Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Civilization, Vol. 2: An Historical Review of Its Elements
Many of the early industrial achievements of man were wrought in stone, and have in consequence been well preserved. Numerous examples of this ancient handiwork have of late years been discovered, the most archaic being rudely chipped stones, the next in order highly polished stones of later origin, which served as the warlike weapons and the household im plements of the rude tribes of primitive man. At a still later period a far greater diversity of productions came into use, of which but few relics exist. But these few suffice to Show that the making of textile fabrics and pottery, the use of brick and stone in architecture, and other important arts, were of very remote origin.
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