PREFACE. 



Tait, ought to go on, " honestly, patiently, diffidently, 

 observing and storing np his observations, and carry- 

 ing his reasonings unflinchingly to their legitimate 

 conclusions, convinced that it would be treason to 

 the majesty at once of science and of religion if he 

 sought to help either by swerving ever so little from 

 the straight rule of truth." * 



Ethnology, in fact, is passing at present through 

 a phase from which other Sciences have safely 

 emerged, and the new views with reference to the 

 Antiquity of Man, though still looked upon with 

 distrust and apprehension, will, I doubt not, in a 

 few years, be regarded with as little disquietude as 

 are now those discoveries in astronomy and geology, 

 which at one time excited even greater opposition. 



I have great pleasure in expressing my gratitude 

 to many archaeological friends for the liberal manner 

 in which their museums have been thrown open 

 to me, and for much valuable assistance in other 

 ways. My sincere thanks are due to Professor 

 Steenstrup for many of the figures by which the work 

 is illustrated. Others, through the kindness of Sir 

 W. E. "Wilde, Mr. Franks, and Dr. Thurnam, have 



* Lecture on Science and Eevelation, delivered at Edinburgh. See The Times> 

 November 7th, 1864. 





