Abu Simbel,206Acrology,86,104,153,210,223Ægean civilisation,159,187-194Akerblad,129Akkadian civilisation,105" cuneiform,100,170" religion,105Alaskan life, pictograph of,65-66Algerian rock-paintings,33Almanack symbols,102Alphabet, 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,211-2Alphabet, 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,220Amenophis III.,110America, development of man in,74Arabic numerals,209,212Art, prehistoric,24-5Asoka,211Assyrian numerals,210Australian aborigines,27" grave-posts of,52" rock-paintings of,29Ave Maria,80Aztecs,75Baal Lebanon, vessels from,145-6Babylonian characters,99,186Babylonians,105,157,208Bark, picture-writing on,58,59,67-68Behistun rock-inscription,94-95,101,128,181Belts, wampum,45-51Benefit of clergy,22"Bible," etymology of,10Bible as charm,19Bite, written charm against centipede,19Black letter,219Body, parts of, used for measurements,101"Book," etymology of,10"Book of Breathings,"119"Book of the Dead,"117,125,200Borchardt, Dr.,116Brahma,16-17Budge, Dr. Wallis,119,123,127,130,133Burckhardt,180Bushman rain-charm,34Bushmen rock-paintings,30-32Cadger's Map,57Cadmus,17Cædmon,224Cave-man, art of,24-25Census-roll, Indian,71Champollion,129-30Charms, written,16-17,19-20,119Chinese characters,83" determinatives,85" picture-writing,83-84,103Clay tablets,89Cleopatra,130-1Clermont-Ganneau, M.,146Clog almanack,45"Code," etymology of,10Cords, knotted,39,43,82Corean alphabet,87Creation tablet,110Cretan hieroglyphs,167,184,195" linear characters,171,173,175,184Crete, Mycenæ and,182" origin of Ægean civilisation in,192-94" relics of script in,51" Syria, Egypt, and,159Cuneiform writing,89-112" " discovery of,93-97" " meaning of,89" " mode of,98Cursive characters,217Cypriote's syllabary,178Cyprus, civilisation in,179Darius,93,95,127Della Valle,90Delphi,162Deluge tablet,111Demotic writing,115,127,216De Rougé139,142-45,226De Sacy,93Determinatives,85,100,103,122,170"Digits," etymology of,101Dikta, Mount, slab from,171Diodôros,196"Diploma," etymology of,11Disease, barbaric theory of,60Edwards, Chilperic,112Egypt and Babylonia,112Egyptian art,115" demotic,115,127,216" hieratic,115,125-127,139,155,194" hieroglyphs,41,114-124" numerals,210" writing, stages of,115Enchorial writing,127Eshmunazar, sarcophagus of,140,153Eteocretans,184Europe, continuity of man in,24,189Eusebius,137Evans, Arthur,25,51,154,159,177,189,193,195Fingers as pictographs,101Flinders Petrie, Professor,116,177,185-6,202Frazer, J. G.,193Gardner, Prof. P.,158Goulás,162Græcia Major,199Graffito,161Grave-posts, Indian,53-55Greek alphabet,199" papyri,198-206" settlements,198" signary,185Grotefend, Dr.,93,101Gurob,177,202Haddon, Professor,19Halévy,104Haynes,108Herculaneum papyri,201Herodas, mimes of,202-204Herodotus,39,92,97,134,137-8,190,199Hieratic writing,115,125-27,139,155,194Hieroglyphic wheels,45Hieroglyphs, Cadger's,57" Egyptian,114-124" Hittite,150,168,173,181,195" Mexican,73Hilprecht, Dr.,108Hittites,179-81,185Hoffman, Dr.,45,52,54,64Hogarth, D. G.,159Horus,158Hunting expedition, pictograph of,62,64Hutchinson, Mark,32Hyksos,119,154Iberian signary,185Ideographic stage of alphabet,38,72-79Ideographs,101,115,120-21,167" ; comparative,124Indian and stolen loaves,16" census roll,71" chief, pictograph of life of,67" grave-posts,53-4" petition for fishing rights,69Innuit record of departure,72Inscriptions, cuneiform,90Ionia,194Iroquois,50Isis,130,158Itzcoatl,79Japanese writing,86Jesus, "Sayings" of,205Kahun,177Karian signary,185Keane, Professor,99,191Kenyon, Mr.,200Klein, Dr.,147Knôsos,162,191Knotted cords as records,39,82Latin alphabet,38,199,216-17Layard, Sir