By the same Author. 



THE ORIGIN OF METALLIC CURRENCY 

 AND WEIGHT STANDARDS. 



New Edition in preparation. 



"Die epochemachende Untersuchungen von William Eidgeway, 

 ' The Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards.' " Deutsches 

 Rundschau, June 5, 1897. 



"It is the induction which is the real strength of the present work. 

 The collection of sure facts is so large, and the facts themselves hang so 

 well together, that we cannot help accepting what they point to at, least 

 until we see whether an adversary can make an equally good collection 

 on^the other side. But we do not expect to find this done." Economic 

 Journal, vol. n, p. 704. 



"One of the most important and brilliantly original works on any 

 archaeological subject which has appeared for many years past." 

 Saturday Review. 



"A book of profound erudition, and of the first value to everyone 

 interested in the early history of civilization." Scotsman. 



THE EARLY AGE OF GREECE, Vol. i 

 (Vol. II in the press). 



"No more lucid piece of argument has been produced for many years. 

 Mr Bidgeway takes no step which is not sure. He trusts neither to 

 prejudice nor to speculation. He admits nothing save facts, and being 

 an eminent anthropologist he does not reason as though Greece were a 

 province set in a vacuum far apart from the civilization of the world." 

 Spectator. 



" With the main arguments we are fully in accord. The finds both 

 in Greece and elsewhere, on which it is largely based, appear so far as we 

 can test the matter to be accurately stated, and no material evidence 

 seems to have been ignored. In this part we can hardly believe that his 



position will be seriously questioned We think the legends are most 



likely to be the battle-ground with his opponents. But they have never 

 been critically examined before in the light of archaeological discoveries, 

 nor has anyone so successfully illustrated them by the way in which 

 historical heroes, like Alexander or Charlemagne, are treated in saga and 

 song ; and when so examined their consistency with themselves and with 

 the finds is indeed remarkable. It is no small confirmation of their value 

 that by following them Mr Eidgeway has been enabled to explain better 

 than any of his predecessors the origin of the Homeric poems." 

 Athenaeum. 



"Der vorliegende erste Band des auf zwei Bande berechneten Werkes 

 verdient wegen des Inhaltes und wegen der Art der Stoffbehandlung 



aufmerksame Beachtung An dieser Stelle muss das Hervorgehobene 



geniigen und wird wenigstens das eine gezeight haben, dass der vor- 

 liegende Band der interessanten Schift, auch schon wegen des reichen 

 Materials in archaologischer und prahistorischer Beziehung, ein sorg- 

 faltiges und eingehendes Studium verdient." Neue Philologische Rund- 

 schau, 1902, pp. 132-5. 



"Jetzt beginnt er in einem grossen Werke, dessen erster Band 

 vorliegt, die Frage nach Griechenlands Jugendzeit in peinlich sorgfaltiger 

 und ausfiihrlicher Weise zu behandeln, und das Buch diinkt uns so 

 interessant, dass wir in einer kurzen Uebersicht seinen Gedankengang 

 hier wiedergeben wollen." Allgemeine Zeitung, 1901, p. 260. 



