The Mysterious Forces of Civilization
by 'Abdul-Baha
'Abdul-Baha. The Mysterious Forces of Civilization. Translated by Johanna Dawud. Chicago: Bahai Publishing Society, 1918. Originally published in London, 1910. Reprinted. East Lansing, MI: H-Bahai, 2007.
Note: Originally written by 'Abdu'l-Baha in 1875, the original Persian text Risalih-'i Madaniyyih was first lithographed in Bombay, 1882 and later published in Cairo in 1911. Marziah Gail translated another edition in 1957 entitled The Secret of Divine Civilization.