Edward Carpenter

PREFACE TO COMPLETE EDITION -1920

CONTENTS

CIVILISATION: ITS CAUSE AND CURE

MODERN SCIENCE: A CRITICISM

THE SCIENCE OF THE FUTURE: A FORECAST

DEFENCE OF CRIMINALS: A CRITICISM OF MORALITY

EXFOLIATION

CUSTOM

A RATIONAL AND HUMANE SCIENCE

THE NEW MORALITY

APPENDIX

ADVERTISEMENTS

Transcriber's Note:

Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.

CIVILISATION: ITS
CAUSE AND CURE

CIVILISATION: ITS
CAUSE AND CURE

AND OTHER ESSAYS

(NEWLY-ENLARGED AND COMPLETE EDITION)

BY

EDWARD CARPENTER

AUTHOR OF "TOWARDS DEMOCRACY,"
"MY DAYS AND DREAMS," ETC.

LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD.
RUSKIN HOUSE, 40 MUSEUM STREET, W.C.1

First Edition, June 1889; Second Edition, December 1890;
Third Edition, November 1893; Fourth Edition, July 1895;
Fifth Edition, September 1897; Sixth Edition, October 1900;
Seventh Edition, July 1902; Eighth Edition, March 1903;
Ninth Edition, January 1906; Tenth Edition, January 1908;
Eleventh Edition, October 1910; Twelfth Edition, Dec. 1912;
Thirteenth Edition, Aug. 1914; Fourteenth Edition, June 1916;
Fifteenth Edition, Sept. 1917; Complete Edition, Jan. 1921

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