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Short Notices.

Anzeiger der Finnisch-Ugrischen Forschungeii. Band. III., Heft.

1-2. 1903. Bibliographies are always useful, especially when, as in the pre- sent case, they throw a light on researches the results of which appear in tongues not understanded of the people. The part before us is the classified bibliography for 1901 of the language and folklore of the Finns, Lapps, Magyars, with an index of authors. A useful list of reviews helps to make straight the path of any one who finds the brief contents note in the pages before us insufficient, but who cannot tackle the publication in the original.

The Greater Exodus. By J. Fitzgerald Lee. Elliot Stock.

This is an attempt to show, from similarities of custom, &c., &c., between the Jews, Mexicans, and Peruvians, that South America was the original home of the human race, or at least of the Semitic family of mankind ; and that the story of the Exodus is a legendary presentation of the "greater Exodus" by which the Semitic peoples migrated through South America, crossing the ocean at Behring's Straits, and thence traversing Asia till they arrived in Egypt, having thrown off numerous and important swarms by the way. The theory may at any rate boast of novelty.

Neolithic Man in North-east Surrey. By Walter Johnson and William Wright. Elliot Stock. 6s. net. This is distinctly an arch^ological book, and as such hardly comes within the scope of Folklore. The authors, however, are aware of the value of comparative folklore in throwing light on the customs of those far-away times, when neolithic man chipped his flints on Putney Heath or dug his hut circles on Wimbledon Common. They have carefully gone over and examined the district of which they treat, and they have also consulted many authorities (and in especial Mr. Gomme's Folklore Relics of Early Village Life) whose works might in any way further illustrate the facts and theories with which the book deals. It is evidently written con amore, and is furnished with a copious list of authorities referred to, and an excellent index : the illustrations also of the various flint implements found in the district are numerous and clear.