, 1880-06-12
LITERATURE and SCIENCE.
EARLY Man In Britnfn-A New
Work by Prof. Daw-.
kins.
Diseases Of the skin-History Of
New York-Some New
Novels.
New England Bygoncs--IT0mo
Sum-Thc Metric Systenl-
Ballads 'tl Lyrics
Magazines-Books Reoeived--Literary,
Art, and Scientific Notes.
LITERATURE.
EARLY arANl1N ls1s1TA1;


Tint mny he rcrnr,la,l M the bcnlnuit,r pf
posltiyo asscrt,o,, of unteon,o,nuicnl Inct.
though hlnta in tia snnio tltrnction ind jIcrn
tbrnyu ont nrcytnuytv. nvcn Nv tina cnrlv
Grcels nilosouflers. srhe tl,ru, ce,,turtrs Tint
lave cinpscd stncn tim assert{on of pntissv
hnye Witnessed tho ojalorotIon Of n evstnn,
which NAV fairly bo termed the greatest
trtu,nnh nj t,,e lt,,,nnn ntcllcct In tho rcoiu,
of notmrn1 ac,orco nthcr lo,o rt,nonta ~
Investigation may layo equally taxed tho
mental powers III making comparisons md
drawing inforcnces, but they havo
presented tho advantage of permitting
tion at many, If not cac', one, Of
the steps III tho process Of rcasoning. Tho
M en- ri test The value S,a.s e hts logic
unknown quantity III 'is formula. Illo rs
tronomcr call measure IFS theoretical results
chemist con nit onaiys;s nnj synthcsIs
ene o,,,st ~. ,,.nn s 81. rs oa,t, ~ nsrns
ns,lst e"cl otaof Lot .o,, ttie uG!sctM VI elroF
IN ms 1casonhgs. ing r,llo'ogise can ,.; G.r-
out lpssentng their value in subsequent re-
seorcI, ,t,le nhva,oln,rist ,nov studv living
Fora thnut fo,r t,,at thow @ I'll, I'. ot ,,o rS.
nroncr for s,. es ky s.snx nut W Il Ia
,vhich nro ,ridc,v sm,,t1nred hosic no,nis 1lhot
m,,rt ha co,,norto5 hv n ,nricni tr,nn r,,iottnu
IN order TO sflyo an Intelligent discussion OF
Of inference; and In ,nany cnses a large
| nart Of the uronf bccomes fndisttnct or
vanlshes entirely, with tlle discovery. ~ IS
in many successive chapters on ono and tho
same page; Ike mi. miilsfold pnlimnssss, r! ~
obliteratlnE all Tint llnye Succeeded II. THO
character 0f tile objects themselves, with tho
| position wllero found, will reference 70
everything strata1, are tho points given, With
| to mentally reconstruct tho whole
| from the fragment discovered, thnn. 1t
was once thought to lc 10 Judge
Of 5crcIss tbs ~ s hc i99 ,,ncorts In ,Is
a specimen often dlsarranges conditions SO
much MS to render llnsatfs factory any subsc-
auunt attempt at vcri'lGntlon;;, IN no
say whether or nc tllo thing found wcro or
tlinnry or extraordinary In tho uge TINT pro-
ducetf It; md tho most vivid imaE lnny
tax Itself n ynn to picture to Itself u,o con, con;
ages OF tho hoary past. Under these circum-
have been committed md detected. or that
ncnt toiiers il thislleid l,ayo 6ccn nnecrtlcsly
Tic won,cr IS rather t},at so ma,ly haye bent
their energies to the solution OF Tue problem,
tis tti' an@rIttsn History q m apparentiy end.
Tho most interesting. results Of this In.
aulry have been gro.an.tl In = work Of about
Ovens College, Manchester, England; who,
Wc need scnrce1y say, Is widely repoEnlzetlas
a very high authority In this department Of
rescnrcl,, T],u hook Processes, by Its little, To
| ~ rjs Sfnr if.1n ttfu
ii Tic Terfiary @ | Psriod" Bit bit Ii 't covers rs mich @
| moro ground tim might bu understood from
such ar encouragement, lteonai.ls; 20 much ',
asS S sfs ssessaTy sts 15 o 81 ssqs 1
ti,o Dlaco wiiicl, ,!lin holts iii tlle long-coil-
tlm,lGlf scrus Of sliccessiyoly evolved maize
rlul forms Of organized existence And this
for s o''s much M "i wer L III Nrea s,e of the ,t
epoch, Tic autlior gives re,sons for tho
5Set @ at pFtnn Tan Was t G m SnnstS
| OF Europe By lalnt ridges along which tho
migrntion. Of animals was posslblc,; md
sketches thc. then geology, fau.,a, and .tlo1n
ssr rSPs Il e sHy tt M # f's a s s2ssss * sSsnsf g.
ess u ptls tH S ii SaP%esssa III |Hs ssss's St tSs s H.
cusses tho alleged evidence that hnman be-
nDunces it unsatisfactory: Iic concludes
tint lnall first Ullrnrcd In EUROPE In tho
| pleistocrue u most recently age, when now
damt. us slowu by ttcir rsm,at,,s In tic rocks
Of lo.tiNy This yas lnug ,,ftcr tho s,lblucrE-
rnee Of the land co,Itiectjng Brltull with
1;recnjn,,tl. a,iti tho u,ii0n t1f tho AtIautic
With tic North Sea a,iI tlio Arcttr Ocetl,,.
tThn rnmains ifouiyl Of tic clrlMst mnji
ara fo,in;i in tbo river drift. liz WIS
endowed With iii hli,nan attributes, n1Ml
Tia iuwor RI nni,nnis tim il presented BIZ tho
savagcs of to-day; M Il hAl.er, arnlcI with
tllat ihuso 'is,I Iiycd t),ratlglu,,t Western
n'i Sn,1fhcr,, Eurnna. in N1rtheul 4 frirn.
Asia siinor ard in.lia. Following tleso,
i,nplcu,en.s' u @ ian and tI We're m endowed WITT. the
faenity Of rcprcsenting. viii remarkable
nis 1cntmr"s M m hnncs viii, n,,,u,nr 10 Goye
Hs Hes,, r r"nErnys4i Will fraei,lred Hints. Thcy'
nes nsG " twr" M'' rari, ~ thn Ina nn3
1,sc.cs 1,,G" m ~ J9erhvsi,,rn +, iS,@lomi:
Nh, I nronnbIy rs iMIoMaci M III 10 tho s,.'1u rice rs
ntM Tia EsEimoSs Do of dir tlav. The ' chanse Gy
n,i,t,i, ttritnin hannmm ma iS,un1I tyItl, i
Wnteh 1to nm pGiH ei,n.to osn yns 'ss M i
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