Research Catalog

Title

Glimpses of the ages, or, The "superior" and "inferior" races, so-called, discussed in the light of science and history / by Theophilus E. Samuel Scholes.

Author

Scholes, Theophilus E. Samuel.

Publication

London : John Long, 1905-MCMVIII [1908].

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Details

Additional Authors

• John Long Limited, publisher.
• William Brendon and Son, printer.

Description

2 v.; 23 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

• Glimpses of the ages
• "Superior" and "inferior" races, so-called discussed in the light of science and history

Subjects

• Great Britain > Colonies > Race relations
• Ink stamps (Provenance)
• Black race
• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• Race relations
• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Ethnology
• Great Britain > Colonies > Administration
• Civilization
• Great Britain > Colonies > Social conditions

Genre/Form

• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Ink stamps (Provenance)
• Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• With a half-title in each volume.
• Title page of v. 2 printed in red and black.
• Publication date in v. 2 in roman numerals.
• Printer statement ("William Brendon and Son, Limited") from colophons of v. 1 and 2.
• Vol. 1: xvii, [1], 409, [1] p.; v. 2: ix, [1], 493, [1] p.

Provenance (note)

• with clippings related to the title pasted in at the end of v. 1 ; Inscribed on half-title page of v. 1: "A. Schomburg." With ink stamp on verso of first free endleaf of v. 1 and 2: Schomburg Collection. With the bookplate in both volumes: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

Contents

• v. 1. Introduction -- Evidence of inferiority of coloured races -- Variation of colour among races -- Seat and origin of colour -- Nature of colour and time of production -- Probable function of colour -- Cranial "variation" among races: Measurements of the cranium ; The cranium as a guide to race qualities -- The quality of beauty among races -- The rest of the organism, as determining origin of race -- Prolificacy between black and white -- Evolution as a criterion of origin of race -- Nature and growth of the moral sense -- Man's possession of a religious faculty -- Man's universal belief in God -- Common descent supported by analogy -- Further comparison between evolution and monogenesis -- General summary and conclusion -- General statement: Europe as seen in the present -- Europe as seen in the past -- Who were the ancient Egyptians? -- Classification of the Hamitic race -- Argument supporting race differences -- African as seen in the past: Ancient religion of Egypt ; Dynastic history of the Egyptians ; Achievements of the Egyptians in science and art -- Africa as seen in the present: The Negro under native and Mohammedan culture ; The Negro under Christian culture ; Four great leaders of the Negro race -- To what is civilisation primarily due? -- The presence of civilisation among the races -- Lessons taught by the two types of civilisation -- The British Empire and coloured labor -- Some facts concerning modern civilization -- The future of modern civilization -- Index.
• v. 2. Introduction:The gauge of human conduct -- Christendom disposing of the dying nations -- Britain eliminating the "unfit," or the manner in which coloured British subjects are brought into the empire: Kano and Sokoto ; the Sierra Leone Protectorate -- The manner in which coloured British subjects are treated within the empire: Certain popular fallacies -- The manner in which coloured British subjects are treated within the empire: Their political and economic conditions ; India ; The British West Indies ; West Africa -- The manner in which coloured British subjects are treated within the empire: Their social condition -- Reasons alleged as accounting for their social condition -- The real reason that accounts for their conditions -- Change of policy -- The cause of the change of policy -- Upon the empire, the effects of Britain's present policy: Demoralization and devitalization ; Upon the empire, the effects of Britain's present policy: Misrepresentation -- Upon the empire, the effects of Britain's present policy: A dual standard of justice -- Present policy supported by a false delicacy -- Working the empire from without, or, judging the future by the present -- Working the empire from within, or, probably effects of Britain's original policy -- Imperialism and its Nestor -- General summary and conclusion -- Index.

Call Number

Sc 572-S (Scholes, T. Glimpses of the ages)

LCCN

06005684

OCLC

2095681

Author

Scholes, Theophilus E. Samuel.

Title

Glimpses of the ages, or, The "superior" and "inferior" races, so-called, discussed in the light of science and history / by Theophilus E. Samuel Scholes.

Imprint

London : John Long, 1905-MCMVIII [1908].

Provenance

Copy in Sc 572-S (accession nos. B572158, B572159) with clippings related to the title pasted in at the end of v. 1 ; Inscribed on half-title page of v. 1: "A. Schomburg." With ink stamp on verso of first free endleaf of v. 1 and 2: Schomburg Collection. With the bookplate in both volumes: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

Local Note

Researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-6272.

Added Author

John Long Limited, publisher.

William Brendon and Son, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.

Research Call Number

Sc 572-S (Scholes, T. Glimpses of the ages)