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## THE PREHISTORIC WORLD:
OR,
VANISHED RACES.

By
E. A. ALLEN
Author of "The Golden Gems of Life."
Each of the following well-known Scholars reviewed one or more Chapters, and made valuable suggestions:

C. C. ABBOTT, M.D., Author of "Primitive Industry." Prof. F. W. PUTNAM, Curator of Peabody Museum of Archæology and Ethnology, Harvard University. A. F. BANDELIER, Explorer for Archæological Institute of America, author of "Archæological Tour in Mexico." | Prof. CHARLES RAU, Curator of Archæological Department of Smithsonian Institution. ALEXANDER WINCHELL, LL.D., Professor of Geology and Paleontology, University of Michigan. CYRUS THOMAS, PH.D., Of the Bureau of Ethnology.

G. F. WRIGHT,
Of the United States Geological Survey, Professor in Theological Seminary, Oberlin, Ohio.

NASHVILLE:
CENTRAL PUBLISHING HOUSE,
1885.

Copyright by
FERGUSON, ALLEN, AND RADER, 1885.

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