THE ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION;
or, the
PRIMITIVE CONDITION OF MAN.
By SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., M. P., F. R. S.
380 Pages. Illustrated.
This interesting work is the fruit of many years' research by an accomplished naturalist, and one well trained in modern scientific methods, into the mental, moral, and social condition of the lowest savage races. The want of a work of this kind had long been felt, and, as scientific methods are being more and more applied to questions of humanity, there has been increasing need of a careful and authentic work describing the conditions of those tribes of men who are lowest in the scale of development.
"This interesting work—for it is intensely so in its aim, scope, and the ability of its author—treats of what the scientists denominate anthropology, or the natural history of the human species; the complete science of man, body and soul, including sex, temperament, race, civilization, etc."—Providence Press.
"A work which is most comprehensible in its aim, and most admirable in its execution. The patience and judgment bestowed on the book are everywhere apparent; the mere list of authorities quoted giving evidence of wide and impartial reading. The work, indeed, is not only a valuable one on account of the opinions it expresses, but it is also most serviceable as a book of reference. It offers an able and exhaustive table of a vast array of facts, which no single student could well obtain for himself, and it has not been made the vehicle for any special pleading on the part of the author."— London Athenæum.
"The book is no cursory and superficial review; it goes to the very heart of the subject, and embodies the results of all the later investigations. It is replete with curious and quaint information presented in a compact, luminous, and entertaining form."—Albany Evening Journal.
"The treatment of the subject is eminently practical, dealing more with fat than theory, or perhaps it will be more just to say, dealing only with theory amply sustained by fact."—Detroit Free Press.
"This interesting and valuable volume illustrates, to some extent, the way in which the modern scientific spirit manages to extract a considerable treasure from the chaff and refuse neglected or thrown aside by former inquirers."—London Saturday Review.
D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers.
