September, 1891.
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.
For ordinary purposes the present edition may be taken as substantially unchanged. In only a few passages noticeable alterations have been made, (see vol. i. p. 167, vocal tone; vol. ii. pp. 234-7, totemism).
E. B. T.
October, 1903.
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
THE SCIENCE OF CULTURE.
Culture or Civilization—Its phenomena related according to definite Laws—Method of classification and discussion of the evidence—Connexion of successive stages of culture by Permanence, Modification, and Survival—Principal topics examined in the present work [1]