Abu Simbel, [206]
Acrology, [ 86], [104], [153], [210], [223]
Ægean civilisation, [159], [187-194]
Akerblad, [129]
Akkadian civilisation, [105]
" cuneiform, [100], [170]
" religion, [105]
Alaskan life, pictograph of, [ 65-66]
Algerian rock-paintings, [ 33]
Almanack symbols, [102]
Alphabet, Abyssinian, [213]
" Arabic, [209]
" Aramean, [207-8]
" Armenian, [211]
" birth of the, [124]
" Chalcidian, [199], [215-6]
" Coptic, [216]
" Corean, [87]
" Dravidian, [207]
" English, [37], [220-222]
" Ethiopic, [213]
" Georgian, [211]
" Greek, [136], [213]
" Hebrew, [136], [151], [208], [213]
" Hellenic, [207], [213]
" Indian, [213]
" Indo-Bactrian, [211-2]
Alphabet, Ionian, [215]
" Irish, [218]
" Latin, [ 38], [199], [216-7]
" Mongolian, [208]
" Ogam, [225]
" Pehlevi, [ 93], [211]
" Phœnician, [188], [194], [196], [207], [213]
" Pictograph and, [ 26]
" Runic, [220], [223]
" Russian, [215]
" Sabæan, [212]
" Samaritan, [152]
" stages of development of, [38-39]
" Syriac, [208]
" variations in English, [220]
Amenophis III., [110]
America, development of man in, [ 74]
Arabic numerals, [209], [212]
Art, prehistoric, [24-5]
Asoka, [211]
Assyrian numerals, [210]
Australian aborigines, [ 27]
" grave-posts of, [ 52]
" rock-paintings of, [ 29]
Ave Maria, [ 80]
Aztecs, [ 75]
Baal Lebanon, vessels from, [145-6]
Babylonian characters, [ 99], [186]
Babylonians, [105], [157], [208]
Bark, picture-writing on, [ 58], [ 59], [67-68]
Behistun rock-inscription, [94-95], [101], [128], [181]
Belts, wampum, [45-51]
Benefit of clergy, [ 22]
"Bible," etymology of, [ 10]
Bible as charm, [ 19]
Bite, written charm against centipede, [ 19]
Black letter, [219]
Body, parts of, used for measurements, [101]
"Book," etymology of, [ 10]
"Book of Breathings," [119]
"Book of the Dead," [117], [125], [200]
Borchardt, Dr., [116]
Brahma, [16-17]
Budge, Dr. Wallis, [119], [123], [127], [130], [133]
Burckhardt, [180]
Bushman rain-charm, [ 34]
Bushmen rock-paintings, [30-32]
Cadger's Map, [ 57]
Cadmus, [ 17]
Cædmon, [224]
Cave-man, art of, [24-25]
Census-roll, Indian, [ 71]
Champollion, [129-30]
Charms, written, [16-17], [19-20], [119]
Chinese characters, [ 83]
" determinatives, [ 85]
" picture-writing, [83-84], [103]
Clay tablets, [ 89]
Cleopatra, [130-1]
Clermont-Ganneau, M., [146]
Clog almanack, [ 45]
"Code," etymology of, [ 10]
Cords, knotted, [ 39], [ 43], [ 82]
Corean alphabet, [ 87]
Creation tablet, [110]
Cretan hieroglyphs, [167], [184], [195]
" linear characters, [171], [173], [175], [184]
Crete, Mycenæ and, [182]
" origin of Ægean civilisation in, [192-94]
" relics of script in, [ 51]
" Syria, Egypt, and, [159]
Cuneiform writing, [89-112]
" " discovery of, [93-97]
" " meaning of, [89]
" " mode of, [ 98]
Cursive characters, [217]
Cypriote's syllabary, [178]
Cyprus, civilisation in, [179]
Darius, [ 93], [ 95], [127]
Della Valle, [ 90]
Delphi, [162]
Deluge tablet, [111]
Demotic writing, [115], [127], [216]
De Rougé [139], [142-45], [226]
De Sacy, [ 93]
Determinatives, [ 85], [100], [103], [122], [170]
"Digits," etymology of, [101]
Dikta, Mount, slab from, [171]
Diodôros, [196]
"Diploma," etymology of, [ 11]
Disease, barbaric theory of, [ 60]
Edwards, Chilperic, [112]
Egypt and Babylonia, [112]
Egyptian art, [115]
" demotic, [115], [127], [216]
" hieratic, [115], [125-127], [139], [155], [194]
" hieroglyphs, [ 41], [114-124]
