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entailing perhaps five hundred hours work, have secured only 
eight rude stone implements! 
Prof. Milne, therefore, stands accused of gross misrepresenta- 
tion, to use no harsher term, for had he collected in the Omori 
mounds, or had he examined the collections at the University of 
Tokio, indeed had he taken the slightest pains to ascertain the 
truth in regard to the matter, he would have seen the wide differ- 
ence in the number and character of the implements collected in 
the two places. 
Judging from “ the spirit of truth” which animated Mr. Dick- 
ins in the preparation of his article, it is no wonder he prefers 
such an authority to that of the “Salem Zodlogist,’ as he 
courteously designates the writer. 
The above passages are sufficient to show the general character 
of this remarkable production. There is one portion of Prol. 
Milne’s paper that is a valuable addition to our knowledge of the 
early people of Japan, and that portion, significantly enough, has 
been extracted from a recent work written by Mt. Kurokawa 
Mayori, for the translation and revision of which Prof. Milne has 
to thank the accomplished scholar, Ernest Satow ! 
e turn with relief from this paper to a work published by 
Henry von Siebold, from the press of M. Levy & Co., Yokohama. 
Mr. Siebold’s work in quarto contains twenty-two pages of letter 
press, and is illustrated by twelve excellent photographic plates, 
crowded with figures of stone implements, stone ornaments an 
a few fragments of pottery. These will be of great interest to 
archzologists, and much credit is due Mr. Siebold for the manner 
and matter of his book. In short chapters he treats of stone — 
implements and stone weapons, Japanese graves, Japanese caves, 
apanese ancient pottery, Japanese shell heaps, stone ornaments 
and bronze objects, and tsuchi mugio or clay figures. 
Many interesting facts are given under these various heads, and 
his work is an important contribution to the scanty knowledge 
we possess of the stone implements of Japan. 
There are some criticisms to be made, however, and the first 
_ politeness and gratitude are universal characteristics of its ere 
In mentioning localities Mr. Siebold is not explicit enough. _!t 
