Primitive Culture: researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, art, and custom

Primitive Culture: researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, art, and custom

Tylor, Sir Edward Burnett

London: Murray, 1871

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1871

George Eliot to Mrs. Richard Congreve, 4 July 1872. “Our first book, read aloud by me after we came down, was Wallace's ‘Eastern Archipelago,’ which, I think, you had spoken well of to Mr Lewes. It is delightful. The biography of the infant ourang-outang alone is worth getting the book for. We are now in the middle of Tylor's ‘Primitive Culture,’ which is worth studying, and useful for reference on special points, if you happen to want knowledge about the ideas of the savage tribes.” GEL 5: 288 

Tylor, Sir Edward Burnett, Primitive Culture: researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, art, and custom, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57101

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