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the last of which, however, deals almost exclusively with 

 political history. Certain phases of science, particularly with 

 reference to chronology and cosmology, are treated by Ed- 

 ward Meyer (Geschichte des Alterthum, vol. I., Stuttgart, 1884), 

 and by P. Jensen (Die Kosmologie der Babylonier, Strassburg,' 

 1890), but no comprehensive specific treatment of the sub- 

 ject in its entirety has yet been attempted. 



CHAPTER IV 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALPHABET 



^ (p. 87). Vicomte E. de Rouge", Memoir e sur VOrigine 

 Egyptienne de V Alphabet Phenicien, Paris, 1874. 



2 (p. 88). See the various publications of Mr. Arthur Evans. 



3 (p. 89). Aztec and Maya writing. These pictographs are 

 still in the main undecipherable, and opinions differ as to the 

 exact stage of development which they represent. 



4 (p. 90). E. A. Wallace Budge's First Steps in Egyptian, 

 London, 1895, is an excellent elementary work on the Egyp- 

 tian writing. Professor Erman's Egyptian Grammar, Lon- 

 don, 1894, is the work of perhaps the foremost living Egyp- 

 tologist. 



5 (p- 93)- Extant examples of Babylonian and Assyrian 

 writing give opportunity to compare earlier and later systems, 

 so the fact of evolution from the pictorial to the phonetic 

 system rests on something more than mere theory. 



* (p. 96). Friedrich Delitzsch, Assyrische Lesestucke in it 

 grammatischen Tabellen und vollstandigem Glossar einfuhrung 

 in die assyrische und babylonische Keilschrift - litteratur bis 

 hinauf zu Hammurabi, Leipzig, 1900. 



7 (p- 97)- It does not appear that the Babylonians them- 

 selves ever gave up the old system of writing, so long as they 

 retained political autonomy. 



8 (p. 101). See Isaac Taylor's History of the Alphabet; an 

 Account of the Origin and Development of Letters, new edition, 

 2 vols., London, 1899. 



For fac-similes of the various scripts, see Henry Smith 

 Williams' History of the Art of Writing, 4 vols, New York and 

 London, 1902-1903. 



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