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REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 
PRE-HISTORIC AND ROMAN BRITAIN. 
That there is an increased interest being taken in the earlier history of 
this country is evidenced by the fact that new societies are constantly 
being formed, the special object of which is the study of the beginnings: 
of our history; as well as by the publication of books and monographs. 
From Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. we have received 
Pre-Historic Man in Cheshire, by the late W. Shone, F.G.S. 110 pp., 3/-. 
This booklet contains’ the first chapters of a projected History of 
Cheshire, which never saw the light; consequently the author, having 
prepared the work, arranged for its publication. It is an admirable com- 
pilation, and has well illustrated chapters on the Paleolithic, Neolithic, and 
Bronze Ages; ‘ Late Celtic Times,’ an admirable bibliography, and appen- 
dices. The work seems to have been carefully and conscientiously com- 
piled, and typical implements, etc., found in Cheshire, are illustrated. 
In addition the booklet gives a good account of the early inhabitants of the 
district. The axe-head from Hargrave (on Fig. 8), is remarkably like the 
well-known conical celts which are found at Bridlington. 
Saddleworth: Its Pre-Historic Remains, by Ammon Wrigley. Old- 
ham: W. E. Clegg. 77 pp:, 1/6 net. 
This is on similar lines to ‘ Pre-Historic Cheshire’ already referred 
to, and deals with the district around Saddleworth. The evidences: 
relating to the various periods are given, and there are many illustrations: 
of implements, urns, sites, etc. Some of these are from the author’s: 
drawings, and some from photographs; we like the latter best. 
The Stone Age and Lake Lothing, by J. Chambers. O'Driscoll, Lowes- 
toft, 1911. 28 pp., 44d. 
In this pamphlet the author sets out with the laudable object of des- 
cribing the flint implements found in the bed of Lake Lothing, at Lowestoft, 
and begins well; but, as he quotes, ‘I saw a vision in my sleep,’ and he- 
gets on to the question of place-names and their origin, and ends up by 
opining that in Lothingland lingered the last of the Iceni. Still, the 
pamphlet’s cheap enough. 
Proceedings of the Pre-Historie Society of East Anglia for 1908-10. 
Vol. I., pt. 1. Edited by W. G. Clarke, 12 St. Philips’ Road, Norwich. 
TRO Pes Olle: 
Judging by the part before us this Society has more funds than it knows: 
what to do with; otherwise it would not be able to publish such extra- 
ordinary papers at such extraordinary length; though we are glad to learn 
that the authors have helped with the expense, possibly otherwise the papers: 
might not have appeared. It is something to learn that some of the best 
papers read to the Society have been published elsewhere! Mr. J. Reid 
Moir describes implements from deposits where no respectable implements 
should occur ; and whilst he quotes authorities to say that (a) his specimens 
are evidence of human handiwork, and (b) the deposits in which they occur 
are undisturbed : other equal authorities opine that (a) the ‘implements ” 
are quite naturally broken stones, and (b) the deposits in which they occur 
have been disturbed. His illustrations certainly do not seem to help his 
case ; and the Special Committee in their report on the matter certainly 
do not assist matters by dragging in the ‘ Suffolk Coprolite Jaw ’ and the 
‘human face’ on the Pectunculus glysemeris [sic] from the Crag; both 
specimens being generally accepted as workmen’s ‘ jokes.’ 
In Dr. Sturge’s elaborate paper on ‘ The Chronology of the Stone Ages,” 
he states that ‘Since Neolithic man came to Britain there has been an 
Ice Age’; this extraordinary theory to account for minute scratches on 
some flint implements! We do not suppose the theory will appeal to 
anyone who has had a geological training ; nor are we satisfied that Dr.. 
Sturge has proved the existence of the various and numerous separate 
Ice Ages which he advocates, merely on the strength of his flint imple- 
Naturalist,, 
