CONTENTS
I EVIDENCES OF IDEOGRAPHY IN OUR WRITTEN LANGUAGE 1
II PRIMITIVE PICTURE WRITING 18
III PICTURE WRITING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
60
IV PICTURE WRITING OF THE ANCIENT MEXICANS . 112
V HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS
146
VI CHINESE IDEOGRAPHIC WRITING 154
VII HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
185
VIII BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN CUNEIFORM WRITING . 223
IX THE HIEROGLYPHIC SYSTEM OF WRITING OF THE
ANCIENT HITTITES 267
X THE ALPHABETIC WRITING OF THE PHOENICIANS . 286
XI PRE-PHOENICIAN SYLLABARIES AND MEDITERRANEAN
SCRIPT 309
XII THE GREEK ALPHABET 337
XIII THE ROMAN ALPHABET 372
XIV WRITING IN THE MIDDLE AGES 392
XV EUROPEAN ALPHABETS DERIVED FROM THE GREEK . 443
XVI THE AGE OF PRINTING 453
BIBLIOGRAPHY 491
INDEX 499
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