Front matter
Reading edition
TOTEMIC WRITING
INDIAN PETITION TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS
(See Page 68)
THE STORY OF THE ALPHABET
by EDWARD CLODD
AUTHOR OF
"THE STORY OF PRIMITIVE MAN", "PIONEERS OF EVOLUTION", "THE STORY OF CREATION", ETC. ETC.
"The two greatest inventions of the human mind are writing and money—the common language of intelligence, and the common language of self-interest."—
Marquis de Mirabeau.
WITH NINETY ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON GEORGE NEWNES, LIMITED
SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND
1900
THIS LITTLE HISTORY OF
A B C
IS DEDICATED TO
DOROTHY DAY
BY HER LOVING GRANDFATHER