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Iroiu the East fiuds uo support iu archceological facts. In the Aarhli- 

 ger of 1879, he piiblislies a study embracing vast territories: JDes ages de 

 pierre et de bronze dans Vancien et le nouveau mondc (ou the ages of stone 

 and of bronze in the Okl and the New Workl): — French translation iu 

 the Memoirs, 18S0. In this memoir he advances the opinion that these 

 archaeological ages have existed in eastern Asia and in America, and 

 that the system of the three periods has thus a certain value in the 

 whole world. He draws thence the conclusion tliat in the developments 

 of civilization, there is not only a parallelism, but also a tiue relation, 

 even between the most distant races. In his book, Nordens Forhistorie, 

 1878, second edition, 1881 (the pre-history of the North), he seeks to 

 give a complete epitome of the results of northern archaeology. In his 

 last years he occupied himself with researches by which he believed 

 that he could open new horizons upon our knowledge of pre-historic 

 civilization; comparative studies of antiquities from the point of view 

 of their forms and of their ornamentation, which, according to him, 

 must almost all have derived their origin from religious symbols; 

 and detailed observations on the usages and rites according to which 

 antiquities are deposited he thought that he could even form conject- 

 tures about the mythology and the religious life of prehistoric times. 



In his book. The industrial arts of Denmark, London, 1882 (South- 

 Kensington Hand-Book), he has published some conclusions on this 

 subject. 



By the side of Worsaae the men whose names have been mentioned 

 above— among them Mr. Engelhardt especially — have also been active 

 at the museum of Copenhagen during this period. His works treat of 

 the age of iron. We call attention to one of his articles of 1871, Roin- 

 erske Gjenstande fundne i Norden (Roman objects found iu the North), 

 a French resume of which exists in the Memoirs, 1872 ; then to two 

 memoirs on the tombs of the iron age in eastern Denmark (in the Aar- 

 hoger, 1877, cf. Memoirs, 1878-79); and in Jutland (in the Aarboger, 

 1881). Constructed according to a larger plan is his work of 1875, 

 Klassisk Industris og Kulturs Betydaing for Norden (lutluence of classic 

 industry and civilization upon those of the North iu antiquity in the 

 Memoirs, 1875-'76). Mr. Engelhardt died in 1881. 



In Denmark also a new generation of archieologists has formed at 

 the museum iu the period of whose history we are giving a summary. 

 Mr. Sophus Miiller has published there several admirable works on 

 comparative archteology, relying not only upon Danish materials, but 

 also upon a profound knowledge of all the riches existiug in foreign 

 lands, where he has several times visited the most important museums. 

 In a study published iti the Aarboger, 1877, he succeeded in sub-divid- 

 ing the age of iron in Denmark in a more detailed manner than anyone 

 had done before. In 187G, appeared his work on " The periods of the 

 age of bronze," iu which he seeks to demonstrate that the two groups of 

 the northern age of bronze, established by Mr. Worsaae, and defined 