A.,98Legends in Genesis, origin of,112"Letters," etymology of,10"Libel," etymology of,10"Library," etymology of,10Linear signs, Cretan,171,175Lion weights from Nineveh,146,149Love-letter, pictorial,58Love-song, pictorial,58Magic through writing,16Mahaffy, Professor,91,97Malacca, East,19Mallery, Colonel,64,73Man in America,74Maneh,150Mariner, William,14-15Marshman, Dr.,82Masons' marks,163Maspero,103Mathews, R. H.,29Max Müller, Prof.,9,182Mayas, script of the,75-79Medicine-man, song of,59" bad,61Mediterranean signary,185,189,195Memory-aids,37Memphis,138,188,202Menes (?), tomb of,116Mexican hieroglyphs,73Military expedition, pictograph of,67,70Milk-stones,160Minuscule,37,219Mnemonic stage,38-51Moabite Stone,144-5,147Moses, legend of,106Mycenæan civilisation,186-188,193" relics,51,176,183" relics in Sardinia,189Nâgari,17,87,207Nebo,16Nebuchadnezzar,97Nestorians,208New Zealand totem-marks,52Niebuhr, Carsten,92Nineveh,98-99,146Nippur, discovery of oldest-known writing at,108Nuffar (seeNippur)Number of words from letters,9Numerals,209,212Odin,17Ogam characters,225Ogmios,17Ormuzd,96Osiris,117Oxyrhynchus,205Palæography, Greek,199-206"Paper," etymology of,10Papyrus,10,125-6,200" Papyrus of Ani,"119" Prisse,126,140,145,153,200"Parchment," etymology of,11Paternoster,80Pausanias,190,193Payne,76-77Pelasgians,190Pen, antiquity of metal,11Persepolis,90Peruvians,40,75Philæ, obelisk at,130Phœnician alphabet,152,188,194,196,206,213" characters,135,137,148,151,154,177,185Phœnicians,179,188,194-5Phonetic stage of alphabet,38,79-81Phonogram,39Pictograph parent of alphabet,26Pictographs of man,36Pictorial stage of alphabet,38,51-72Picture-writing as charm,19Picture-writing, illustrations of,35,58-59,61-64,66-68,70-72,83Pinturos, Maya,77Planetary signs,101Pliny,135Poole, R.,153Præsos,160,184Precepts of Ptah-Hetep,127Prehistoric art,24Pre-Phœnician civilisation,186Prousia,183Ptolemy III.,133Ptolemy V.,131,133Ptolemy XV.,123Quipu,39-40Rain-charms,33-35Rameses III.,180Rawlinson, Sir Henry,94,97Rebus,79,123Reinach, M.,189Renan, M.,146Rhys, Professor,226Rock-paintings of Australian natives,27-29Rock-paintings of Bushmen,30-31Rock-paintings of North Africa (Algeria),33Roman alphabet,37,217" capitals,37,217" type,37Rosary,39Rosetta Stone,94,128-133,181Rosetta Stone, inscription on,132Runic alphabet,215,220,223-25Runic letters,104Russian alphabet,215" letters,104St. Patrick,219Sardanapalus V.,16Sardinia,189Sargon I.,106-7,180Sassanid inscriptions,93Schliemann, Dr.,158,182Schoolcraft,53Seal-stones, engraved,51,160,167Semang rain-charm,35Semitic characters,140Signary, Greek and Mediterranean,185,195Siloam, Pool of,146,151Skin disease, charm against,20Spencer and Gillen,29Stele of Canopus,133" Shera,116" the Vultures,106"Style," etymology of,11Syllabaria,103Syllabaries,39,103,173,178Symbols,38,73,102,120,164-66Sympathetic magic,21,61"Tablet," etymology of,11Tallies or tally-sticks,44Tasmanians,27Tattooing,51Taylor, Canon Isaac,38,78,99,102,123,125,135,139,142,145,149,154,199,206,219,223,225Tell-el-Amarna tablets,109,110Tell-el-Hesy,177,179Thoth,16,126,132Tiryns,191,194Tonga Islands,14Totem-marks,52Trade marks,51" signs,102Trench, Archbishop,10Ts'ang Chien,16Tsountas, Dr.,171,173,185Tylor, Dr.,41,45,55,80-81,86Tyre,137Ulphilas, Bishop,225Uncial letters,37,219Virgin's Pool,146,151"Volume," etymology of,11Von Tschudi,41Vowel signs,92,124,213Wachsmuth,191Wampum belts,45-51War-song, pictograph of,68Wheels, hieroglyphic,45Whitney, Professor,85,114Writing as magic charm,16" belief in divine origin of,16" value of invention of,13Yahweh,17,149Young, Dr. Thomas,129Yucatan script,73Zodiacal signs,102Zoëga,129