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 Massart (Alfred), Gisements Métallifères du district de Carthagène (Espagne). Liège, 1875.

 Massey (Gerald), A Book of the Beginnings. London: Williams and Norgate, 1881. Two volumes were first published, and the two concluding are lately issued. A learned friend writes to him: ‘I find little to remark upon or criticise. You seem to have got down far below Tylor, and to be making good your ground in many matters. If people will only read your book, it will make them cry out in some way or other. But you require a populariser, and may have to wait a long time for one.’

 Mela (Pomponius), De Situ Orbis (a.d. 41–54). This little work deserves a modern English translation; but what can be said of geographers whose Royal Geographical Society has not yet translated Ptolemy?

 Meyrick (Sir Samuel Rush), Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour as it existed in Europe, particularly in Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to Charles the Second, with a Glossary of Military Terms of the Middle Ages. I quote from the Second Edition. 3 vols. atlas 4to. London: Bohn, 1844. The first edition was published in 1824 without the supervision of the author, who found fault with it, especially with the colouring. The next edition, in 1844, was enlarged by the author with the assistance of friends, Mr. Albert Way and others. It was followed by Engraved Illustrations of Ancient Arms and Armour, the artistic work of Mr. Joseph Skelton.