The Portland daily press., 1885-01-24
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New Publications.

Nadaillac. Translated by N. D'Anvers.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's
Sons; Portland: Loring. Short & Harmony.
This is the most valuable contribution to
prehistoric literature which has yet been
made. 1t was published by Mason in 1882,
but has been considerably modified to bring
it into harmony with recent Investigations,
In preparing the work some use has been
made OF Squier's valuable work op Peruvian
Antiquities, but the work of Eadaillac COW
ers vast field of research unexplored by
Squier There is perhaps no more fascin at
ing field OF inquiry than this of prehistoric
man, nor one which has yielded more inter-
estiDg, If uncertain, results. Shell heaps
and kitchen middens have yielded to the pa
tient investigator pictures of past times when
the wandering tribes of men lived In prime
val simplicity with few wants and few aspi-
rations. And later monuments have been
made to attest to their gradual progress to
higher stages of civilization, until at last we
have before us connected series of pictures
satisfactory in the extreme. Says the au-
stimulating rather than prejudcal to arcb@-
illogical study. For my part, know no
grauder spectacle than the onward march of
human progress. Every fact won, every
stage accomplished, becomes the starring
point of fresh requirements, of further prog
ress, which will ever be the glorious heritage
of future generations. a yet more elevating
sentiment results from these studies, which
is profound gratitude towards Him who
create d man, who made bin capable of sue b
progress and granted him such po,entiality
OF mind. Science in its freedom and in its
strength cannot disown its auifor." This
extract will convey to the reader an idea of
the admirable spirit of the lsarDed author.
No finer SPECIMEN of book making has been
seat out by the enterpris no publishers than
this volume, or one better calcu. .ated to ad-
vance their already worldwide reputation.
New Englsnd's Vindication. Edited with
An Citations b. DR.. Charles E. Backs.
Pub ished by the Maine Gorges Society).
THIS is the initial volume of the GoIges So
NNbtg WblSu Will lcSuO 1iOLD b'iut W LiLU0 10
subscribers only limited edition of rare and
valuable books out of print, MAJ uscripts and
historical works which are Inaccessible to
the general reader, or even students in their
original form. The book now before us pur-
ports to have been written by "Henry Gar
dener, Merchant, whose Father was one of
first Adventures thither New Eugland) and
into other parts of America" and was orig
inally printed in London in 1850. There
are but two copies of the original work 10
the country, one from which the present
volume was printed, in the John Carter
Brown Library, Providence R. |. and anoth-
er in the Lennox Lbraly of New York
Although purporling to have been written
by Gardener, DR.. Banks convinces us by an
ingenious comparison of the text with ac-
knowledged writings OF Edward Godfrey
the first governor of the Province of Maine,
who was in prison 10 London for debt at the
date this work was published, that Godfrey
was the author of the Vindication. The
and illustrated the text with historical notes
of great interest and value, making many
portions clear of comprehension which would
otherwise be obscure. The book is small
quarto, and model of typographical excel
lencf, the title page being fac simile of
the quaint original. Subscriptions may be
HANDED to H. W. Bryant at the Banking
House of j. b. Browns Sons, and AS but
very few copies are left application should
be made at once
Recommendation pr;t;.L n..t..-. with