INDEX.
Reading edition
Abney Moor, 75
Abury, 71
Adzes, 109, et seq.
Aldborough, 145
Ale Glasses, 229, et seq.
Allemanic Pottery, 221
Amber Beads, 134
Anglo-Saxon Armour, 252, et seq.
Anglo-Saxon Arms, 236 to 264
Anglo-Saxon Banquet, 231
Anglo-Saxon Buckets, 280 to 282
Anglo-Saxon Cellarer, 230
Anglo-Saxon Coins, 235
Anglo-Saxon Cup-bearer, 230
Anglo-Saxon Fibulæ, 267 to 279
Anglo-Saxon Glass, 228 to 235
Anglo-Saxon Horse shoes, 264
Anglo-Saxon Interments, 202 to 213
Anglo-Saxon Interments in Celtic Barrows, 13
Anglo-Saxon MSS., 230, 239, 240, 282
Anglo-Saxon Period, 202 to 298
Anglo-Saxon Personal Ornaments, 233 to 235
Anglo-Saxon Poem of Beowulf, 206, et seq., 241, 255, 256
Anglo-Saxon Population, 202, et seq.
Anglo-Saxon Pottery, 214 to 227
Animal Bones, 23, 39
Arbor-Low, 3, 71, 82, 4, 50, 71, 82, 117
Arica, 287
Armlets, 196, 27
Armour, 248, et seq., 253, 254
Arrow-heads, Bronze, 193
Arrow-heads, Flint, 115, et seq.
Artis, 152, et seq.
Ash, 241
Ashborne, 250
Ashbury, 67
Avisford, 147
Axe-heads, 109, et seq.
Balidon Moor, 87
Ballynageerah, 62
Banquet, 230
Barlaston, 258 to 263
Barrows, distribution of, 1
Barrows, Elliptical, 6
Barrows, Long, 5
Barrows, meaning of, 4
Barrows, (see Grave-mounds)
Barrows, Twin, 5
Bartlow, 142, 147, 185
Basin, Stone, 60
Baslow, 4, 33
Bateman, T., 12, 24, 115, 123, 209, 233, 250, 256, 263, 279, 293
Bath, 149
Battley, 162
Beads, Amber, 234
Beads, Clay, 233
Beads, Glass, 186, 187
Beads, Jet, 123, et seq., 233 to 235
Bells, 292
Benty Grange, 211, 250, et seq., 257, 261
Beowulf, 206, et seq., 230, 240, 241, 255, 256
Berkshire, 67
Berriew, 80
Bishopstoke, 144
Blake-Low, 4
Blind-Low, 4
Boar-Low, 4
Boar, Sacred, 253 to 257
Bone Implements, 42, 48, 124 to 128
Bonsall, 275
Borther-Low, 4
Bottles-Low, 4
Boulders, 33
Bourne Park, 280
Bowls, 283, 284
Boxes, Bronze, 257, 284, 285, 286
Boyne, 57
Brassington Moor, 74
Brennanstown, 63
Brier Low, 3
Briggs, J. J., 225
Bronze Bowls, 283, 284
Bronze Box, 257, 284, 285, 286
Bronze Celts, 25, 128 to 131
Bronze Daggers, 48, 130, 131, 132
Bronze Pins, 35
Brooch (see Fibulæ)
Broseley, 165, 168
Broughton, 35
Brown-Low, 4
Buckets, 280, 281, 282
Buckles, 248, 249, 250
Burnt Bones, 31 to 43
Buxton, 3, 122, 123, 250
Caerleon, 149
Calais Wold, 116, 120, 124
Caldon-Low, 4
Cal-Low, 4
Calver-Low, 4
Cambridgeshire, 35, 289
Carvoran, 148
Casking-Low, 4
Castleford, 196
Castor 164
Castor Potter’s Kiln, 152
Castor Pottery, 152 to 162
Cellarer, 230
Celtic or Ancient British Period, 6 to 133
Celtic Bone Articles, 123 to 126
Celtic Bronze Celts, 128 to 132
Celtic Bronze Daggers, 132, 133
Celtic Chambered Tumuli, 50 to 71
Celtic Coins, 132, 133
Celtic Cromlechs, 27, 50 to 71
Celtic Flint Implements, 114 to 121
Celtic Gold Articles, 132
Celtic Interments, 6 to 49
Celtic Jet Articles, 122 to 125
Celtic Pottery, 83 to 107
Celtic Stone Circles, 10, 71 to 82
Celtic Stone Implements, 108 to 114
Celts, Bronze, 128 to 131
Celts, Flint, 122
Celts, Stone, 109, 110, 111
Cemeteries, Roman, 134, et seq.
