Record

RefNoMS/683/1/3
LevelFile
TitleNotes for "Origin of civilisation", by John Lubbock
Datec.1870-1903
DescriptionWorking copy of Lubbock's 1870 book, apparently updated regularly with useful material for inclusion in subsequent editions. Containing original and copy letters from a variety of figures including colonial writers and administrators such as Roger Casement (1864-1916) and Louis Tautain (d.1905); missionaries, notably the Rev C.M.Hyde in Honolulu (subject of a well-known controversy with Robert Louis Stevenson); and scientists including Thomas Henry Huxley.
Extent1 volume
FormatManuscript and printed
AccessStatusOpen
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