Mythology, Tacitus by implication, and more recently Feist give a
non-Indo-European origin to the Germanic peoples, whom we must now call the Gothonic Nations. Professor Schiitte, in Our Forefathers (Cambridge I'niversity Press, 21s.), leaves the question open. The present volume deals fully with linguistic, ethnographic, and historical evidence, deferring the more detailed study of individual nations to Volume II. Packed with an almost incredible wealth of data, it is primarily a book for specialists, and even for the specialist it is not easy reading. Nevertheless, its importance to Anglo-Saxon studies cannot be over- estimated, the more so as it is an experiment in method which opens up new avenues of research and exposition. The translator, Mr. Jean Young, has done his work admirably, and an unusually full index makes an added claim on our gratitude.
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