WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HENRY BALFOUR, M.A. FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD CURATOR OF THE PITT-RIVERS MUSEUM These Essays, or rather Lectures, contain the first-fruits of the earliest systematic attempt to apply the theory of Evolution to the products of human handiwork. In their original form they have long been difficult to obtain; and they are reprinted now to supply the needs of candidates for the Oxford Diploma in Anthropology, and of the numerous visitors to the Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford. But they will certainly appeal to a far wider public also, as a brief and authentic statement of their author’s discoveries.…
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