The Evolution of the Dragon
Smith Frs, G. Elliott
On 23 February, 1915, an essay on the spread of certain customs and beliefs in ancient times under the title "On the Significance of the Geographical Distribution of the Practice of Mummification", was presented to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, and in Rylands Lecture two weeks later the general conclusions were summed up. In view of the lively controversies that followed the publication of the former of these addresses, th...