Analyses of Books. [September, 
the menhirs of Carnac in Brittany and the Siva emblems in 
The tumuli described in the second pamphlet bear a remark- 
able resemblance to the barrows of Europe. The inner colon- 
nade at Stonehenge is a repetition of the horse-shoe temples of 
Ajanta and Sanchi, and the Buddhist tree-worship displayed in 
the Sanchi has reliefs is the counterpart of the Druidical rever- 
ence for the oak. 
The agate weapons found in India are supposed to have been 
shaped by human beings (or anthropoids?) whose reasoning 
powers were but very slightly developed, and point to an earlier 
stage of the existence of man than is yet known. The author 
thinks a geological inquiry into the age of the Nerbudda forma- 
tion necessary. It is still doubtful whether these formations 
correspond to the Pleiocene of Europe, and whether these agate 
implements are really derived from the Nerbudda gravels or from 
some later deposit. 
The Journal of the Royal Historical and Arch ecological Associ- 
ation of Ireland. Vol. v., Fourth Series, No. 39. Dublin : 
Ponsonby and Murphy. 
We find here but little matter which can legitimately come within 
our cognizance. 
Mr. W. Noble, in a paper on the age of a bronze pin near 
Enniskillen, remarks that in a bog like that of Cavancarragh 
a formation of 6 feet would take about a thousand years to grow. 
Mr. W. Gray communicates an elaborate illustrated paper on 
the character and distribution of the rudely-worked flints of the 
North of Ireland, chiefly in Antrim and Down. He draws no 
conclusions as to the time when Ireland was first inhabited, or 
to the character of the earliest settlers. 
Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. Vol. ii. 
1, 2, 3, and 4 Quarterly issues. Rio de Janeiro. 
This volume of Transactions, bearing the date 1877, has only 
just reached us. As a matter of course the value of its contents, 
which are otherwise interesting, is considerably lessened by its 
late appearance, since the observations here recorded are already 
known to the scientific world. 
The principal memoirs here included are — “ On the Action of 
the Poison of Bothrops Jararaca, the Lance-headed Snake of 