Cemeteries, Kingston, 212
Cemeteries, Kings Newton, 212, 222, et seq.
Cemeteries, Saxon, 212, et seq.
Chain-work, 254
Chambers, Sepulchral, 146
Chambered Tumuli, 55 to 71
Chambers of Stone, 27, 50, 55 to 71, 146, et seq.
Channel Islands, 63
Châtelaines, 289
Chatham, 160, 162
Chelmorton-Low, 4
Chester, 147
Chesters, 149
Chestersovers, 219
Chesterton, 262
Chest, Stone, 143, et seq.
Chisels, 109
Chun Cromlech, 53
Church Sterndale, 284
Cinerary Urns, Anglo-Saxon, 214, et seq.
Cinerary Urns, Celtic, 31, 34, 84 to 95
Cinerary Urns, Frankish, 221
Cinerary Urns, Romano-British, 161, et seq.
Circles of Stone, 10, 71 to 82
Circles of (see Stone Circles)
Cist, Stone, 11, et seq., 36
Clay Coffins, 145
Cloth, Burial in, 35
Cloth, Interment in, 35, 45
Cloth, Woollen Garment, 45, 46
Cochét, 221
Cock-Low, 4
Coffins, Clay, 145
Coffins, Lead, 144
Coffins, Stone, 143
Coffins, Tile, 147
Coffins, Wood, 143
Coins, Ancient British, 133
Coins, Roman, 32, 55, 136, 141, 187, 188
Coins, Saxon, 235
Colchester, 143, 144, 146, 147, 157, 159, 185, 201
Colchester, Vase, 159
Cold Eaton, 293
Combs, 201, 286, 287, 288, 293
Contracted Positions, 11, et seq.
Cop-Low, 4
Cornwall, 2, 51, 75
Counters, 292 to 295
Cow Dale, 123
Cow-Low, 4, 228
Craike Hill, 43
Cremation, Interments by, 11, 31, 134, et seq., 202, et seq.
Cromlech, Ballynageerah, 62
Cromlech, Brennanstown, 63
Cromlech, Chun, 53, 54
Cromlech, De Tus, 27
Cromlech, Drumloghan, 61
Cromlech, Gaulstown, 62
Cromlech, Gib Hill, 43
Cromlech, Glencullen, 63
Cromlech, Howth, 63
Cromlech, Kells, 61
Cromlech, Kilternan, 63
Cromlech, Kits Coty House, 53
Cromlech, Knockeen, 61
Cromlech, Knock Mary, 63
Cromlech, L’Ancresse, 63
Cromlech, Lanyon, 51, 52
Cromlech, Minning-Low, 54, 55
Cromlech, Molfra, 54
Cromlech, Monasterboise, 61
Cromlech, Mount Brown, 63
Cromlech, Mount Venus, 63
Cromlech, Plas Newydd, 54, 55
Cromlech, Rathkenny, 63
Cromlech, Shandanagh, 63
Cromlech, Zennor, 54
Cronkstone-Low, 4
Cross, 253, 269
Cup-bearer, 239
Daggers, Bronze, 130, 131, 132
Daggers, Flint, 117, et seq.
Daggers, Iron, 242, 243
Danish interments, 44 to 50
Darley Dale, 92, 94
Dars-Low, 4
Dartmoor, 75
Darwen, 90
Davis, Dr., 16, 22
Derbyshire Barrows, 2, 3, 4, 16, et seq.
Devonshire, 75
Dewlish, 7
Dice, 294, 295
Discs, enamelled, etc., 260 to 264
Dominoes, 294
Dorsetshire Barrows, 2, 3, 7, 47, 91
Double interments, 25, 29, 30
Dove Dale, 128
Dow-Low, 4
Dowth, 59, 61, 66
Drake-Low, 4
Draughtboard, 294
Draughtmen, 292, 293, 294
Draughts, Game, 292, 293, 294
Drinking Cup, 43, 44, 100 to 104, 251, 282, 283
Druidical Circles, 10, 71 to 82
Durobrivian Pottery, 152 to 162
Earl Stemdale, 3
Ear-picks, 289
East-Low Hill, 146
East-Moor, 75
Elk-Low, 4, 72
Ely, 107
Enamelled Discs, etc., 260 to 264
Enamels, 251, 266, 267, et seq.
