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THIS book is indeed archaeology ‘without tears’ a sightseer's handbook which deserves commendation not only for the originality of its conception, but also for the manner in which that conception has been carried out. The sightseer is conducted, a little breathlessly perhaps, through the whole range of British archaeology, from earliest prehistoric times down to the eighteenth century of our era, and persuasively instructed what to look for as the characteristic features in our ancient monuments. A chapter is devoted appropriately to the works of preservation undertaken by the Office of Works; and glossaries, a table of scripts, and a list of useful dates-the whole illustrated by line sketches and diagrams-complete an excellent and really helpful work of popularisation.
See for Yourself: a Field-Book of Sight-Seeing.
Edmund
Vale
By. Pp. xii + 276. (London and Toronto: J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd., 1933.) 5s. net.
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See for Yourself: a Field-Book of Sight-Seeing. Nature 132, 624 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132624c0
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