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BIBLIOGRAPHY
It is not the aim of this bibliography to mention all of even the im-
portant books in various languages that relate to the periods in ques-
tion. The writer is well aware that teachers are busy people, and that
high-school libraries and local public libraries usually furnish at best
only a few historical works. It is therefore most important that those
books should be given prominence in this list which the teacher has
some chance of procuring and finding the time to use. It not infre-
quently happens that the best account of a particular period or topic is
in a foreign language or in a rare publication, such as a doctor's dis-
sertation,Which could only be found in one of our largest libraries. All
such titles, however valuable, are omitted from this list. They can be
found mentioned in all the more scholarly works in the various fields.
A small high-school library on the ancient world, of moderate cost,
including a standard book or two on each main period or topic, has been
indicated in the following list by a dagger (t) before each title. From
these a selection can be made. The price will probably average not more
than $1.50 per volume. Preference is sometimes indicated by double
dagger (tt). All books with a star (*) are suited chiefly for the teacher
and are rather advanced for the high-school student. Where a book
is referred to often, the star or dagger usually appears only with the
first mention.
The author would urge upon the teachers the importance of illus-
trative material. The references to Breasted's Ancient Times have
been inserted largely because of its wealth of illustrations.
CHAPTER I
*Sollas, Ancient Hunters. tTYLOR, Primitive Culture. fHoERNES,
Primitive Man. tMvRES, The Dawn of History, chaps, i-ii, vii-xi. An
excellent little book in which only the traditional Babylonian chronology
needs revision. *Sir John Lubbock (Lord Avebury), Prehistoric
Times. *Osborn, Men of the Old Stone Age. A very valuable and sump-
tuously illustrated presentation of Early Stone Age life. tBREASTED,
Ancient Times, chap. i.
395
It is not the aim of this bibliography to mention all of even the im-
portant books in various languages that relate to the periods in ques-
tion. The writer is well aware that teachers are busy people, and that
high-school libraries and local public libraries usually furnish at best
only a few historical works. It is therefore most important that those
books should be given prominence in this list which the teacher has
some chance of procuring and finding the time to use. It not infre-
quently happens that the best account of a particular period or topic is
in a foreign language or in a rare publication, such as a doctor's dis-
sertation,Which could only be found in one of our largest libraries. All
such titles, however valuable, are omitted from this list. They can be
found mentioned in all the more scholarly works in the various fields.
A small high-school library on the ancient world, of moderate cost,
including a standard book or two on each main period or topic, has been
indicated in the following list by a dagger (t) before each title. From
these a selection can be made. The price will probably average not more
than $1.50 per volume. Preference is sometimes indicated by double
dagger (tt). All books with a star (*) are suited chiefly for the teacher
and are rather advanced for the high-school student. Where a book
is referred to often, the star or dagger usually appears only with the
first mention.
The author would urge upon the teachers the importance of illus-
trative material. The references to Breasted's Ancient Times have
been inserted largely because of its wealth of illustrations.
CHAPTER I
*Sollas, Ancient Hunters. tTYLOR, Primitive Culture. fHoERNES,
Primitive Man. tMvRES, The Dawn of History, chaps, i-ii, vii-xi. An
excellent little book in which only the traditional Babylonian chronology
needs revision. *Sir John Lubbock (Lord Avebury), Prehistoric
Times. *Osborn, Men of the Old Stone Age. A very valuable and sump-
tuously illustrated presentation of Early Stone Age life. tBREASTED,
Ancient Times, chap. i.
395