" numerals, [210]
" writing, stages of, [115]
Enchorial writing, [127]
Eshmunazar, sarcophagus of, [140], [153]
Eteocretans, [184]
Europe, continuity of man in, [ 24], [189]
Eusebius, [137]
Evans, Arthur, [ 25], [ 51], [154], [159], [177], [189], [193], [195]
Fingers as pictographs, [101]
Flinders Petrie, Professor, [116], [177], [185-6], [202]
Frazer, J. G., [193]
Gardner, Prof. P., [158]
Goulás, [162]
Græcia Major, [199]
Graffito, [161]
Grave-posts, Indian, [53-55]
Greek alphabet, [199]
" papyri, [198-206]
" settlements, [198]
" signary, [185]
Grotefend, Dr., [ 93], [101]
Gurob, [177], [202]
Haddon, Professor, [ 19]
Halévy, [104]
Haynes, [108]
Herculaneum papyri, [201]
Herodas, mimes of, [202-204]
Herodotus, [ 39], [ 92], [ 97], [134], [137-8], [190], [199]
Hieratic writing, [115], [125-27], [139], [155], [194]
Hieroglyphic wheels, [ 45]
Hieroglyphs, Cadger's, [ 57]
" Egyptian, [114-124]
" Hittite, [150], [168], [173], [181], [195]
" Mexican, [ 73]
Hilprecht, Dr., [108]
Hittites, [179-81], [185]
Hoffman, Dr., [ 45], [ 52], [ 54], [ 64]
Hogarth, D. G., [159]
Horus, [158]
Hunting expedition, pictograph of, [ 62], [ 64]
Hutchinson, Mark, [ 32]
Hyksos, [119], [154]
Iberian signary, [185]
Ideographic stage of alphabet, [ 38], [ 72-79]
Ideographs, [101], [115], [120-21], [167]
" ; comparative, [124]
Indian and stolen loaves, [ 16]
" census roll, [ 71]
" chief, pictograph of life of, [ 67]
" grave-posts, [53-4]
" petition for fishing rights, [ 69]
Innuit record of departure, [ 72]
Inscriptions, cuneiform, [ 90]
Ionia, [194]
Iroquois, [ 50]
Isis, [130], [158]
Itzcoatl, [ 79]
Japanese writing, [ 86]
Jesus, "Sayings" of, [205]
Kahun, [177]
Karian signary, [185]
Keane, Professor, [ 99], [191]
Kenyon, Mr., [200]
Klein, Dr., [147]
Knôsos, [162], [191]
Knotted cords as records, [ 39], [ 82]
Latin alphabet, [ 38], [199], [216-17]
Layard, Sir A., [ 98]
Legends in Genesis, origin of, [112]
"Letters," etymology of, [ 10]
"Libel," etymology of, [ 10]
"Library," etymology of, [ 10]
Linear signs, Cretan, [171], [175]
Lion weights from Nineveh, [146], [149]
Love-letter, pictorial, [ 58]
Love-song, pictorial, [ 58]
Magic through writing, [ 16]
Mahaffy, Professor, [ 91], [ 97]
Malacca, East, [ 19]
Mallery, Colonel, [ 64], [ 73]
Man in America, [ 74]
Maneh, [150]
Mariner, William, [14-15]
Marshman, Dr., [ 82]
Masons' marks, [163]
Maspero, [103]
Mathews, R. H., [ 29]
Max Müller, Prof., [ 9], [182]
Mayas, script of the, [75-79]
Medicine-man, song of, [ 59]
" bad, [ 61]
Mediterranean signary, [185], [189], [195]
Memory-aids, [ 37]
Memphis, [138], [188], [202]
Menes (?), tomb of, [116]
Mexican hieroglyphs, [ 73]
Military expedition, pictograph of, [ 67], [ 70]
Milk-stones, [160]
Minuscule, [ 37], [219]
Mnemonic stage, [38-51]
Moabite Stone, [144-5], [147]
Moses, legend of, [106]
Mycenæan civilisation, [186-188], [193]
" relics, [ 51], [176], [183]
" relics in Sardinia, [189]
Nâgari, [ 17], [ 87], [207]
Nebo, [ 16]
Nebuchadnezzar, [ 97]
Nestorians, [208]
New Zealand totem-marks, [ 52]
Niebuhr, Carsten, [ 92]
Nineveh, [98-99], [146]
Nippur, discovery of oldest-known writing at, [108]
Nuffar ([see Nippur])
Number of words from letters, [ 9]
Numerals, [209], [212]
Odin, [ 17]
Ogam characters, [225]
Ogmios, [ 17]
Ormuzd, [ 96]
Osiris, [117]
Oxyrhynchus, [205]
Palæography, Greek, [199-206]