Enamels, Chinese, 260
Enamels, Roman, 196
Enamels, Saxon, 260 to 264
End-Low, 4
Envermeu, 282
Extended positions, 11, et seq.
Fairford, 280
Fairholt, F.W., 278
Farlow, 4
Faussett Collection, 217
Fibulæ, Anglo-Saxon, 266 to 279
Fibulæ, Roman, 193 to 196
Fimber, 43, 44, 97, 124
Flax Dale, 33, 71
Fleming, G., 264
“Flint-Jack,” 115
Flint Acutely Angled, 119
Flint Barbed Arrow-heads, 115, 116
Flint Celts, 122, 123
Flint Dagger-blades, 117, 118
Flint Flakes, 121
Flint Implements, 115 to 123
Flint Leaf-shaped, 119
Flint Notched, 118, 120
Flint Thumb, 122
Flint Various, 121, 122
Food Vessels, 44, 95 to 100
Foo Low, 4
Fowse-Low, 4
Fox-Low, 4
Frankish Pottery, 221
Froggatt Edge, 75
Galley-Low, 4
Garment, Woollen, 45
Gaulstown, 62
Germany, 160
Gib-Low, 4
Gilton, 295
Girdle-hangers, 289, 290, 291
Girdle-Ornaments, 290, 291
Glass, Ale, 229, 230, 232
Glass, Beads, 185, 231 to 235
Glass, Bowls, 186, 228, 229
Glass, Decanters (?) 231
Glass, Lachrymatories, 186
Glass, Roman, 145, 185 to 188
Glass, Saxon, 228 to 235
Glass, Sepulchral Vessels, 185
Glass, Tumblers, 229
Glencullen, 63
Gloucester, 201
Gloucestershire, 70
Gold Articles, 132, 133, 266 to 279
Gold Drops, 279
Gold Torques, 133, 196 to 199
Gospel Hillock, 104, 121, 123, 124
Grave-mounds, Anglo-Saxon, 202 to 298
Grave-mounds, Celtic, 6 to 132
Grave-mounds, Construction of, 6, et seq., 33, 38, 134 to 143, 202 to 213
Grave-mounds, Danish (?) 44 to 50
Grave-mounds, Distribution of, 2
Grave-mounds, Romano-British, 134 to 201
Great-Low, 4
Green-Low, 4, 114, 115
Grimthorpe, 238, 245, 246, 263
Grinders (see Querns)
Grind-Low, 4, 100
Gris-Low, 4
Gristhorpe, 44
Grub-Low, 4
Gruter, 135
Guernsey, 27
Gunthorpe, 116, 120
Haddon, 141
Hair-pins, 290, 292
Hammer-head, 42, 109, et seq.
Hampshire, 143, 149
Hand-mills, 295, 296
Hard-Low, 4
Har-Low, 4
Hartington, 3
Hartle Moor, 74
Hatchet, 109, 113
Hathersage Moor, 75
Hawks-Low, 4
Hay Top, 100
Helmets, 248, et seq.
Herns-Low, 4
High-Low, 4
High-Needham, 3
Hitter Hill, 6, et seq., 16, 98
Hob Hurst’s House, 33
Hog’s Bones, 23
Horning-Low, 4
Horse-shoes, 201, 264, 265
Horsley, 114
Houe, meaning of, 4
Howth, 63
Huck-Low, 4
Immolation of Infants, 106
Immolation of Slaves, 106
Immolation of Wives, 91, 106
Incense Cups, 84, 104 to 107
Inscriptions, Sepulchral, 135, 148, 149, 150
Interment by Cremation, 11, 31, 134, et seq., 202, et seq.
Interment by Inhumation, 11 to 49, 134, et seq.
