388 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



in the Annates de Philosophic Chretienne, J anuary and Feb- 

 ruary, is a paper by II. J. Anselm, entitled La Terra Antedi- 

 luvienne sous le nom de l'Atlantide ; Dr. George Fischer dis- 

 cusses Mineralogy as the Handmaid of Archaeology in the 

 Archiv, vol. x., No. 4 ; Mr. Hodder M. Westropp publishes, 

 through Bohn, a Hand-book of Egyptian, Grecian, Etruscan, 

 and ltoman Archaeology; and Mr. C. F. Keary, a work en- 

 titled "The Dawn of History, an Introduction to Prehistoric 

 Study," through Mozley & Smith. 



AFRICA. 



On African archaeology there is very little to mention out- 

 side of Egypt. The republication of Sir Gardiner Wilkin- 

 son's work on the "Manners and Customs of the Ancient 

 Egyptians," under the editorial supervision of Dr. Samuel 

 Birch, leaves little to be desired in this direction. In the 

 Journal of the Anthropological Institute, vol. vii., p. 323, Cap- 

 tain R. F. Burton describes a Collection of Flint Flakes from 

 Egypt. M. S. Berthelot contributes to the Pevue d? Anthro- 

 pologic, p. 232, a paper on New Discoveries of Antiquities 

 at Forteventura, Canaries. In the Cape Monthly, p. 25V, is 

 an article by Dr. Theophilus Hahn, on the Graves of Heitsi- 



eibit. 



ASIA. 



If Africa, outside of Egypt, has little to attract the archae- 

 ologist, Asia, by the abundance of her antiquities, completely 

 overwhelms him. To commence with Palestine, the Explo- 

 ration Fund of England, and the labors of Dr. Merrill, ac- 

 counts of which appeared in the Athenaeum from time to 

 time, are the principal researches. Lieutenant Conder has 

 published a volume on Palestine, from materials collected 

 while laboring for the Fund. The endless discussion about 

 the value of the Shapira pottery has narrowed down to a 

 personal controversy concerning human veracity. For the 

 Mesopotamian valley, the papers read before the Society of 

 Biblical Archaeology are of the first importance. In addi- 

 tion to these, valuable material is to be found in the publi- 

 cations of the Royal Asiatic Society and its branches, of the 

 Morgenlandische Gesellschaft, and of the Societe Asiatique, 

 not only concerning Mesopotamian antiquities, but also for 

 the whole Asiatic continent. Mr. Layard has sent to Eng- 



