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libel on a great number of men who probably have less anthropormorphic, 
but really nobler and grander ideas of the Creator of all things than ‘‘Veri- 
fier.” Finally, we read, “ It will eventually be acknowledged that, at the 
time and in the process of fashioning the globe, a power was exerted totally 
different from the present course of nature.” We do not think that this pro- 
phecy will be fulfilled ; on the contrary, we believe that the persistence of 
the influence of the primitive energies is true, and characteristic of the in- 
finite wisdom which in the moral government of the world taught man not 
to bear false witness against his neighbour. 
S the circle of the sciences continues to enlarge, it comes in contact with 
subjects which were formerly considered to lie far outside its pale. 
Scientific methods are now-a-days applied to history, to mythology, and to 
almost all archaeological subjects. Everything that relates to man in the 
past, when treated scientifically, is in fact fairly claimed as material for an- 
thropological study. And the wholesome effect of this has been well seen in 
our increased knowledge of the early history of our own islands. The old- 
fashioned type of antiquary who was wont to attribute everything to the 
Romans is not, it is true, extinct, but he is certainly becoming rare. Geo- 
logists and craniologists have worked hand in hand with the archaeologist, 
and their combined labours have been fraught with excellent results. Bone 
caves have been explored, and barrows have been opened, and an entirely 
new light has been thus shed upon the history of our “ rude forefathers.” 
Mr. Rooke Pennington is an enthusiastic explorer of the prehistoric anti- 
quities of the Derbyshire Peak, and takes much interest in the little museum 
at Castleton. In preparing a catalogue of the archaeological part of this 
museum, he was led to jot down some notes on local antiquities, and these 
notes have grown into the volume before us. 
Derbyshire has been rich in antiquarian explorers, among whom we may 
mention the names of Bateman, Carrington, and Llewellyn Jewitt. But 
there is plenty of room everywhere for those who really wish to assist in 
the interpretation of that mysterious Past which speaks only in the lan- 
guage of a flint arrow, or a bronze dagger, or a rude urn. Mr. Pennington 
has consequently been able to add something to our knowledge of this Past 
by his exploration of some of the barrows and caves in which Derbyshire 
abounds. 
Both long barrows and round barrows are found in Derbyshire ; and the 
former, we presume, are, as elsewhere, the more ancient. The long barrows 
formed the resting-place of a prehistoric race with marked dolichocephaly ; 
and the Derbyshire tumuli thus conform to the famous anthropological dic- 
tum, “ Long barrows and long heads ; round barrows and round heads.” 
The round or bowl-shaped barrows contain both burnt and contracted 
* “ Notes on the Barrows and Bone Caves of Derbyshire : with an Account 
of a Descent into Elden Hole.” By Rooke Pennington, B.A., LL.B., F.G.S. 
8vo. London : Macmillan & Co. 1877. 
DERBYSHIRE IN PREHISTORIC TIMES.* 
