PrehistoricAmerica。BytheMarquisdeNadaillac。Translated,withthepermissionoftheAuthor,byNancyBellN。D’Anvers,authorof“HistoryofArt。“Edited,withnotes,byW。H。Dall。Popularedition。$225
CHIEFCONTENTS——ManandtheMastodon——TheKjokkenmoddingsandCaveRelics——Mound-Builders——PotteryWeaponsandOrnamentsoftheMound-Builders——Cliff-DwellersandInhabitantsofthePueblos——PeopleofCentralAmerica——CentralAmericanRuins——Peru——
EarlyRace——OriginoftheAmericanAborigines,etc。,etc。
“Thebestbookonthissubjectthathasyetbeenpublished,……forthereasonthat,asarecordoffacts,itisunusuallyfull,andbecauseitisthefirstcomprehensiveworkinwhich,discardingalltheoldandworn-outnostrumsabouttheexistenceonthiscontinentofanextinctcivilization,wearebroughtfacetofacewithconclusionsthatarebaseduponacarefulcomparisonofarchitecturalandotherprehistoricremainswiththeartsandindustries,themannersandcustoms,of“theonlypeople,exceptthewhites,who,sofarasweknow,haveeverheldtheregionsinwhichtheseremainsarefound。“——NATION。
TheCustomsandMonumentsofPrehistoricPeoples。BytheMarquisdeNadaillac。Translated,withthepermissionoftheAuthor,byNancyBellN。D’Anvers。Fullyillustrated。8vo。$300