The Story of the Alphabet

The Story of the AlphabetIf this little book does not supply a want, it fills, however imperfectly,...
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Author: Clodd, Edward,1840-1930
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Language: English
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The Story of the Alphabet

The Story of the Alphabet

€6,28

The Story of the Alphabet

€6,28
Author: Clodd, Edward,1840-1930
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Story of the Alphabet

If this little book does not supply a want, it fills, however imperfectly, a gap; for the only work in the English language on the subjectCanon Isaac Taylor's "History of the Alphabet"is necessarily charged with a mass of technical detail which is stiff reading even for the student of graphiology. Moreover, invaluable and indispensable as is that work, it furnishes only a meagre account of those primitive stages of the art of writing, knowledge of which is essential for tracing the development of that art, so that its place in the general evolution of human inventions is made clear. Prominence is therefore given to this branch of the subject in the following pages. In the recent reprint of Canon Taylor's book no reference occurs to the important materials collected by Professor Flinders Petrie and Mr. Arthur J. Evans in Egypt and Crete, the result of which is to revolutionise the old theory of the source of the Alphabet whence our own and others are derived. This opens up a big question for experts to settle; and here it must suffice to present a statement of the new evidence, and to point out its significance, so that the reader be not taken into the troubled atmosphere of controversy. That he may, further, not be distracted by footnotes, references to the authorities cited are printed in the text. E. C. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 46388
Author: Clodd, Edward
Release Date: Jul 24, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English

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