The Beginnings of Libraries

CONTENTS

	Preface	v
	Contents	vii
	List of illustrations	ix
1.	Introduction	1
2.	The study of beginnings	5
3.	Definition of the Library	14
4.	Method	22
5.	Antediluvian libraries. General	25
6.	Libraries of the gods	27
7.	Animal and plant libraries?	34
8.	Preadamite libraries	39
9.	Adamite and patriarchal libraries before the flood	42
10.	Prehistoric and historic libraries	50
11.	The evolution of record keeping	54
12.	Memory libraries	65
13.	Pictorial object libraries	76
14.	Mnemonic object libraries	91
15.	Picture book libraries	100
16.	Ideographic records	114
17.	Types of primitive libraries	116
18.	Contents of primitive libraries	132
19.	The administration of primitive libraries	142
20.	The beginnings of library schools	151
21.	The beginnings of library research	156
22.	Bibliography	159

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