----------------------------------------------- | | | Harper's Library of Living Thought | | | |-----------------------------------------------| | | | By Prof. W.M. FLINDERS PETRIE | | | | THE REVOLUTIONS OF CIVILISATION | | | | _Illustrated_ | | | | | | In the light of history--so enormously | | extended in recent years--the author surveys | | the waxing and waning of civilisation as | | evidenced in sculpture, painting, | | literature, mechanics, and wealth. In | | tracing the various forces at work in this | | fluctuation he arrives at most significant | | conclusions, notably in connection with race | | mixture and forms of government. | | | | "We know nothing that exhibits in so brief a | | compass the extraordinary vicissitudes of | | human progress and retrogression since the | | dawn of history."--_Birmingham Post._ | | | -------------------------------------------------