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to tlieir fund of information concerning these lacustrine habi- 

 tations, the peoples that inhabited them, their domesticated animals, 

 the beasts of the chase which they hunted, their weapons, and the 

 rude arts and manufactures which they practised. Other sources of 

 information have also been largely drawn upon in order to show 

 that lake-dwellings existed in other parts of Europe, and also in 

 Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, which in many respects may be con- 

 sidered analogous to certain peculiar constructions found in Switzer- 

 land, although of later date. The translator has contributed 

 liberally from his own stores of antiquarian lore towards the inter- 

 pi'etation of innixmerable points of interest bearing upon the fabri- 

 cation and uses of the thousand and one objects which have been 

 dug or dredged up from amid the pile-works of these truly wonderful 

 PfdliXbauten. 



The new edition is largely increased as regards the number of its 

 illustrations, as well as in the subject-matter contained in the text itself. 



The book is far removed from a mere translation. On nearly every 

 page Mr. Lee has added some fresh piece of information, collected 

 from innumerable sources, whicK tends greatly to enhance the value 

 and usefulness of the work. 



By the courtesy of Mr. Lee, we are permitted to reproduce a 

 most interesting and remarkable view of the stumps of the piles 

 which once supported the Lake-dwelling of Moringen, a settlement 

 of the Bronze age on the shores of the Lake of Bienne, which con- 

 veys at a glance a wonderful idea of the extent of one of these 

 settlements and the labour involved in its erection. "We hope soon 

 to have the new edition before us, and will not therefore now say 

 more as to its increased usefulness, but will reserve the description 

 of Moringen and other points of interest for a later notice. 



IL — The '-'Testimony of the PiOCks" in Noefolk. A Popular 

 Description of the Geology of the County. By F. W. Hae3iee, 

 P G.S. pp. 38. (London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co.) 



THIS sketch of the geology of Norfolk was delivered as a lecture 

 at Korwich in March, 1877, and gives in an easy and inter- 

 esting form an account of the great physical changes which the area 

 has undergone since Cretaceous times. The method of formation 

 of the Chalk, the Norwich Crag, the Forest-Bed, and the Glacial 

 deposits are especially dwelt upon. Accompanying this little work 

 is an excellent coloured geological section from Hunstanton Cliff to 

 Great Tai-mouth, on which the relations of the various strata are 

 well shown, while the beds passed through in the deep wells at 

 Norwich and Yarmouth are particular] }" noticed. The •' Carstone " 

 of Hunstanton, of Lower Greensand age, is grouped as Neocomian, 

 under the local name of " Sandringham Beds." These beds are 

 stated to consist of sand with shingle-beds in their upper part in the 

 extreme north-west of Norfolk, and Avhich, where indurated, are called 

 Carstone. We can heartily recommend Mr. Harmer's lecture to 

 those who wish to gi'asp the main features of the geology of Norfolk 

 without enterins: into the details. 