Interment in Cloth, 35, 45, 46
Interment in Skin, 35
Interment in Tree-Coffins, 44 to 50
Interment in Pit, 43
Inverted Urns, 33, 34
Ireland, 28, 63, 113
Javelins, 243, 244
Jet, 25, 44, 123 to 126
Jet, Necklaces, 44, 123, 124, 125
Jet, Pendants, 124, 126
Jet, Ring, 126
Jet, Studs, 123, 124, 126
Jutland, 46
Kells, 28
Kens-Low, 4
Kent, 53
Keys, 201, 289, 292
Kilkenny, 63
Kilternan, 63
Kingsholme, 144
Kingston, 212, 215, 266, 267
Kings Newton, 212, 214 to 227, 295
Kirk Michael, 274
Kit’s Coty House, 53
Kneeling position, 11, et seq.
Knives, 193, 242, 243
Knock-Low, 4
Knok Mary, 63
Knot-Low, 4
Lady-Low, 4
Laidman’s-Low, 4
Lake Dwellings, 45
Lamp, 201
Lancashire, 90
Lapwing Hill, 209
Lark’s-Low, 4
Lead Coffins, 144, 145
Lead Ore, 31
Lead Pigs of, 32
Lead Smelting, 32
Lean-Low, 4
Leckhampton, 258
Lewes, 257
Liffs-Low, 4, 42
Lillebonne, 177
Lincoln, 257
Lincolnshire, 35
Lindenschmidt, 219, 265
Little Chester, 142, 168, 169, 190
Locks, 201, 292
Lollius, 135
Lomber-Low, 4
Londinières, 221
London, 135, 142, 143, 144, 148, 171, 175, et seq.
Long Low, 36
Lord’s Down, 7
Low, meaning of, 4
Low, (see Grave-mounds)
Lowsey-Low, 4
Lukis, Capt. 123
Lukis, F. C., 27
Mail, Coat of, 255, 256
Mauls, 109, et seq.
Mayence, 219
May-Low, 4
Medway, 160
Mick-Low, 4
Mickleover, 114
Middleton, 3, 33, 41, 123, 261
Minning-Low, 54, 141
Mirrors, 199, 290
Modelling Tools, 124
Money-Low, 4
Monsal Dale, 28, 86, 98
Mortimer, 43, 44, 97, 124
Moot-Low, 4, 127, 128
Mount Brown, 63
Mount Venus, 63
Musden-Low, 4
Mutti-Low Hill, 35
Nail-cleaners, 289
Necklace, Glass, 187, 232, et seq.
Necklace, Jet, 44, 123 to 126
Necklace, Jet, and Bone, 124
Needham-Low, 4
Needwood, 198
Nen, 152
Nether-Low, 4
New Forest, 149, 165
New Grange, 61, 66
Newhaven, 3, 256
Normandy, 174
North Elmham, 217
Northumberland, 46, 148
Nowth, 59
Ochre, 43
Off-Low, 4
Oghams, 61, 277
Otterham Creek, 162
Over Haddon, 284
Oxfordshire, 164
Ox-Low, 4
Ozengall, 144, 211
Painstor-Low, 4
Palstaves, 128
Paradis, 27
Parcelly Hay, 3, 25, 26
Pars-Low, 4
Parwich, 141
Peg-Low, 4
Pendants, Bone, 125, 126
Pendants, Enamelled, etc., 260 to 264
Pendants, Gold, 279
Pendants, Jet, 124 to 126
Penannular Brooch (see Fibulæ)
Phœnix Park, 63
Pigtor-Low, 4
Pike-Low, 4
Pinch-Low, 4
Pins, Hair, 290, 292
Pit Interments, 43, 44
Plymouth, 192, 193, 199
Pottery, Amphoræ, 171, 172
Pottery, Anglo-Saxon, 214 to 227
Pottery, Celtic, 83 to 108
Pottery, Domestic Vessels, etc., 170 to 174
Pottery, Drinking Cups, Celtic, 100 to 104
Pottery, Durobrivian or Castor, 151, 152 to 162
Pottery, Food Vessels, Celtic, 95 to 100
Pottery, Frankish, 214 to 227
Pottery, Hampshire, 151, 165, 166
Pottery, Handled Cups, Celtic, 107
Pottery, “Incense Cups,” Celtic, 104 to 107
Potters’ Kilns, 152, 154, 183
Potters’ Marks, 176, 177, 178
Potters’ Mortaria, 172, 173
Potters’ Punches, 227
Potters’ Sepulchral Urns, Celtic, 31, 34, 84 to 95
Potters’ Sepulchral Urns, Roman, 156 et seq.
