A.C.L.B.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF AUTHORITIES
INTRODUCTION.
THE ALPHABET. 1. The Origin of Letters.—2. The Phoenician Alphabet and Inscriptions.— 3. The Greek Alphabet. Its Three Epochs.—4. The Mediaeval Scripts. The Irish. The Anglo-Saxon. The Roman. The Gothic. The Runic. CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES
CHINESE LITERATURE.
1. Chinese Literature.—2. The Language.—3. The Writing.—4. The Five
Classics and Four Books.—5. Chinese Religion and Philosophy. Lao-tsé.
Confucius. Meng-tsé or Mencius.—6. Buddhism.—7. Social Constitution of
China.—8. Invention of Printing.—9. Science, History, and Geography.
Encyclopaedias.—10. Poetry.—11. Dramatic Literature and Fiction.—12.
Education in China.
JAPANESE LITERATURE.
1. The Language.—2. The Religion.—3. The Literature. Influence of Women.—4. History.—5. The Drama and Poetry.—6. Geography. Newspapers. Novels. Medical Science.—7. Position of Woman.