ATTACK AND DEFENCE. 255 



1884 — conthmed. 



Contents : — Foreword ; Introduction ; List of Authori- 

 ties ; Preamble on the origin of Weapons ; Man's 

 first weapons — the stone and the stick ; Tiie earhest 

 ages of weapons ; The ages of wood, of bone, and of 

 horn ; The weapons of the age of wood ; The boome- 

 rang and the sword of wood, of stone, and of wood 

 and stone combined ; The proto-chalcitic age of 

 alloys — bronze, brass, etc. ; The axe and the sword ; 

 The proto-sideric or early iron age of weapons ; The 

 Sword: what is it? The Sword in Ancient Egypt and 

 in Modern Africa ; The Sword in Khitaland, Pales- 

 tine, and Canaan ; Phoenicia and Carthage ; Jewry, 

 Cyprus, Troy, and Etruria ; The Sword in Babylonia, 

 Assyria and Persia, and Ancient India; The Sword 

 in Ancient Greece ; Homer ; Hesiod and Herodotus ; 

 Mycena: ; The Sword in Ancient Rome ; The Legion 

 and the Gladiator ; The Sword amongst the Barba- 

 rians (Early Roman Empire) ; Conclusion ; Index. 



The authorities number 253, and there are 293 illustra- 

 tions in the text. 



1885. 



40 xldolphe Tavernier, L'Art du Duel. Preface 

 par Aurelien Scholl. C. Marpon et E. Flamma- 

 rion. Paris. 1885. 



8vo. 237 pp. M., io|- in. by 6\ in. 28 full-page 

 engravings and about 40 small engravings in the text, 

 partly consisting of initial letters and finals, a few of 

 which are repeated. Papier de Hollande. 500 copies 

 printed. No. 249. Bound by Cedric Chivers, half 

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