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the desert (between Edfou and Silsilis). Zaborowski considers these 
petroglyphs to be symbolical, and for the most part more ancient 
than the Egyptian hieroglyphs, to the formation of which they 
possibly led. 
Thus the ancient populations of northern Africa present three very 
important phases of culture in common, namely, similar implements, 
the same burial costumes, and similar rock-engravings. This estab- 
lishes the fact that the neolithic, populations of northern Africa were 
closely interrelated, more so than the peoples living in the same 
regions since the stone period. 
It is to be hoped that this excellent dissertation by Professor 
Zaborowski will soon be followed by a comprehensive study of the 
osseous remains of the ancient inhabitants of northern Africa. 
HRDLICKA. 
Prehistoric Art." 
gives an exhaustive account of our present knowledge concerning the 
art of prehistoric peoples. ‘This paper is a contribution to the his- 
tory of art rather than to the science of art, and is intended as a record 
of the actual manifestations of art in the various epochs of human 
culture in prehistoric times, showing the eathee specimens, and thus 
presenting the idea indicated in the title.’ 
The author has confined his attention to known facts, and submits 
these as a foundation upon which others may theorize if so inclined. 
He has rendered a great service to archeology in thus gathering 
together such a wealth of information, and his profound knowledge 
and experience in this department of science would have warranted 
him, if any one, in indulging in speculations regarding the cultural 
stages indicated by the artifacts described. The work is divided 
into three sections: I. Paleolithic Period; II. Neolithic Period; and 
III. Prehistoric Musical Instruments; the last having been prepared 
jointly with Mr, E. P. Upham. F. R. 
The Lamp of the Eskimo.? — This paper is announced to be one 
of a series upon “ heating and illumination from the standpoint of the 
ethnologist.” The uses and importance of the lamp are described, 
1 Wilson, Thomas. Prehistoric Art: or the Origin of Art as manifested in the 
Works of Peblatorie Man, Report of the U. S. National Museum for 1896, pp. 349- 
664. Government Printing Office, 1898. 
2 Hough, Walter. The Lamp of the Eskimo, Report U. S. National Museum, 
1896, pp. 1027-1057. 
