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45; IX, page 47; ll, page 52; 111, page 58; Iv, page 67; x, page 
70; V, page 78; vill, page 81. 
Both chapters are among the very best of Mr. Bandelier’s 
Writings, the latter especially meriting our unqualified praise. It 
shows what an enthusiastic man can do who adds to a profound 
knowledge of what has been accomplished, a clear apprehension 
of what remains to be done, The present volume is also free from 
that overburdening of foot-notes, which renders Mr. Bandelier’s 
former treatises difficult to read, and lays him open to the charge 
of pedantry. 
In the Historical Introduction the author not only utilizes the 
very latest authorities, but has enjoyed rare opportunities of 
examining unpublished manuscripts through the courtesy of his 
friends in Mexico and New Mexico. 
The description of the Pecos ruins occupies the greater part of 
the book. About thirty miles south-east of Santa Fé, the valley 
of the Rio Pecos widens into a triangular space, in the center of 
Which rises a table land on whose southern end are located the 
old church of Pecos and directly north the ruins of the ancient 
Pueblos. The church was erected about 250 years ago by the 
Indians, under the direction of the Catholic fathers. It is nowa 
total ruin, even the roof having been used for building outhouses, 
There were two grand edifices upon the mesilla besides numerous 
smaller ones. From the walls now standing, Mr. Bandelier was 
able to secure enough measurements to recover the ground plans 
of the two ancient Pueblos, one of which was an oblong building, 
the other a hollow square partly open on the south ; the area was 
enclosed by a wall of circumvallation. It will be impossible to 
° more than to allude to the excessive care exercised in securing 
the measurements of the hundreds of rooms in detail. 
documentary, commences at an epoch unknown, but marked by 
glazed pottery and pueblo structures, and extends to 1598. The 
- S0cumentary period covers the remaining time up to the present 
day, although we are indebted to modern vandalism for the loss: 
®t Precious material. The explosion of the Montezuma myth, p- 
"I, is done in Mr. Bandelier’s best manner. 
ANTHROPOLOGY IN New ZEALAND.—There is no foreign journal 
of scientific work more prompt in its appearance than the Trans- 
actions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, the thir- 
teenth volume of which, issued April, 1881, is now before us, — 
VOL, XV.—wNo, x, 57 “ 
