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 sur- 

 veys the waxing and waning of civilisation 

 as evidenced in sculpture, painting, litera- 

 ture, 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." — Birmi?igha??i Post. 



