Xll PREFACE. 



Since the First Edition was published, I have visited 

 the principal German and Italian museums, and have 

 been in correspondence with the most active archaeo- 

 logists both in Europe and also across the Atlantic. 



I cannot attempt here to express in any suitable 

 manner my gratitude for the assistance which I have 

 received. Every museum which I have visited has 

 been thrown open to me with the greatest liberality, 

 and every archaeologist whom I have consulted has 

 given me the readiest and fullest information. 



No one can be more sensible than I am of the 

 many shortcomings of this "Work. Those, however, 

 who perceive them most clearly, will, I am sure, be 

 disposed to judge them leniently, because they will 

 best be able to appreciate the difficulty of keeping 

 pace with a science which has so many and such 

 enthusiastic votaries ; the results of whose earnest 

 labour are to be found scattered through a number 

 of periodicals, published in many different countries 

 and in various tongues. 



ELMS, DOWN, KENT, 

 March, 1869. 



