[06tober, 
664 Analyses of Books. 
Mr. R. J. Usher has discovered a submarine crannoge under 
high-water mark at Ardmore Bay. It is suspedled to have 
existed from times when the British islands were connected with 
the Continent. 
Fashion in Deformity. A Discourse by Prof. W. H. Flower, 
LL.D., F.R.S., &c., delivered at the Royal Institution, 
May 7th, 1880. 
A popular but corre& account of the various mutilations and 
disfigurements of the human person praaised at the diaates of 
fashion, from the perforated noses and lips or distorted skulls of 
savage tribes to the cramped feet and waists of so-called 
civilised Europe and America. 
Let the British public read this pamphlet, and then believe, 
if it can, the assertion that fashion is an aiming after ideal 
beauty ! 
Several important books stand over for review, on account of 
the want of space. 
