boulder, some 6 or 8 feet across, had a large mortar cut into the top, and measured 22 inches across the edge and 16 inches deep The implements found there, were ploughed up from what had always been regarded as a primeaval forest. About three miles from this lay the soap-stone quarries of Sandy Spring, where a similar one exists, which has been photographed by Prof. W. H. Holmes. These sites are situated northeast from a water supply, whether it be spring or stream. The first was from a stream; the two latter from springs. These collections are interesting, in that, so far as I can learn, it is the most corroborative evidence in substantiation of Prof. Holmes' claim of the contemporaneity of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages, for here are found side by side, the rudely chipped and highly polished implements. With the exception of the flints, the stone from which they are made are foreign to this county; some of them possibly coming from the regions of the South Mountain. The banner stone, the boat-shaped stone, and the pipe, presumably of a bear image, are of highly-polished Tennessee lignite or slate, and are most perfect specimens. The axes of many varieties, some forty in number, are both chipped and polished, and include some very fine specimens. A phallus, quite perfect in workmanship and design, of a sandstone material, has been defaced, possibly by the plough. In none of these sites have pottery been found, either in fragments or as perfect pieces of art. BOOK REVIEWS. AMONG THE WILD NGONI; BEING SOME CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE LIVINGSTONIA MISSION IN BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. By W. A. Elmslie, M. B., Medical Missionary. With an Introduction by The Right Hon. Lord Overtoun. New York, Chicago, and Toronto: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1900. The book contains three chapters which will be of great interest to ethnologists, for they give a history of the tribe called Ngoni. This tribe formerly settled on the east coast of Africa, about 4,000 feet above the sea level a treeless region. Also a description of the villages, their means of subsistence, the manner of erecting their houses and herding their cattle, as well as their religious notions and customs; thus making these chapters another contribution to a very interesting subject. The following are the most notable facts that are given: the villages are situated near the streams and fountains, but are not permanent. Removing a village to a new site was one of the great events in the history of the people. The cattle are the sustenance and the care of the family and the tribe. The huts of the people are built in circles around the cattlefold. Like everything the native makes, they are circular, and he points to sun, moon, and horizon as a reason why they should be so. The huts are single roomed; fire is made in a circular depression in the middle of the floor. They are arranged in groups, --walled off from each other by reed fences, so that each man, with his wives' huts and those of his slaves, has a distinct locality in the village. The description of the song and dances is quite interesting. The song is the principal thing--the dance is the accompaniment to the song. The song goes on, while the rhythmic gestures and beating of the ground with the feet add zest to the subject. The witch-doctor is the visible and accessible agent of the ancestral spirit whom they believe in and worship. Certain hills are worshipped, also waterfalls and ancient trees and certain insects which are supposed to give residence to an ancestral spirit. Each house has its own guardian spirit, and the tribe worships the spirit of a dead chief. In Ngoni land, the great expansive country, dotted over with numberless villages, built without regard to safety from attack, but located where the best gardens and pastures were to be had, made one realize that here was a people powerful and free, whom to settle among and win for Christ was worthy a man's life. There was one royal residence; one ruler, and he in touch with head-men of each tribe, with all the people under him. THE NEW PACIFIC. By Hubert Howe Bancroft. New York: Bancroft, Publishers, 1900. Mr. H. H. Bancroft is well known as the author of the "Native Races of the Pacific Coast," and of a series of histories, which fills a long shelf in most of the leading libraries; all of them histories of the states which border upon the Pacific Ocean and face the new empires, which have so recently sprung into notice The present book on "The New Pacific," is not only timely, but shows a very general acquaintance with the interests which are at stake in the political discussions going on. It contains a review of the events which have already transpired. These began with the year 1898, which, according to the author, is one of the most important in our history. He maintains that Spain made the same mistake that England did with regard to her American colonies, and justifies the war with Spain. He says the only unjust war our country ever waged, was the war with Mexico, which was caused by a desire for more slave territory. The war with Spain was inevitable. The policy of expansion is something like the war with Mexico. It will bring disaster to the Republic. Not only are the Malays, half-breeds and savages, people, whom hitherto and now, we will not permit to touch our shores in any considerable numbers, but they cannot be governed by the United States at this distance. The chapter upon the Attitude of the Nations" is in the same strain. A separate chapter is given to "The History of the Far East," especially of China; another to "The History of Europe and Asia." "The Pacific Ocean and Its Borders" comes into line for a hasty sketch, which occupies about fifty pages. The book contains a great deal of information and is well worth reading at the present time. MCLOUGHLIN AND OLD OREGON. A CHRONICLE. By Eva Emery Dey. