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Excerpt from Our Face From Fish to Man: A Portrait Gallery of Our Ancient Ancestors and Kinsfolk Together With a Concise History of Our Best Features
A foreword to a volume such as the present one of Dr. Gregory''s is as super?uous as would be the retention of the third eye, the Cyclopean one, of our ancestors, in the center of our forehead today. No more wonderful subject for a volume could be imagined than the evolution of the human face, and no more competent author than William K. Gregory. The result seems to me eminently satisfactory.
If the reader''s interest is real but cursory, let him do nothing but look at the illustrations. They will ensure a thousand percent interest to every walk along Fifth Avenue or Regent Street. If pressure of other interests permits only an hour''s perusal, or complete lack of natural history know ledge requires facts to be strained through the mesh of popular language, read but the preface and the first few paragraphs of each chapter.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A foreword to a volume such as the present one of Dr. Gregory''s is as super?uous as would be the retention of the third eye, the Cyclopean one, of our ancestors, in the center of our forehead today. No more wonderful subject for a volume could be imagined than the evolution of the human face, and no more competent author than William K. Gregory. The result seems to me eminently satisfactory.
If the reader''s interest is real but cursory, let him do nothing but look at the illustrations. They will ensure a thousand percent interest to every walk along Fifth Avenue or Regent Street. If pressure of other interests permits only an hour''s perusal, or complete lack of natural history know ledge requires facts to be strained through the mesh of popular language, read but the preface and the first few paragraphs of each chapter.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
William King Gregory
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266562290
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 375
Paperback
Contributors
Author
William King Gregory
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780282938512
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 377
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