The Law of Civilization and Decay: An Essay on History

THE LAW OF
Civilization and Decay
An Essay on History
BROOKS ADAMS
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd. 1897
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Copyright, 1896, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped September, 1896. Reprinted February, September, 1897.
Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co. Berwick & Smith Norwood Mass. U.S.A.