Cyrus Thomas

Title: History of the Counties of Argenteuil, Que. and Prescott, Ont., etc. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Thomas, Cyrus; 1896. 665 p.; 8 . 9555.eee.21.

"Their (cupstones) occurrence in different countries make distribution a basis for drawing inferences bearing on the important question of the migration of man in long-past ages."-Charles Rau, Preface, Observations on Cup-shaped Lapidarian Sculptures in the Old World and in America (1881)Observations on Cup-Shaped and Other Lapidarian Sculptures in the Old World and in America: On Prehistoric Trephining and Cranial Amulets-A Study of the Manuscript Troano (1881) is the fifth volume of a nine-part series entitled Contributions to North American Ethnology (all available from Cosimo Classics). This volume is organized into three parts: Part I: Observations on Cup-Shaped and Other Lapidarian Sculptures by Charles Rau; Part II: On Prehistoric Trephining and Cranial Amulets by Robert Fletcher; and Part III: A Study of the Manuscript Troano by Cyrus Thomas. It offers a critical contribution to the history of Native Americans and is a must-read for anthropologists and students of the history of mankind.