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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER VII.—THE GREEK ALPHABET.
1. The Science of Greek Epigraphy i §
2. Abu Simbel 5 §
3. The Legend of Cadmus 18 §
4. The Cadmean Alphabet 28 §
5. The Dated Monuments ...... 44 §
6. Classification of the Greek Alphabets . . . . 61 §
7. The Abecedaria ........ 69 §
8. The Letters 80 §
9. The Asianic Scripts . . . . . . .108
CHAPTER VIII.—ALPHABETS OF HELLENIC ORIGIN. §
i. The Italic Alphabets 124 §
z. Latin . . . 136 §
3. Greek Uncials and Minuscules 145 §
4. Latin Uncials and Minuscules . . . . . . 163 §
5. Coptic 191 §
6. The Slavonic Alphabets . . . . . . . 195 §
7. The Albanian Alphabets ...... 207 §
8. The Runes 210 §
9. The Oghams 225
CHAPTER IX.—THE IRANIAN ALPHABETS. §
i. The Primitive Scripts of Persia 228 §
2. The Pehlevi Alphabets 238 §
3. The Indo-Bactrian Inscription of Asoka . . . 256
4. The Indian Numerals 263 §
5. The Armenian and Georgian Alphabets . . . 268
CHAPTER X.—INDIAN ALPHABETS. §
i. The Multiplicity of Indian Scripts .... 285 §
2. Asoka 289 §
3. The Primitive Alphabets of India ..... 296 §
4. The Origin of the Indian Alphabets 304 §
5. The Epoch of Transition . . . . . -324 §
6. The Vernacular Alphabets 342
CHAPTER XI.
THE EPILOGUE . . . 360
INDEX OF ALPHABETS 374
GENERAL INDEX 377