Rau’s “Anthropological Subjects,” p. 89. In his preface to this collection he asserts his belief, that “former inhabitants of North America, notwithstanding all assertions to the contrary, were unacquainted with the art of melting copper.” Ibid., vii. Dawkins’s “Early Man in Britain,” p. 401. “Dawn of History,” p. 367. For an excellent discussion of this subject, about which there is yet much uncertainty, we would refer the reader to Evans’s “Ancient Bronze Implements,” chap. xxii. Dawkins’s “Early Man in Britain,” p. 355. Dawkins’s “Early Man in Britain,” p. 350. “Prehistoric Times,” p. 34. “Early Man in Britain,” p. 351. Figuier’s “Primitive Man,” p. 255. Rau’s “Early Man in Europe,” p. 135, and note. Lubbock’s “Prehistoric Times,” p. 39. Morgan’s “Ancient Society,” pp. 119, 120. Dawkins’s “Early Man in Europe,” p. 449. Dawkins’s “Early Man in Britain,” p. 383. Lubbock’s “Prehistoric Times,” p. 157. Lubbock’s “Prehistoric Times,” p. 74. A.D., 995-1035. Ferguson’s “Rude Stone Monuments.” Dawkins’s “Early Man in Britain,” p. 367. Figuier’s “Primitive Man,” p. 283. Ferguson’s “Rude Stone Monuments.” Dawkins’s “Early Man in Britain,” p. 377. James’s “Stonehenge,” p. 3. Chapter VIII THE IRON AGE IN EUROPE. Bronze not the best metal—Difficulties attending the discovery of Iron—Probable steps in this discovery—Where this discovery was first made—Known in ancient Egypt—How this knowledge would spread—Iron would not drive out Bronze—The primitive Iron-worker—The advance in government—Pottery and ornaments of the Iron Age,—Weapons of early Iron Age—The battle-field at Tilfenan—Trade of early Iron Age—Invention of Money—Invention of Alphabetic Writing—Invasion of the Germanic Tribes—The cause of the Dark Ages—Connection of these three Ages—Necessity of believing in an extended past—Attempts to determine the same—Tinière Delta—Lake Bienne, British Fen-beds—Maximum and Minimum data—Argument from the widespread dispersion of the Turanian Race—Mr. Geikie’s conclusions—The isolation of the Paleolithic Age.