SUNDAY, FEBRUARtY 24, 1924 THE MICHI1GAN DAILY PACE FVP
1romn the Ameican Indian than he~ The reader will find the same
s 1n d wilt from the ones of itas d' Azil. bradh of view and nterest in ar.
W rit rs jAnd it is by no omeans the least sig ! rani'sstd of "Ancient "daal
II~~O 1 S a ii. VV- A.L L~ iieat thing sbot r. Wilder that in B ria in.' The book "deals with
~ 'LAR on a too'k withoct first telling is
cop. '~thefirst ch apter, cac I have'4
ANT ROP LOG iinti toi, gi es a gnral covey of
M.'P111111 r te time elemneisoinvoiced intice c
Bhy F~ l ars lz Ilicr ic w sher s ciy, and Se nmannec in whcv hetcy' ar
'lTh faeila Co. onieit ot. This is a field hate"
INoftl-ain piclcc he elccatedi laymcan; 4 t
ANIEUNT - A IS11 tIN llV I; o ito heoiogiccs knowItat lne k
I ~nh ..lehe i ee leds sonoresome oler, when'isw
Frederhic A. Slake', to
hey inialiced aniuc cite clisiuciec
I? d, Profectssori.MildeI ucc cdoSOlccuIca of the' globe'' Dn.Wilder ans-
th 1cc 'e'nt cre ei'for DOtline ie syc ahclecifawiharhm
probacbily couldhal ict lied his',-ook eeocthat souacld saiften chi;aic
'T~c t~shice cc Sehiuar Do cii -s, t'otccaocilBice, whoiiwould
thihisitofessor of' zogy ho Lsabeis-cdiosaurs, tlniocitcail coal '9 u-
to'n ciiak cicincmiarcc i,. inatiS in-'in icaseampciihlihiasicall ronping
trsiha isocu hcSiindia ofuaity chbot he ars iS one time.
to t faliuder he spelof fadsand Tco c pe'cii'Mlias ad
it cc sh lbe adiloici ihil he hbsdoneItchcc" i Iosomie astent anci ci4
'xeelleoily'. crcitionsoathe one on chronolocv ac
For ar2'n's lIcehifalic ifatlis, is tic'allcilds the clearest satemeis t,
inr anan cia aline' it s uisimpleiofcitheliche lcogicne ~ih'of opihations
I o cslouicliiilv iiihil'hi clec ats I teas. There isinothiigustat-
ficc' trcatise. FromcitSb 'icst chap~ter lin g anifnewin iit, at corse:ne wie4
oif "TlieChronologay ofI trehcI Sans" clng' cliinot often gel ino eleisic-c
to the las, dcccinit ccnills Is a cib occs i ,ne'they ae vecv lt',c.t ce
Tykies of .l'nebistiaa n,"othe oo toi iccoutatf1p1acc.,The samce al;
is arithfiehi'as nrcabalacedcabhth;pilld t he1 fucchatrs on prehisory
Ircils swhichi ie hcavec omeiit10expect'whchcoeaer all of She econtinentse
in "Outis." Non are theeimi ,cia 'p1 Atarctic, swhio re iflr
obivios sriora; in fact, foritlb reach cnknown'. Perhaps th1cc scSiiiiposn e h sntaseils natr
en thoieiomichi hiti lho c~ is the one on North ail Sothlb
hology Cto poat out a snlehone would, unnc.,calucutausihiaicty r
hmrccniet hc sal r e difficuult. pints of theony, of 1 hlited i diccssions oa ancint man.
course, theb i'no suohsinfallibiiy; XVier cciii o think that b ease~
Prfet.ori Wilder follows I ithb rather' 1lbheAztecs iere by no meians so an- r
than 0sbonn, so that the older syle; cient as lbe Cr-Mhagardstiey were
of acnhielogisti will cot ala'f an es ipotant aidinter esig-;
gree. St thour, cancplee ignemaeal corectus.ion that is gravely to e Sele froni Iniriqua covered with glypis aftrn MrleyS
is vercy apt to imsan the death of; questisaed. The siginificance ofaa Fromni Wlder' "Man's Prehistoric Past"
Ihears,i relic does not aways depend uto
ct perhaps it is unfair o pass5 its age, and it is quite pa..sible thathIle considers the needs of the genetic the history of man in Britain ram the
judgment-evea favorable judgment-i ihi.geneicesociologistwll learn asre 'coioogist, ice Age till the Roman period. The
Ievidence is gleaned from the various
sciences which are usually studied
i11111f111111111[fll III1111111111ifIH lttlll~if111111111iliill111Nilltil II II n 1 lillapartlli(includingt geologyaart in ludnarcheoyar ogylgy
Philology, ethnology or anthropology,
- _ .etc and lbe writr has set himself
to tel the story of ancient muan in
- a manei which wilt interet a wider
C cicle of readers tan is usually reach-
= = ed by purely technical books."
- A promising introduction, and in
the main it is bonus out in the body
of the ook. Of course it ears lbs
itap of Mr. Maclezie's peculiar
- interest which happens to be myth-
- = ology and it readily becmes evident
that he is trying to interest thoe oh
- us who prefer the geological or pure-
- - ly achelogical aspects of ancient wa
an care little fr his mythology. The
poces is simpl: M. Miackenie
-_amerely demonstraes lbat by linking
T O O L ( 1mythology, thiology geology, and
TIIE PR.OPER TOOLS and remarkaly reliable pitro
--Plus the proper brazing and plishinb ma- _ ohrwieleges but a partial rep-
chin s, lus he know how mak s fr su ces- _ resentation.
chin s, pus te " now ow" ake forsuccss-he acual structure of the book is
-Plus the proper brazing and polishing ma- _ disappointing, to more than one in-
= chneshav lo g sncepaidforthe selesand = sae the auhor has lost sight at that
chin s h ve ongsin e p id fr temslve, a d - crdnal: prinipe of expository writ-
Sig--h telling of what one is going
so you only have to pay for the "know how" when - t shoue and the bhowlng of Itr
you bring your jewels to us for repair. c- has been shown. Nor des lere
tan ostmtyi ogaiino; h
o tPrompt Repair Service innerycatr r ae n:cr Iology and the late ones. on subject
TheCit. T y Is N xt ime =- material Ths the first chapter is
The ity Tr UsNex Ti e.untitld Britons of the Stone Age";
p the second "Earliest Traces of Mod-
sn man the third, "The Age of the
= 'Red Man' of Wales-all clearly in
seqtuence. lut. when= the popular read-
'r, to whom Mr. Mackenzie makes a 0srn pel a asdtruh
on such subjects a "The Lore of
STATE STREET JEWELER _ Charms," and "Ancient Pagan Disties."
Unless lie has a msore thorougn knowl-
302 S. State St. edge than is to be found In imoat gen-
' eral roadeno, he will have a good deal
of trouble tying this information to-
gethier. For, it iiust bie remembered,
(though it geneially isn't), this non-
f11tt1ill111i1ti1t!#ttli111t~il#1t111#illtitliltlllllt1 111!l111tl~lililtlltliili1iitechnical reader is a man' whochica rederisa mn earnsrn
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