Author:
Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1832-1917), archaeologist and anthropologist
Publication details:
On letterhead of Linden, Wellington, Somerset. 4 September 1888.
4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Fair, on aged paper. He suggests a book she should read to 'get a general idea of the facts known about dolmens & cromlechs', although the theories advanced by the author 'are not much accepted by archaeologists'. The book does provide 'some evidence of the late date they went on till', and this is 'a good corrective of the belief that they must be always of some amazing antiquity'. He points out that a 'Scandinavian King is associated with lines of stones to commemorate a battle'.
