1070 General Notes. { Decemter, 
THE IconoGrapuic Encycrop@p1a.—The second volume of 
this publication is based on von Eye’s ‘Culturgeschichte; but has 
a chapter on Prehistoric Archeology, by Professor Daniel G. 
Brinton, which doubles the value of the original work. We have 
no hesitation in placing this article at the head of all compendi- 
ums upon this subject. The method of treatment is historical. 
The introductory chapter is devoted to a sketch of the science 
and the methods and problems which have for the past quarter of 
a century engaged the minds of archzologists. The characteris- 
tics and art productions of the European age of stone in its two 
periods, the palzolithic and the neolithic; the age of bronze and 
the age of iron are treated in the first fifty pages. 
he prehistoric archeology of the western hemisphere is 
treated under the following analysis: 
I. Paleolithic period, 
1. The Palzolithic period of North America. 
2. The Palzolithic period of South America, 
Concluding remarks on the Paleolithic period. 
II. Neolithic period. 
` A. Archzeology of the United States. 
1. Art in stone. 
5. Metals. 
6. Other ancient remains. 
B. Archz:ology of Mexico and Central America. 
I. Art in stone. 
2. Metals, 
3- Pottery. 
4. Bone and Shell, 
5. Paper. 
C. Archeology of the Andean nations. 
I. Art in stone. 
2. Art in bone, shell and wood. 
3- Metals, 
4. Pottery. 
5. Other x i 
D. Archæology of Southern and Eastern South America and the West Indies. 
I. Art in stone. : 
2. Pottery. 
3. Metals, bones and shell, 
al observation’ on American art. 
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It is marvelous to see how much Dr. Brinton has crowded into 
_ such a small space. No one is expected to say everything in = 
_ encyclopedic article. The only improvement we could sng 
would have been to give with each paragraph a reference ae no 
ost distinguished treatise on that topic. This would have donè =~ 
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