PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. PRE-HISTORIC BREAD.
CHAPTER II. CORN IN EGYPT AND ASSYRIA.
CHAPTER III. BREAD IN PALESTINE.
CHAPTER IV. THE BREAD OF THE CLASSIC LANDS.
CHAPTER V. BREAD IN EASTERN LANDS.
CHAPTER VI. BREAD IN EUROPE AND AMERICA.
CHAPTER VII. Early English Bread.
CHAPTER VIII. HOW GRAIN BECOMES FLOUR.
CHAPTER IX. THE MILLER AND HIS TOLLS.
CHAPTER X. BREAD MAKING AND BAKING.
CHAPTER XI. OVENS ANCIENT AND MODERN.
CHAPTER XII. THE RELIGIOUS USE OF BREAD.
CHAPTER XIII. GINGER BREAD AND CHARITY BREAD.
CHAPTER XIV. BREAD RIOTS.
CHAPTER XV. LEGENDS ABOUT BREAD.
FOOTNOTES:
THE HISTORY OF BREAD
Egyptians Threshing Corn by Hand.
Egyptians Winnowing and Storing Corn in Sacks, and a Scribe Noting the Quantities.
From Pre-historic to Modern Times
BY
JOHN ASHTON
LONDON
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
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1904
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