rveys |
| 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._ |
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| Harper's Library of Living Thought |
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| By CHARLES H. HAWES, M.A., and |
| HARRIET B. HAWES, M.A., L.H.D. |
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| CRETE, THE FORERUNNER OF GREECE |
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| _Map, Plans, etc._ |
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| |
| "The wondrous story of a great civilisation |
| which flourished before Abraham was born, |
| and left behind a memory of itself in the |
| Arts of Ancient Greece and in the traditions |
| of a golden age and a 'Lost |
| Atlantis.'"--_Evening Standard._ |
| |
| "We have now the material for forming a very |
| fair conception of the fruitful contribution |
| made by Crete to Grecian and European |
| civilisation. What was long accounted |
| fable--statements of Herodotus and |