[CONTENTS]

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	Introduction of Fire	[1]
II.	Weapons—Cooked Food—Companionship	[36]
III.	Germs of Social Organization	[62]
IV.	Co-operation	[76]
V.	Dawn of Invention, Art, Marriage, Religion and Government	[97]

[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]

	PAGE
"They caught sight of the light made by the fire" (See page [63])	[ Frontispiece]
"A huge tiger which was slowly creeping up behind him"	[5]
"After some vigorous blowing, produced flame"	[33]
"Soon they had a tolerably firm path from the solid ground to a place near the great beast"	[82]