This subject, though comparatively a new one, and upon which a very limited amount of literature has been written, has excited considerable curiosity among its discoverers. These strange figures and marks bear the same resemblance whether found in England, Ireland, Scotland, India, Mexico, Brazil, North America, Sweden, etc. Probably the cup and ring markings were connected with the religious mysteries surrounding the worship of Baal. They are asserted on good authority to be Phallic Symbols, which subject the author has treated of in the present work. _IN THE PRESS._ A new work on the =MASCULINE CROSS= Theory, and recent discoveries connected with Phallicism. _OTHER WORKS._ MATRIMONIAL CEREMONIES DISPLAYED.--Wherein are exhibited the various Customs, Odd Pranks, Whimsical Tricks and Surprising Practises of near one hundred different Kingdoms and Peoples in the World, now used in the Celebration and Consummation of Matrimony, collected from the Papers of a =Rambling Batchelor=, with the Adventures of Sir Harry Fitzgerald and his =Seven Wives=. Cr. 8vo, Japanese parchment, 6s. The above volume describes the extensive and extraordinary ceremonies of the different nations of the world, including an interesting account of the more free and easy rites of the savage tribes. There will also be found an entertaining description of the ceremonies of the Indians in America, at the time of its first colonisation by the Europeans. FLAGELLATION, History of, among different Nations, a Narrative of the Strange Customs and Cruelties of the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, etc., with an Account of its Practice among the Early Christians as a Religious Stimulant and Corrector of Morals, also Anecdotes of Remarkable Cases of Flogging and of celebrated Flagellants. Cr. 8vo, parchment, 6s. A curious history of whipping inflicted by force, and voluntarily practised by the Monks, Heathens, etc., with Anecdotes of its use by Kings, Bishops, Abbots, etc. * * * * * Transcriber's note: Punctuation has been corrected without note. The following misprints have been corrected: "the the" corrected to "the" (page 5) "Sytsem" corrected to "System" (page 11) "Morever" corrected to "Moreover" (page 33) "his" corrected to "is" (page 47) "yon" corrected to "you" (page 58) "nevertherless" corrected to "nevertheless" (page 59) "inhabttants" corrected to "inhabitants" (page 89) "and and" corrected to "and" (page 93) "kness" corrected to "knees" (page 103) "understauding" corrected to "understanding" (page 105) "mdae" corrected to "made" (page 128) Other than the corrections listed above, inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained from the original.