PREFACE.

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.

CONTENTS.

THE DAWN OF HISTORY. CHAPTER I. THE EARLIEST TRACES OF MAN.

CHAPTER II. THE SECOND STONE AGE.

CHAPTER III. THE GROWTH OF LANGUAGE.

CHAPTER IV. FAMILIES OF LANGUAGE.

CHAPTER V. THE NATIONS OF THE OLD WORLD.

CHAPTER VI. EARLY SOCIAL LIFE.

CHAPTER VII. THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY.

CHAPTER VIII. RELIGION.

CHAPTER IX. ARYAN RELIGIONS.

CHAPTER X. THE OTHER WORLD.

CHAPTER XI. MYTHOLOGIES AND FOLK-TALES.

CHAPTER XII. PICTURE-WRITING.

CHAPTER XIII. PHONETIC WRITING.

CHAPTER XIV. CONCLUSION.

APPENDIX. NOTES AND AUTHORITIES.

INDEX.

THE

DAWN   OF   HISTORY:

AN INTRODUCTION TO

PRE-HISTORIC   STUDY.


EDITED BY
C. F. KEARY, M.A., F.S.A.

NEW EDITION.

NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS.
1902

THE CAXTON PRESS
NEW YORK.