THE GATES OF THE BAPTISTERY AT FLORENCE. BY LORENZO GHIBERTI. Published by the Yale School of the Fine Arts. 1874. A handsome portfolio, 18 × 22 inches, containing thirty-four photographic prints, with descriptive text. This publication of photographs from the Bronze Doors of the Baptistery at Florence, has grown out of the acquisition, by the Yale School of the Fine Arts, of casts from the original work, including the whole design as it stands in position at the eastern entrance of San Giovanni. The main designs, photographed in sections, are prefaced by a portrait-head of Ghiberti, and the three bronze doors of the Baptistery in the order of their dates, and are followed by a view of the eastern door with its surroundings. The photographs are handsomely mounted on tinted card-board. Price $30. Address Prof. JOHN F. WEIR, Yale College. THE NEW ENGLANDER. No. CXXVII. APRIL, 1874. ARTICLE I.-PRIMITIVE CULTURE. Primitive Culture. Researches into the development of Mythol. ogy, Philosophy, Religion, Art, and Custom. By EDWARD B. TYLOR, author of "Researches into the Early History of Mankind," etc. 2 vols. London: John Murray, 1871. Researches into the Early History of Mankind, and the Develop ment of Civilization. By EDWARD B. TYLOR, author of "Mexico and the Mexicans." London: John Murray, 1870. It is difficult to compose history by induction. And yet the more slender the induction, the more fascinating the task. History that is based upon testimony, especially if it be abundant, and still more if it be contemporaneous, is of the nature of truth determined, treasure stored. It is always there. We can get at it at any time. We do not need to go every few days and see. A pyramid standing on its base is well enough. Why should it not? But a pyramid balanced on its apex is quite another affair. That is a "phenomenon." We must look into it. There is something about it which demands to be studied. And the finer the point on which so broad an induction |