Potters’ Sepulchral Urns, Saxon, 215 to 227
Potters’ Stamps, 177, 227
Potters’ Unguentaria, 171 to 174
Potters, Manufacture of, 84, 152 to 184, 227
Potters, Romano-British, 151 to 184
Potters, Salopian, 151, 164, 165
Potters, Samian, 151, 157 to 184
Potters, Upchurch, 151, 162, 163, 164
Potters, Yorkshire, 151, 166
Queen-Low, 4
Querns, 295, 296 (see also Grinders and Triturating Stones)
Rains-Low, 4
Rangoon, 287
Rats’ Bones, 16, 87, 90
Ravens-Low, 4
Red Ochre, 43
Repton, 213
Ribden-Low, 4
Rick-Low, 4
Rigollot, 220
Ringham-Low, 4, 116, 119, 120
Rings, 235
Rings, Jet, 124, 126
Rochester, 147
Rocky-Low, 4
Rollrich, 71
Rolly-Low, 4, 34
Roman Arms, etc., 190, et seq.
Roman Cemeteries, 134, et seq.
Roman Coins, 55, 141, 187, 188
Roman Coins, as payment for passage over Styx, 136, 141
Roman Glass 184 to 188
Roman Personal Ornaments, 193, et seq.
Roman Population, 134, et seq.
Roman Pottery, 151 to 184
Romano-British Period, 134 to 201
Rouge, 43
Round-Low, 4, 32
Roundway Hill, 16, 100
Rusden-Low, 4
Runes, 241
Sacrifice of Infants, 106
Sacrifice of Slaves, 106
Sacrifice of Wives, 91, 106
Saint-Low, 4
Salona, 147
Salopian Pottery, 164, 165
Samian Ware, 175 to 184
Sancreed, 76
Sarcophagus, 143, et seq.
Scales and Weights, 292
Scambridge, 294, 295
Scarborough, 47
Scissors, 289
Scrapers of Flint, 121
Seax, 240, et seq.
Selzen, 219
Selzen, 265
Sepulchral remains, Anglo-Saxon, 202 to 298
Sepulchral remains, Celtic, 1 to 133
Sepulchral remains, Frankish, 221
Sepulchral remains, Danish, 44 to 50
Sepulchral remains, Romano-British, 134 to 201
Sepulchral Chambers, 146
Sepulchral Glass, 185
Sepulchral Inscriptions, 135, 148, et seq., 217
Sepulchral Urns (see Cinerary Urns)
Shandanagh, 63
Shears, 289
Shields, 243 to 248
Shields, Umbones of, 246, 247, 261
Shields, from MSS., 248
Shuttlestone-Low, 24, 130
Sibertswold, 247, 282
Sitting-Low, 4
Sitting position, 11, et seq.
Skeleton, positions of, 11, et seq.
Skins, interment in, 24, 35
Skull, Hitter Hill, 21
Skull, distributions of, 22
Skull, Long-Low, 39
Skull, Gristhorpe, 47
Sliper-Low, 5
Smerrill Moor, 12
Smith, C. R., 160, 164, 204, 216, 255
Southfleet, 144
Spear-heads, 190, 192, 243, 244
Spindle-whorls, 114
Staden-Low, 4
Staffordshire Barrows, 4, 86, 89, 92, 96
Stan-Low, 4
Stanshope, 132
Stanton Moor, 73
Sterndale, 33, 284
Stone Chambers, 27, 50, 55 to 71, 146, et seq.
Stone Circles, 10, 27, 34, 71 to 82
Stone Circles, Abney Moor, 75
Stone Circles, Abury, 71
Stone Circles, Arbor-Low, 3, 71, 82
Stone Circles, Berriew, 80
Stone Circles, Boscawen-Un, 80
Stone Circles, Brassington Moor, 74
Stone Circles, Channel Islands, 78
Stone Circles, Cornish, 75
Stone Circles, Dartmoor, 75
Stone Circles, East Moor, 75
Stone Circles, Elk-Low, 72
Stone Circles, Eyam Moor, 74
Stone Circles, Flax Dale, 71
Stone Circles, formation of, 71
Stone Circles, Froggatt Edge, 75
Stone Circles, Haitle Moor, 74
Stone Circles, Hathersage Moor, 75
Stone Circles, Isle of Man, 76, 78
Stone Circles, Mule Hill, 78
Stone Circles, “Nine Ladies,” 73, 74
Stone Circles, Penmeanmaur, 80, 81
Stone Circles, Rollrich, 71
Stone Circles, Sancreed, 76
Stone Circles, Stanton Moor, 73, 74
Stone Circles, Stonehenge, 71
Stone Circles, Trewavas, Head, 76
Stone Cists, 11, 17, et seq., 33, 36, et seq., 143, et seq.
