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great teachers of Chinese and Hindoo antiquity ;” 10. ‘‘ While 
the probability is preéminent that the ancient Americans are of 
old world origin, and that the Mayas and Nahuas reached this 
continent from opposite directions, it is certain that the civilization 
developed by each people is indigenous.” 
PERUVIAN ANTIQUITIES.—Those who have read with pleasure 
Squier’s “ Peru,” published by the Harpers in 1877, will, no doubt, 
be delighted to see the following title and table of contents of the 
most thorough work on Peruvian antiquities that has yet ap- 
peared: 
Wiener, Charles. Pérou et Bolivie. Récit de voyage ‘suivi 
d'etudes archéologiques et ethnographiques et de notes sur 
l’ecriture et les langues des populations indiennes: Ouvrage con- 
tenant plus de 1100 gravures, 27 cartes et 18 plans. Paris, Li- 
brairie Hachette et Cie., 79 Boulevard Saint Germain, 1880. Droits 
de propriété et de traduction réservés. In 1875 M. Wiener was 
. Sent by the Minister of Public Instruction of France to Peru and 
Bolivia upon an archzological and ethnographical mission to last 
two years. The observations of the author are classed into four 
groups: 1. Account of his travels; 2. Archeological researches ; 
3. Observations upon ethnography; 4. Linguistic studies. In 
giving an account of antiquities, M. Wiener observes that he does 
not take upon himself the office of the panegyrist nor that of the 
detractor, but confines himself to an accurate account of the wit- 
ness of these ancient civilizations, dividing them into three 
classes, architecture, sculpture and decoration (peinture). 
GEOLOGY AND PALAONTOLOGY. 
The flow of this glacier was subsequent to that of the great ice- 
sheet. More recently Prof. C. H. Hitchcock has described the 
glacial drift of this region in the New Hampshire Geological 
Reports. He also found abundant traces of such a glacier. 
During June, 1879, while studying the modified drift of the 
Androscoggin valley, the writer incidentally noted the signs of the 
local glacier. The most unique morainal mass which I found in 
