This work, which carries out the principle of the preceding one, but with a wider scope, aims to "view Man, as far as possible, unaffected by those modifying influences which accompany the development of nations and the maturity of a true historic period, in order thereby to ascertain the sources from whence such development and maturity proceed." It contains, for example, chapters on the Primeval Transition; Speech; Metals; the Mound-Builders; Primitive Architecture; the American Type; the Red Blood of the West, &c. &c.
SECTION II.
POETRY AND BELLES LETTRES.
Allingham.
—LAWRENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND; or, the New Landlord. By William Allingham. New and cheaper issue, with a Preface. Fcap. 8vo. cloth, 4s. 6d.
In the new Preface, the state of Ireland, with special reference to the Church measure, is discussed.
"It is vital with the national character.... It has something of Pope's point and Goldsmiths simplicity, touched to a more modern issue."—ATHENÆUM.