The Evolution of Culture, and Other Essays

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BY THE LATE LT.-GEN. A. LANE-FOX PITT-RIVERS D.C.L., F.R.S., F.S.A.
EDITED BY J. L. MYRES, M.A. STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HENRY BALFOUR, M.A. FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD CURATOR OF THE PITT-RIVERS MUSEUM
TWENTY-ONE PLATES
OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1906

HENRY FROWDE, M.A. PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD LONDON, EDINBURGH NEW YORK AND TORONTO

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.