Reviews and Book Xotices. 



1897, with the co-operation of a committee appointed by the 

 British Association. The original is in the Insular Museum 

 now temporarily located in Castle Rushen. The second illus- 

 tration (Plate XIV.) shows two views of a curiously-shaped 

 and decorated small urn, found in a barrow at Cronk Aust. 

 It measures inches in height by 6^4, inches in greatest 



diameter. It contained cremated bones. The third illustration 

 (p. 190) gives a representation of a number of pre-historic bronze 

 implements, etc., found in the island. These consist of plain 

 and socketed celts, palstaves, swords, dagger and spear heads, 

 and sickles. Comparatively speaking, however, only a few loose 

 bronze objects have been discovered. 



Relating to another branch of Manx archaeology, Mr. 

 Kermode has written a paper dealing with ' Traces of the Norse 

 Mythology in the Isle of Man.''''"" The evidences are largely 

 derived from the carvings on the old crosses, several fine 

 examples of which are figured in the pamphlet. Upon these 

 stones of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the author has 

 found and described scenes and stories from the Viking faith. 

 His story is a fascinating one, and contains much matter for the 

 consideration of any student of antiquities and folk lore. 







'One and All' Gardening, 1905. Edited by Edwd. Owen 



Greening, F.R.H.S. London : The Ag-ricultural and Horticultural 

 Association, Ltd. 



This popular annual attains its tenth issue with the present number. 

 Its size is undiminished, comprising- 200 pag'es of interesting- matter, 

 illustrated with about 150 photo-eng^ravings and woodcuts. There are 

 about 40 orig-inal articles by capable writers. The first edition printed is 

 100,000 copies. The price remains at the popular charg-e of twopence, 

 bring-ing the annual easily within the reach of all garden owners of every 

 class. 



Fireside Astronomy. D. W. Horner. Witherby & Co. London. 

 IS. 6d. net. 



We reg-ret we cannot report favourably on this little book. It is not 

 cheap compared with some other astronomical works ' for the general 

 reader' ; the author has not the happiest of ways of making the subject 

 plain — in parts he is inaccurate, and the illustrations are vile. 



Mr. Benjamin Harrison, of Igtham, Kent, who has done so much work 

 in connection with the earliest evidences of man's handiwork in Britain - 

 viz., the Eolithic Flint Implements — has issued a useful pamphlet entitled, 

 'An Outline of the History of the Eolithic Flint Implements' (6d.). The 

 author describes the various types of implements he has discovered during 

 the past fifty years, and gives"^an outline of the theory advanced respocinig 

 their origin. The pamphlet is illustrated. 



* London : Bemrose & Sons, Ltd. ; 30 pp. and 10 plates. Price js. bd. 



1905 June I. 



