The Story of the Alphabet

The Story of the Alphabet

Edward Clodd, English banker, writer and anthropologist (1840 – 1930)


This ebook presents «The Story of the Alphabet», from Edward Clodd. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Introductory

- The Beginnings Of The Alphabet

- Memory-aids And Picture-writing

- The Chinese, Japanese, And Corean Scripts

- Cuneiform Writing

- Egyptian Hieroglyphics

- The Rosetta Stone

- Egyptian Writing In Its Relation To Other Scripts

- The Cretan And Allied Scripts

- Greek Papyri

- Runes And Ogams