Too much emphasis cannot be laid upon the fact that methods of thinking are more important, than the particular things we think about. Right thinking is the cornerstone of all mental development. In the writer's opinion it is the great lack in modern education.

Frederic Arnold Kummer.

Catonsville, Maryland.


CONTENTS

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IHow Mother Nature Made the Earth Ready for Man[19]
IIThe Fish That Got Stuck in the Mud[29]
IIIThe Ape That Walked Like a Man[40]
IVThe Hungry Ape and the Bunch of Wild Fruit[51]
VThe Cave, and the Fish[63]
VIAdh's First Fight[76]
VIIRa Makes a New Spear[87]
VIIIMa-Ra Finds a New Kind of Food, and a Coat of Fur[103]
IXThe Coming of Fire[117]
XThe First Boat[133]
XITor-Ad the Potter[148]
XIIHow Ra-Na Saved His People[162]
XIIIThe First Bow and Arrow[173]
XIVKa-Ma the Traveller[182]
XVThe Sea People[199]
XVIMa-Ya Builds a Canoe[209]
XVIIThe Conquerors[225]
XVIIIThe Island Men[245]
XIXThe First Sea Fight[259]
XXThe Sea Rovers[276]
XXIThe End of the Stone Age[285]