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THE ROMANCE OF SAVAGE LIFE
DESCRIBING THE HABITS, CUSTOMS, EVERYDAY LIFE, &c., OF PRIMITIVE MAN
By Prof. G.F. SCOTT ELLIOT, M.A., B.Sc., &c.
With Thirty Illustrations. Extra Crown 8vo. 5s.
"Mr. Scott Elliot has hit upon a good idea in this attempt to set forth the life of the primitive savage. On the whole, too, he has carried it out well and faithfully.... We can recommend the book as filling a gap."—Athenæum.
"A readable contribution to the excellent series of which it forms a part. Mr. Scott Elliot writes pleasantly ... he possesses a sufficiently vivid imagination to grasp the relation of a savage to his environment."—Nature.