The Annual of the Hellenic Society, 1902 - 1903. (Macmillan and Co.
21s. net.)—Mr. A. J. Evans occupies a great part (about two-fifths) of this volume with a continuation of his discoveries in the Palace of Knossos. The wonder grows the more we read. Rightly, indeed, did Crete and Cretan things bulk so largely in the Greek mind. Yet another Cretan subject occupies the volume, "The Excavations at Palaikastro." Professor W. M. Rainzay corrects some earlier statements on Asia Minor geography. There is a paper on an "Unpublished Attic Decree" belonging to the somewhat obscure period of Macedonian dominance. Mr. A. J. B. Wace writes about a remarkable statue of "Apollo Seated on
the Omphalos" to be Been in Alexandria. The most interesting paper, from the human point of view, is the sketch of manners and customs in Karpathos, one of the most primitive of Greek Islands. The matriarchal system is in force, and leads to very curious results, especially as regards the welfare of the women. All property has a tendency to fall to the distaff side ; but then this is by no means a blessing. A mother has to yield her possessions to her eldest daughter. She will be seen driving the ass which the daughter rides.
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