[Illustration] THE PREHISTORIC WORLD: or, VANISHED RACES. By E. A. ALLEN Author of “The Golden Gems of Life.” Each of the following well-known Scholars reviewed one or more Chapters, and made valuable suggestions: C. C. ABBOTT, M.D., Author of“Primitive Industry.” Prof. F. W. PUTNAM, Curator of Peabody Museum of Archæology and Ethnology, Harvard University. A. F. BANDELIER, Explorer for Archæological Institute of America, author of “Archæological Tour in Mexico.” Prof. CHARLES RAU, Curator of Archæological Department of Smithsonian Institution. ALEXANDER WINCHELL, LL.D., Professor of Geology and Paleontology, University of Michigan. CYRUS THOMAS, PH.D., Of the Bureau of Ethnology. G. F. WRIGHT, Of the United States Geological Survey, Professor in Theological Seminary, Oberlin, Ohio. NASHVILLE: CENTRAL PUBLISHING HOUSE, 1885. Copyright by FERGUSON, ALLEN, AND RADER, 1885. frontispiece Contents Chapter I: INTRODUCTION. Chapter II: EARLY GEOLOGICAL PERIODS. Chapter III: MEN OF THE RIVER DRIFT. Chapter IV: CAVE-MEN. Chapter V: ANTIQUITY OF THE PALEOLITHIC AGE. Chapter VI: THE NEOLITHIC AGE IN EUROPE. Chapter VII: THE BRONZE AGE IN EUROPE. Chapter VIII: THE IRON AGE IN EUROPE. Chapter IX: EARLY MAN IN AMERICA. Chapter X: THE MOUND BUILDERS. Chapter XI: THE PUEBLO COUNTRY. Chapter XII: THE PREHISTORIC AMERICANS. Chapter XIII: THE NAHUA TRIBES. Chapter XIV: THE MAYA TRIBES. Chapter XV: THE CULTURE OF THE CIVILIZED TRIBES. Chapter XVI: ANCIENT PERU. Contents Chapter I: INTRODUCTION. Difficulties of the subject—Lesson to be learned—The pursuit of knowledge—Recent advances—Prehistoric past of the Old World—Of the New—Of Mexico and the South—The Isles of the Pacific—Similar nature of the relics—The wonders of the present age—History of popular opinion on this subject—The teachings of the Bible—Nature of the evidence of man’s antiquity—The steps leading up to this belief—Geology—Astronomy—Unfolding of life—Nature of our inquiry. Chapter II: EARLY GEOLOGICAL PERIODS.