"Paper," etymology of, [ 10]
Papyrus, [ 10], [125-6], [200]
" Papyrus of Ani," [119]
" Prisse, [126], [140], [145], [153], [200]
"Parchment," etymology of, [ 11]
Paternoster, [ 80]
Pausanias, [190], [193]
Payne, [76-77]
Pelasgians, [190]
Pen, antiquity of metal, [ 11]
Persepolis, [ 90]
Peruvians, [40], [ 75]
Philæ, obelisk at, [130]
Phœnician alphabet, [152], [188], [194], [196], [206], [213]
" characters, [135], [137], [148], [151], [154], [177], [185]
Phœnicians, [179], [188], [194-5]
Phonetic stage of alphabet, [ 38], [79-81]
Phonogram, [ 39]
Pictograph parent of alphabet, [ 26]
Pictographs of man, [ 36]
Pictorial stage of alphabet, [ 38], [51-72]
Picture-writing as charm, [ 19]
Picture-writing, illustrations of, [ 35], [58-59],
[61-64], [66-68], [70-72], [ 83]
Pinturos, Maya, [ 77]
Planetary signs, [101]
Pliny, [135]
Poole, R., [153]
Præsos, [160], [184]
Precepts of Ptah-Hetep, [127]
Prehistoric art, [ 24]
Pre-Phœnician civilisation, [186]
Prousia, [183]
Ptolemy III., [133]
Ptolemy V., [131], [133]
Ptolemy XV., [123]
Quipu, [39-40]
Rain-charms, [33-35]
Rameses III., [180]
Rawlinson, Sir Henry, [ 94], [ 97]
Rebus, [ 79], [123]
Reinach, M., [189]
Renan, M., [146]
Rhys, Professor, [226]
Rock-paintings of Australian natives, [27-29]
Rock-paintings of Bushmen, [30-31]
Rock-paintings of North Africa (Algeria), [ 33]
Roman alphabet, [ 37], [217]
" capitals, [ 37], [217]
" type, [ 37]
Rosary, [ 39]
Rosetta Stone, [94], [128-133], [181]
Rosetta Stone, inscription on, [132]
Runic alphabet, [215], [220], [223-25]
Runic letters, [104]
Russian alphabet, [215]
" letters, [104]
St. Patrick, [219]
Sardanapalus V., [ 16]
Sardinia, [189]
Sargon I., [106-7], [180]
Sassanid inscriptions, [ 93]
Schliemann, Dr., [158], [182]
Schoolcraft, [ 53]
Seal-stones, engraved, [ 51], [160], [167]
Semang rain-charm, [ 35]
Semitic characters, [140]
Signary, Greek and Mediterranean, [185], [195]
Siloam, Pool of, [146], [151]
Skin disease, charm against, [ 20]
Spencer and Gillen, [ 29]
Stele of Canopus, [133]
" Shera, [116]
" the Vultures, [106]
"Style," etymology of, [ 11]
Syllabaria, [103]
Syllabaries, [ 39], [103], [173], [178]
Symbols, [ 38], [ 73], [102], [120], [164-66]
Sympathetic magic, [ 21], [ 61]
"Tablet," etymology of, [ 11]
Tallies or tally-sticks, [ 44]
Tasmanians, [ 27]
Tattooing, [ 51]
Taylor, Canon Isaac, [ 38], [ 78], [ 99], [102], [123], [125],
[135], [139], [142], [145], [149], [154], [199], [206], [219], [223], [225]
Tell-el-Amarna tablets, [109], [110]
Tell-el-Hesy, [177], [179]
Thoth, [ 16], [126], [132]
Tiryns, [191], [194]
Tonga Islands, [ 14]
Totem-marks, [ 52]
Trade marks, [ 51]
" signs, [102]
Trench, Archbishop, [ 10]
Ts'ang Chien, [ 16]
Tsountas, Dr., [171], [173], [185]
Tylor, Dr., [ 41], [ 45], [ 55], [80-81], [ 86]
Tyre, [137]
Ulphilas, Bishop, [225]
Uncial letters, [ 37], [219]
Virgin's Pool, [146], [151]
"Volume," etymology of, [ 11]
Von Tschudi, [ 41]
Vowel signs, [ 92], [124], [213]
Wachsmuth, [191]
Wampum belts, [45-51]
War-song, pictograph of, [ 68]
Wheels, hieroglyphic, [ 45]
Whitney, Professor, [ 85], [114]
Writing as magic charm, [ 16]
" belief in divine origin of, [ 16]
" value of invention of, [ 13]
Yahweh, [ 17], [149]
Young, Dr. Thomas, [129]
Yucatan script, [ 73]
Zodiacal signs, [102]
Zoëga, [129]
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