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Hieralconopolis, Part I. Plates of Discoveries by J. E. Quibell,

B.A. With Notes by W. M. F. P. (Bernard Quaritch. 20s.)— The discoveries given in this volume include some of the most ancient in Egypt. King Nar-mer, for instance, probably comes before Mena himself, and carries an back to 4800 B.C. or there- abouts. Plate ii. is a limestone figure, life size; "the face is wide and mane but seems to have elements other than the negro- Libyan." Elsewhere (vi.) we see the pure Libyan type. None of the plates are more interesting than xxvi. A. B. C., which have for their subject the exploits of the King who bore the sobriquet of "Scorpion." The limestone statue—" the earliest known"— figured as xxxix., is very remarkable.