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.
Harper’s Library of Living Thought
By CHARLES H. HAWES, M.A., and
HARRIET B. HAWES, M.A., L.H.D.