The Pre.History of the North. By the late Chamberlain J.
J. A. Woreaae. Translated by H. F. Morland Simpson. (Trithner and Co.)—Worsaae was a Danish archtoologiat (1821-1865), of great note in his country, and devoted his life to the study of the antiquities of his native land, and of other countries related to it. He gave special attention to the action exerted by the Danes on the British Islands, and made valuable contributions to our history in this direction. His practical work lay in the ordering of the Danish museums, which the translator describes as owing him very much. The work before as deals with pre-historic antiquities, under the three ages of stone, bronze, and iron, each of which is divided into an earlier and later, while the Later Iron Age is again subdivided into two periods. The later of these two brings ns into historic times, and is, indeed, described by the writer as " Viking Times," and attributed to the
years 700.1000 A.D. The Early Stone Age is thrown bank to "at least 3000 B.C." Human habitation did not then roach beyond the extreme Southern part of Norway. The next millennium (2000.1000) sees it extended as far as 59°. Southern Europe was then in the Bronze period. These figures have the advantage of making no great demand on our faith. The objects whioh illustrate Worsaae's account of these various epochs are figured throughout the volume. They include not only arms, but ornaments and dresses, many curious and ornate specimens of the latter having been discovered: especially of the Later Bronze period. This is a book which all archtoologiste will value.
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