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THE BATTLE IN THE SWAMP.

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FROM MONKEY TO MAN
OR
Society in the Tertiary Age

A Story of the Missing Link

SHOWING THE FIRST STEPS IN INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, GOVERNMENT,
RELIGION AND THE ARTS

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT EXPEDITION FROM COCOANUT
HILL AND THE WARS IN ALLIGATOR SWAMP

BY
AUSTIN BIERBOWER
Author of “The Virtues and Their Reasons,” “The Socialism of Christ,”
“The Morals of Christ,” Etc.

Illustrated by H. R. HEATON

CHICAGO
INGERSOLL BEACON CO
1906

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COPYRIGHT 1906
BY
WM. H. MAPLE
CHICAGO

M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY
PRINTERS AND BINDERS
407-429 DEARBORN STREET
CHICAGO

The extraordinary interest which this book has excited hasinduced the publisher to issue a new and revised editionat a reduced price, believing that, as it is the first attemptat a prehistoric novel, it will have a wide reading. The subject,the characters and the period are here for the first timeintroduced into fiction.

The scenes are laid in the Tertiary Age when, according tothe Darwinian Theory, men were emerging from the Ape, andthey portray the supposed exploits of our ancestors at thatstage of development. The author has aimed to exhibit thefeatures of the time—climate, foliage, animals, etc.—as understoodby Geologists and Biologists, and to be scientificallyaccurate, with no more variations in proportion than are usualin historic fiction.

If Evolution is the true theory of man’s origin there is along period of forgotten history, covering thousands of centuries,during which men lived and fought and learned, and thisbook seeks to revivify it and make it realizable. In this periodnearly all the arts and industries were started, and the authorsuggests their crude origin in a variety of episodes. Theorigin of arms, building, religion and government, the firstuse of fire and clothing and the primitive form of many socialand business problems are indicated in the course of a simplestory.

In addition to its valuable scientific hints, the work is richin practical wisdom. It is also spiced throughout with a veinof quiet humor which provokes mirth and makes it highlyentertaining as well as instructive.

The illustrations by H. R. Heaton, an artist of nationalreputation, are believed to be the best work of his genius.