The Pre-History of the North

Abstract

IT was a happy thought to offer as a tribute of respect to the memory of one who had done so much for English history and archæology as the late Mr. Worsaae, an English translation of one of the latest, as well as one of the most important, of his archæological essays. The Danish original, of which the volume before us is a translation, is prefaced by an introduction dated December 1880, but a still later work of Worsaae's, and one which may practically be regarded as his last, required no translation, as it was originally written by him in the English language, and published in 1882. This work is entitled “The Industrial Arts of Denmark, from the Earliest Times to the Danish Conquest of England,” and forms one of the series of hand-books issued in connexion with the South Kensington Museum. A fellow volume on “The Industrial Arts of Scandinavia in the Pagan Time” appeared in 1883 from the pen of Dr; Hans Hildebrand, of Stockholm.

The Pre-History of the North, based on Contemporary Memorials.

By the late Chamberlain J. J. A. Worsaae, &c. Translated, with a brief Memoir of the Author, by H. F. Morland Simpson, M.A. (London: Trübner and Co., 1886.)