The more exact investigation of the distribution and mode of occurrence of Neolithic remains has received a much needed stimulus from the publication of Professor Brögger's memoir dealing with the position of the strandlines in South-Eastern Norway during the stone age of that country. It has been clearly demonstrated in this important work that it is possible to distinguish, even in the relatively short-lived Neolithic culture, certain phases of chronological value, and to correlate these phases, by means of the distribution of the implements which characterize them, with the successive stages in the elevation of the land which affected Scandinavia in postglacial times. It has become clear, therefore, that the careful registration and description of Neolithic relics may lead to the most important scientific results, and it will be realized by all who indulge in archæological collecting that an exact determination of the locality of any find and of the relations it bears to the superficial deposits of the neighbourhood, more especially to the old shorelines which border the coasts of the British Isles, is of the utmost importance.