TRE ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION; 



on, THE 



PRUIITIVE CONDITION OF MAN 

 By SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart, M. P., F. B. S. 



380 l?ases. Illiastratocl. 



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 by an accomplisljcd naturalist, and one Avell trained in mod- 

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 has been increasinG: need of a careful and authentic work dc- 

 scribing the conditions of those tribes of men who ore lowest 

 in the scale of development. 



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 dence Press. 



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 London AtliCiiceum. 



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