CORRECTION. 
Mr. Editor: 
Though I requested the sendnig of proof for my article in the hist (April) 
Bulletin, the printer sent me neither proof sheets, nor my MS., nor the plates. 
I i-egret to find the following corrections necessary : 
Page 134. Quarternary should be Quaternary. 
Page 134. Linnean should be L.innean. 
Page 134. Sexcomrnunes should be six communes. 
Page 134. Madaleuneenne should be Madelaineenne. ' 
Page 134. Monsterienne should be Mousterienne. 
Page 135. The same as the last two. 
Page 13 5. Acheulleenne should be Acheuleenne. 
Page 136. fine should be firm. 
The French adjectives frequently cause confusion on the part of English 
writers and printers who ha\ e not studied French grammar and do not know 
that and why the feminine form differs from the masculine. 
I propose to English writing archeologists that they apply the English 
"ian" to the French name; it will always fit both genders and numbers in 
English. 
Chelleen and Chelleenne are the masculine and feminine forms derived 
from Chelles, the name of a prehistoric station in the valley of the Marne 
river, about 11 miles nearly due east of Paris. Let us write the derived 
adjective Cheliian^ which is plain English for both of the above adjectives and 
always correct for the masculine, feminine, singular and plural forms ; 
Likewise Acheulian, from St. Acheul (gravel beds in the valley of the 
Somme river) ; 
Mousterian^ from Le Moustier, the cav'ern near the bank of the very 
interesting Vezere river, a tributary to the Dordogne ; 
Solntrianj from Solutre.. a rock shelter near Macon in tlie valley of the 
Saone river, some 50 miles almost due west from Geneva. 
MadelainiaUj from La Madelaine, a rock shelter also on the Vezere, only a 
short distance below Le Moustier. 
If my suggestion is adopted, it will save many who read or write on 
French archeology doubts and vexation. 
You will oblige me by causing proof sheets of the above to be sent me for 
n x ision with my MS. 
Yours trulv. 
r. H. DOERFLTNGER. 
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