PRIMITIVE HEARTHS IN THE PYRENEES. Bs Ruth 0. Sawtell and
Ida Treat. (Appleton. 10s. 6d.)—To the writers of this book, the Pyrenees meant paleolithic caves. They were both well equipped for their task, for one holds the degree of Doctor in the University of Paris, and the other has worked on prehistoric research at Harvard. They discovered, owing to the experience of the husband of one of the ladies, M. Paul Vaillant-C,outourier, who contributes to the book over a hundred pen-and-ink drawings, a cave containing relics of prehistoric man. This was situated at Montardit, on a limestone ridge of the Plautaurel, five miles
from the famous caves of Les Trois Freres. They lived close by in a peasant's cottage, and worked all the summer. Their discoveries read ,like a romance. - The book contains, too, some admirable descriptions of other caves in. France, and thrills the reader again and again as be reads of the explora- tion of the haunts of prehistoric man.
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