Two Volumes 8vo, fully Illustrated, 12s. each (sold separately). SCOTLAND IN EARLY CHRISTIAN TIMES the rhind lecTURES IN ARCHEOLOGY-1879 AND 1880. BY JOSEPH ANDERSON, LL.D. KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND CONTENTS OF VOL. I.- Celtic Churches - Monasteries - Hermitages - Round Towers-Illuminated Manuscripts-Bells-Crosiers-Reliquaries, etc. CONTENTS OF VOL. II.-Celtic Medal-Work and Sculptured Monuments, their Art and Symbolism - Inscribed Monuments in Runics and Oghams --- Bilingual Inscriptions, etc. EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS BY JOSEPH ANDERSON, LL.D. KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND CONTENTS.-The Iron Age.-Viking Burials and Hoards of Silver and Ornaments --Arms, Dress, etc., of the Viking Time-Celtic Art of the Pagan Period-Decorated Mirrors-Enamelled Armlets-Architecture and Contents of the Brochs-LakeDwellings-Earth Houses, etc. EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS The Bronze and Stone Ages.-Cairn Burial of the Bronze Age and Cremation Cemeteries-Urns of Bronze Age Types-Stone Circles-Stone Settings-Gold Ornaments-Implements and Weapons of Bronze-Cairn Burial of the Stone AgeChambered Cairns-Urns of Stone Age Types-Implements and Weapons of Stone. EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS Celtic Scotland. William F. Skene. A History of Ancient Alban. By WILLIAM F. SKENE, D.C.L., LL.D., Historiographer - Royal for Scotland. Second Edition, carefully Revised by the Author, with a new Index to the entire work. 3 vols. demy 8vo, 45s. Forty years ago Mr Skene published a small historical work on the Scottish Highlands which has ever since been appealed to as an authority, but which has long been out of print. The promise of this youthful effort is amply fulfilled in the three weighty volumes of his maturer years. As a work of historical research it ought, in our opinion, to take a very high rank."-Times. E. W. Robertson. Scotland under her Early Kings. A History of the Kingdom to the close of the Thirteenth Century. By E. WILLIAM ROBERTSON, 2 vols. demy 8vo, cloth, 36s. Historical Essays, in connection with the Land and the Church, etc. By E. WILLIAM ROBERTSON, Author of "Scotland under her Early Kings." 1 vol. demy Svo, 10s. 6d. Rev. James B. Johnston. The Place-Names of Scotland. By the Rev. JAMES B. JOHNSTON, B. D., Falkirk. 1 vol. crown Svo, 7s. 6d. This book, for which the author has been collecting materials during the last five years, contains an introduction, general and philological, followed by a list of the important place-names in Scotland, with explanations of their meaning, and with their old spellings, each dated so far as known. Lord Cockburn. Circuit Journeys. By the late LORD COCKBURN, one of the Judges of the Court of Session. Second Edition, 1 vol. crown 8vo, 6s. "One of the best books of reminiscences that have appeared.”—Morning Post. "Delightful alike for its pleasant landscapes; its sound criticisms on men, law, and books; for its sharp things said in a good-natured way."—Academy. "Valuable for their topographical descriptions; and they form an indirect contribution to the social history of Scotland."-Scotsman. Sir Daniel Wilson. The Lost Atlantis and other Ethnographic Studies. By Sir DANIEL WILSON, LL.D., F.R.S. E. 1 vol. demy Svo, 15s. Contents. The Lost Atlantis-The Vinland of the Northmen-Trade and Commerce in the Stone Age-Pre-Aryan American Man-The Esthetic Faculty in Aboriginal Races-The Huron-Iroquois: a Typical Race-Hybridity and Heredity-Relative Racial Brain-Weight and Size. EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS. |