Abu Simbel, 206
Acrology, 86, 104, 153, 210, 223
Ægean civilisation, 159, 187-194
Akerblad, 129
Akkadian civilisation, 105
" cuneiform, 100, 170
" religion, 105
Alaskan life, pictograph of, 65-66
Algerian rock-paintings, 33
Almanack symbols, 102
Alphabet, Abyssinian, 213
" Arabic, 209
" Aramean, 207-8
" Armenian, 211
" birth of the, 124
" Chalcidian, 199, 215-6
" Coptic, 216
" Corean, 87
" Dravidian, 207
" English, 37, 220-222
" Ethiopic, 213
" Georgian, 211
" Greek, 136, 213
" Hebrew, 136, 151, 208, 213
" Hellenic, 207, 213
" Indian, 213
" Indo-Bactrian, 211-2
Alphabet, Ionian, 215
" Irish, 218
" Latin, 38, 199, 216-7
" Mongolian, 208
" Ogam, 225
" Pehlevi, 93, 211
" Phoenician, 188, 194, 196, 207, 213
" Pictograph and, 26
" Runic, 220, 223
" Russian, 215
" SabÆan, 212
" Samaritan, 152
" stages of development of, 38-39
" Syriac, 208
" variations in English, 220
Amenophis III., 110
America, development of man in, 74
Arabic numerals, 209, 212
Art, prehistoric, 24-5
Asoka, 211
Assyrian numerals, 210
Australian aborigines, 27
" grave-posts of, 52
" rock-paintings of, 29
Ave Maria, 80
Aztecs, 75
Baal Lebanon, vessels from, 145-6
Babylonian characters, 99, 186
Babylonians, 105, 157, 208
Bark, picture-writing on, 58, 59, 67-68
Behistun rock-inscription, 94-95, 101, 128, 181
Belts, wampum, 45-51
Benefit of clergy, 22
"Bible," etymology of, 10
Bible as charm, 19
Bite, written charm against centipede, 19
Black letter, 219
Body, parts of, used for measurements, 101
"Book," etymology of, 10
"Book of Breathings," 119
"Book of the Dead," 117, 125, 200
Borchardt, Dr., 116
Brahma, 16-17
Budge, Dr. Wallis, 119, 123, 127, 130, 133
Burckhardt, 180
Bushman rain-charm, 34
Bushmen rock-paintings, 30-32
Cadger's Map, 57
Cadmus, 17
CÆdmon, 224
Cave-man, art of, 24-25
Census-roll, Indian, 71
Champollion, 129-30
Charms, written, 16-17, 19-20, 119
Chinese characters, 83
" determinatives, 85
" picture-writing, 83-84, 103
Clay tablets, 89
Cleopatra, 130-1
Clermont-Ganneau, M., 146
Clog almanack, 45
"Code," etymology of, 10
Cords, knotted, 39, 43, 82
Corean alphabet, 87
Creation tablet, 110
Cretan hieroglyphs, 167, 184, 195
" linear characters, 171, 173, 175, 184
Crete, MycenÆ and, 182
" origin of Ægean civilisation in, 192-94
" relics of script in, 51
" Syria, Egypt, and, 159
Cuneiform writing, 89-112
" " discovery of, 93-97
" " meaning of, 89
" " mode of, 98
Cursive characters, 217
Cypriote's syllabary, 178
Cyprus, civilisation in, 179
Darius, 93, 95, 127
Della Valle, 90
Delphi, 162
Deluge tablet, 111
Demotic writing, 115, 127, 216
De RougÉ 139, 142-45, 226
De Sacy, 93
Determinatives, 85, 100, 103, 122, 170
"Digits," etymology of, 101
Dikta, Mount, slab from, 171
DiodÔros, 196
"Diploma," etymology of, 11
Disease, barbaric theory of, 60
Edwards, Chilperic, 112
Egypt and Babylonia, 112
Egyptian art, 115
" demotic, 115, 127, 216
" hieratic, 115, 125-127, 139, 155, 194
" hieroglyphs, 41, 114-124
" numerals, 210
" writing, stages of, 115
Enchorial writing, 127
Eshmunazar, sarcophagus of, 140, 153
Eteocretans, 184
Europe, continuity of man in, 24, 189
Eusebius, 137
Evans, Arthur, 25, 51, 154, 159, 177, 189, 193, 195
Fingers as pictographs, 101
Flinders Petrie, Professor, 116, 177, 185-6, 202
Frazer, J. G., 193
Gardner, Prof. P., 158
GoulÁs, 162
GrÆcia Major, 199
Graffito, 161
Grave-posts, Indian, 53-55
Greek alphabet, 199
" papyri, 198-206
" settlements, 198
" signary, 185
Grotefend, Dr., 93, 101
Gurob, 177, 202
Haddon, P
rofessor, 19
HalÉvy, 104
Haynes, 108
Herculaneum papyri, 201
Herodas, mimes of, 202-204
Herodotus, 39, 92, 97, 134, 137-8, 190, 199
Hieratic writing, 115, 125-27, 139, 155, 194
Hieroglyphic wheels, 45
Hieroglyphs, Cadger's, 57
"???Egyptian, 114-124
"???Hittite, 150, 168, 173, 181, 195
"???Mexican, 73
Hilprecht, Dr., 108
Hittites, 179-81, 185
Hoffman, Dr., 45, 52, 54, 64
Hogarth, D. G., 159
Horus, 158
Hunting expedition, pictograph of, 62, 64
Hutchinson, Mark, 32
Hyksos, 119, 154
Iberian signary, 185
Ideographic stage of alphabet, 38, 72-79
Ideographs, 101, 115, 120-21, 167
"??; comparative, 124
Indian and stolen loaves, 16
"?census roll, 71
"?chief, pictograph of life of, 67
"?grave-posts, 53-4
"?petition for fishing rights, 69
Innuit record of departure, 72
Inscriptions, cuneiform, 90
Ionia, 194
Iroquois, 50
Isis, 130, 158
Itzcoatl, 79
Japanese writing, 86
Jesus, "Sayings" of, 205
Kahun, 226
Rock-paintings of Australian natives, 27-29
Rock-paintings of Bushmen, 30-31
Rock-paintings of North Africa (Algeria), 33
Roman alphabet, 37, 217
"??capitals, 37, 217
"??type, 37
Rosary, 39
Rosetta Stone, 94, 128-133, 181
Rosetta Stone, inscription on, 132
Runic alphabet, 215, 220, 223-25
Runic letters, 104
Russian alphabet, 215
"??letters, 104
St. Patrick, 219
Sardanapalus V., 16
Sardinia, 189
Sargon I., 106-7, 180
Sassanid inscriptions, 93
Schliemann, Dr., 158, 182
Schoolcraft, 53
Seal-stones, engraved, 51, 160, 167
Semang rain-charm, 35
Semitic characters, 140
Signary, Greek and Mediterranean, 185, 195
Siloam, Pool of, 146, 151
Skin disease, charm against, 20
Spencer and Gillen, 29
Stele of Canopus, 133
"?Shera, 116
"?the Vultures, 106
"Style," etymology of, 11
Syllabaria, 103
Syllabaries, 39, 103, 173, 178
Symbols, 38, 73, 102, 120, 164-66
Sympathetic magic, 21, 61
"Tablet," etymology of, 11
Tallies or tally-sticks, 44
Tasmanians, 27
Tattooing, 51
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