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1900. This book contains a series of word-pictures, which are descriptive of Oregon, as it was between the years of 1832 and 1849. This was perhaps the most romantic and interesting period of the history. We have first an allusion to the expedition of Lewis and Clark. Next, a vision of two beautiful women; one with goiden hair and snowy brow, and the other a slender, dark-eyed devotee, each of whom had consecrated her heart 10 Oregon. These two missionary brides were the first white women to cross the continent. Two bridegrooms rode at their sides. Dr. Marcus Whitman and Rev. Henry Spaulding, who were to lay the foundation for society in far-off Oregon. Where the Columbia break- through the Cascade Range they looked, where never white women looked before; Mt. Hood, visible for miles, grew to life-size. St. Helen raised her graceful, tapering cone above the distant firs. Grander rose the mountains, four thousan i to five thousand feet on either hand cut by livid gashes of ravine, exposing the ribs of mother earth. The roaring cascades dashed their billows on rocks. Not a lip moved, not a word was spoken as the French Iroquois boatman stood at his post, and with a skillful dip turned the flying car oe; while on every side seethed and yawned the great green caves of water. A vision is given of Dr. McLoughlin, who was Governor of the Hudson Bay Company, west of the Rocky Mountains. Also, of Jason Lee, a missionary of the Methodists, who received his bride from the distant East, and was married to her amid the beautiful fir grove. There are allusions, also, to Capt. Sutter, who became so famous further south; and an account of many of the early voyages, among them the voyage of Capt. Grey, who entered the mouth of the Columbia River, while the British commander sailed by it, and by this means Oregon was saved to the Union. The book does not discuss the causes of conflicts, which led to establishing the boundary at 54° 40'. The portraits of the notable characters are drawn very clearly, and the pictures of the domestic life of the families who dwelt in the wilderness, even down to the servants and the tradesmen, are very graphic, and awaken as great interest as any novel could. THE BIBLE AMONG THE NATIONS. A STUDY OF THE GREAT TRANSLATIONS. By John Walter Beardslee. Chicago, Toronto, and New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1900. This book gives a brief and interesting account of the different translations of the Bible, Beginning with the Samaritan Pentateuch, which is the oldest, as it was prepared about 20 B. C., it includes the Septuagent translation, possibly 133 A. D.; the Syriac translation, 155 A. D.; the Vulgate translation, 382 A. D.; the Gothic translation by Ulphilas, 328; the German translations, 980, 1210 and 1522; the English translations, 1971, 1324, 1524, 1535. 1537, 1568 and 1604; the Holland translations, 1270, 1358 and 1516; the French translations, 1179, 1487, 1545, 1608 and 1877. These different translations have formed the sacred books for the different branches of the Christian church Roman Catholic, Greek, Russian, Armenian, Protestant, and Alexandrine, with their different denominations. It is an excelient reference book, and will doubtless be useful to clergymen and Bible students. NORTHERN GEORGIA SKETCHES. By W. N. Harlen. Priee, si. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1900. NORTH CAROLINA SKETCHES: PHASES OF LIFE WHERE the Calax GROWS. By Mary Nelson Carter. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co. The firm of A. C. McClurg & Co. have risen Phonix like out of the fire, and are putting forth new books, which are like plumes, as they are fresh and full of beauty. One line which is followed is becoming quite popular: it consists of short stories from real life in the Southern States Georgia and South Carolina. They carry us back to the times before the war. There is one interesting feature about them, there is not a word of bitterness or complaint; showing that the reign of peace has spread throughout the entire country. BOOKS RECEIVED, Russia and the Russians. By Edmund Noble. Boston and New York Houghton, Mulin & Co. Historical Memoirs of Alexander I. and te Court of Russia. By La Comtesse de Choiseul Gouttier Iranslated by Mary Berenice Patterson. Chicago. A. C. McClurg & Co Songs of all Lands, for the use of Schools and Social Ga herngs. By W. S. B Mathews. New York and Chicago: American Book Có Science of Faith, with a discussion of Anima: Societ es, By Dr. Paul Topinard. Irans ated by Thomas J. McCormack. Chicago The Open Court Pubising Co Man; An Introduct on to Anthropology. By W. E. Rotzeil, M. D. P: nadelima. Edward Stern & Co Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. II. Antropelo vi; Te Jesup North Pacific Expedition VI. Arci rology of the Tompson River Region. By Harian I. Smith. The Smithsonian Report. 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