. 6, 1889 The • Fcibliahefa^ Circular...

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    — ' > ¦ ;¦ ¦ ¦ 'Vi of Scandinavian archaeology , and _ M . Du Chaillu shows himself to be singularly well versed in I the Sagas Of Iceland . ' The argumentative portion of the book is perhaps of least value j and I

    we are afraid that the Sco tch , verdict of * not proven' must be pronounced on the laboured I attempt to trace the pedigree of the English people to a Scandinavian source . At the same time I this book is one which demands an answer from historians and ethnologists , for it raises with

    great ability and a singular affluence of learning

    ¦ < ! pnnn concern questions ern the the which origin orisrin ,

    " and migration of the ancient races

    A V * S ^ - ^^ ^»^™ ^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^^ ^^ ^^ r m of ^ ^ Europe . M . ; Pu Tin Chaillu dhailln has lin . a

    i spent eight years in the investi whh - ^^ v v ga K -

    ^ a ^ ^ «^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^ r ^^ ^^ r ^^^^ p ^^^ r ^ w tion of the

    subi juct , and in these i volumes he

    illns-, ; traces in a very | striking way his conclusions from the antiquities discovered in mounds , caves , and bogs , ( 1 as well as from the ancient Sagas and Eddas , The book contains between thirteen and | fourteen hundred woodcuts .

    j ; I Among : Cannibals , an Account of Four Years' Travels in Australia , and of Camp > r . Life ^ J m * m . ^» with w ~ - w —v the W »* - ^ i ^ - « A ^^ B < bori w *^ •^•^ ^ m ^ bhk gines ^^^ vnv of ¦— ' ^» Queenslan - «^^ ¦ a > v " ^* - - ^ i ^ ^^ P ^^ BW ^ r ^ K ^ K d - ^* - ^ , M by r ^ r w C - «^ - arl a M ^ m ^ Lumholtz ^^^ -w ^ - ^—^—^^ -w- ^ b « ¦ « , ¦ ^ M ^•^¦ b . A ^ b ^^ . In l ~ m m the « f ^^ ^^ year V ^ % V ^ 1880 a ^ Mi ^—^ ^—^ ^^ Mr Mtal ^ Hv ^ B ^ .

    j Lumholtz , a distinguished Norwegian naturalist , was cjommissioned to proceed to Australia for i scientific purposes , by the College of Christiania . One object of his expedition was to explore ! Queensland , and another was to collect specimens for the mu 3 eums of the university , as well as i ' I ! _

    interior interior to institute of of the thft researches continent « rvnt . infint into . . Mr TVTr the . TjnmhnltT Juumholtz customs and travelled travelled anthropology widely vrirlelv in in of Australia Au the stralia wild tribes and and he he who known knows inhabit how how the to ho

    ; : n book ^ merged ; iiicn count ^ 1 is a the from valuable ^ b story the stone of ¦ contribution his age rib experiences in to the ethnology _^^ history ^^ . _ amongst au , of and ^ k the their at Abori development a the g same ines— time most — « ¦ with it , of is whom grap ^ B > full hi have c s adventure kill B ^ not . Th yet d ^ H e s

    of * M a hundred appeal other to the illustrations general reader . . The volume contains maps , coloured plates , and upwards

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1587, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/53/