Stone Coffins, 143, 144, et seq.
Stone Implements of, 109, et seq.
Stone, 92
Stoney Littleton, 67
Stonehenge, 71
Stowborough, 47
Strigils, 201
Studs, Bone, 122,126
Studs, Jet, 124, 126
Sussex, 146
Suttee, 91
Sutton Brow, 92
Swinscoe, 22
Swiss Lake Villages, 45
Swords, Roman, 190, 191
Swords Saxon, 236 to 242
Swords from MSS., 239, 240
Swordsman, 240
Taddington, 67, 69
Tara Brooch, 278
Thirkel-Low, 4
Thirsk, 92
Thoo-Low, 4, 5
Three-Lows, 5
Thumb Flints, 121
Tile Tombs, 147, 148
Tissington, 13, 211, 236, 247
Toothpicks, 289
Torques, 133, 196 to 199
Totmans-Low, 4
Tree-Coffins, 44, 45, 50
Trentham, 89, 96
Triturating Stones, 114, 295, 296
(see also “Querns”)
Tump, meaning of, 4
Tumuli, Chambered, 55 to 71
(see Grave-mounds)
Tumulus, Etruscan, 55
Twin-Barrows, 37, 78, 79
Tweezers, 201, 289
Uley, 70
Umbones of Shields, 246, 247, 261
Upchurch, 162, et seq.
Upchurch, Pottery, 162 to 164
Upright position, 11, et seq.
Uriconium, 137, (see also Wroxeter)
Vale, 27
Vole, Water, 16, 89, 90
Ward-Low, 5, 34
Warry-Low, 5
Water Rat, 16, 89, 90
Water Vole, 16, 89, 90
Wath, 47
Wedgwood, F., 258
Weights, 292
Wellbeloved, 163
Wellow, 67
West Lodge, 157
Westwood, 253
Wetton, 193
Whetstones, 114
White-Low, 5
Willoughby, 113
Wilson, C. C., 278
Wiltshire Barrows, 2, 16, 100
Winster, 3, 111, 211, 268, 269, 295, 296
Withery-Low, 5
Woolaton, 109
Woollen Cloth, 45
Wool-Low, 5
Worsaae, 255
Worsley, Miss, 295
Wright, T., 135, 151, et seq., 176, et seq., 216
Wroxeter, 137, 141, 147, 162 to 165
Wyaston, 210, 233
Wye, 28
Wykeham, 98
Yarns-Low, 5
York, 142, 143, 144, et seq.
Yorkshire Barrows, 2, 5, 7, 25, 35, 44, 47, 97, 164
Yorkshire Pottery, 151
Youlgreave, 33
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“Never has history been made more charming than in this excellent volume. Whatever page is opened, some pleasant little narrative, historic or romantic; some sketch of the womankind of Chaucer’s days, or of the heroines of the Romaunt of the Rose; some striking pictures of Anglo-Saxon life, or some quaint costumes, or ever-changing fashions, constantly attract, and interest, and inform.”—Birmingham Daily Post.
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“Externally and internally it is absolutely splendid, the binding and illustrations being a perfect marvel of beauty and richness. But in the interest of its subject, as well as in its mode of treatment, Mr. Wright’s present work will command the respect and praise of the man of letters and the philosopher, quite as much as it is sure to enlist the sympathies and extort the admiration of a less exacting class of readers. The book is beautifully written, the style being at once chaste and ornate.”—Eddowes’s Shrewsbury Journal.
“It is one of the most interesting, instructive, and valuable books of the nineteenth century. At this particular period of the agitation of woman’s rights, we may say in truth that this book is a treasury of knowledge to the historian, the politician, the moral philosopher, and the reformer; while, at the same time, in its romantic incidents illustrative of social life in different ages of Western Europe, it surpasses in interest the most skilful and attractive fictions of the day.”—New York Morning Herald.