Before the following pages are perused it would be well if the reader were to know why this book came to be written and how the material for it was obtained.

Introduction.

Eminent scholars have come to the conclusion that British civilization had its origin neither with the Celtic people nor with the Romans, but with those people who came to our country when the Pharaohs were ruling over Egypt and when Mesopotamian kings were sending out prospectors and traders to the uttermost ends of the then known world.

Chapter I. Neolithic invaders by sea.