CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.The Beginnings of Literature[1]
1. Preliminary[1]
2. Chaldea[5]
3. Egypt[10]
4. China[21]
5. Japan[38]
6. India[43]
7. Persia[47]
8. Judæa[49]
II.Greece[54]
III.Alexandria[127]
IV.Book-Terminology in Classic Times[149]
V.Rome[163]
VI.Constantinople[282]
Index [297]