Chapter VI: which relates to the glacial phenomena of the British Isles. I

have no doubt of the general correctness of the views maintained by him, and little doubt, also, that his clear and forcible presentation of the facts will bring about what is scarcely less than a revolution in the views generally prevalent relating to the subject of which he treats.

For the glacial facts relating to France and Switzerland I am indebted largely to M. Falsan's valuable compendium, La Période Glaciaire.

It goes without saying, also, that I am under the deepest obligation to the works of Prof. James Geikie upon The Great Ice Age and upon Prehistoric Europe, and to the remarkable volume of the late Mr. James Croll upon Climate and Time, as well as to the recent comprehensive geological treatises of Sir Archibald Geikie and Prof. Prestwich. Finally, I would express my gratitude for the great courtesy of Prof. Fraipont, of Liége, in assisting me to an appreciation of the facts relating to the late remarkable discovery of two entire skeletons of Paleolithic man in the grotto of Spy.

Comparative completeness is also given to the volume by the appendix on the question of man's existence during the Tertiary period, prepared by the competent hand of Prof. Henry W. Haynes, of Boston.

I trust this brief treatise will be useful not only in _interesting_ the general public, but in giving a clear view of the present state of progress in one department of the inquiries concerning man's antiquity. If the conclusions reached are not as positive as could be wished, still it is both desirable and important to see what degree of indefiniteness rests upon the subject, in order that rash speculations may be avoided and future investigations directed in profitable lines.

G. Frederick Wright.

Oberlin, Ohio, _May 1, 1892_.

CONTENTS.

PAGES
CHAPTER I.
Introductory 1-8

CHAPTER II.
Existing Glaciers 9-42
In Europe; in Asia; in Oceanica; in South America;
on the Antarctic Continent; in North America.

CHAPTER III.
Glacial Motion 43-50

CHAPTER IV.
Signs of Past Glaciation 51-65

CHAPTER V.
Ancient Glaciers in the Western Hemisphere 66-128
New England; New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania;
the Mississippi Basin; west of the Rocky Mountains.

CHAPTER VI.
Ancient Glaciers in the Eastern Hemisphere 129-192
Central and Southern Europe; the British Isles--the
Preglacial Level of the Land, the Great Glacial Centres,
the Confluent Glaciers, the East Anglian Glacier,
the so-called Great Submergence; Northern Europe;
Asia; Africa.

CHAPTER VII.
Drainage Systems in the Glacial Period 193-241
In America--Preglacial Erosion, Buried Outlets and
Channels, Ice-dams, Ancient River Terraces; in Europe.

CHAPTER VIII.
Relics of Man in the Glacial Period 242-301
In Glacial Terraces of the United States; in Glacial
Terraces of Europe; in Cave Deposits in the British
Isles; in Cave Deposits on the Continent; Extinct
Animals associated with Man; Earliest Man on the
Pacific Coast of North America.

CHAPTER IX.
The Cause of the Glacial Period 302-331