Prehistoric Man and his Story. By Professor G. F. Scott
Elliot. (Seeley, Service, and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—We recently noticed an anthropological book by Professor Keith, which is quickly followed by an equally absorbing volume by Professor Scott Elliot. The two disagree on many points of chronology and ancestral stems. Into those matters we cannot go. While Professor Keith was strictly scientific and mainly anatomical. Professor Scott Elliot gives a much broader treatment. His arguments from botanical history are most interesting, and ho takes an evident delight in reconstructing the lives and cm iron- meat of our ancestors, their attendant animals, their food, arts,
and weapons. The whole world is brought under view from the Behring Straits to Zimbabwe, as well as from China to Peru. The illustrations are full of variety and interest, including l'rofessor Rutot'a reconstruction of the most famous early Fpecimens of humanity and reproductions of examples of prehistoric art.
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