14 NOVEMBER 1914, Page 24

There is probably no recent series of discoveries with regard

to the ancient world more fascinating than that of which Mr. H. R. Hall gives a popular but trustworthy account in Aegean Archaeology (Philip Lee Warner, 12s. 6d. net). The work of Schliemann, Evans, and their colleagues has revealed the existence of a previously unsuspected prehistoric culture, curiously modern in some of its aspects.