_Book I._ =THE TREE-DWELLERS.= The Age of Fear.
_Illustrated with a map, 15 full-page and 46 text
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This volume makes clear to the child how people lived
before they had fire, how and why they conquered it,
and the changes wrought in society by its use. The
simple activities of gathering food, of weaving,
building, taming fire, making use of stones for tools
and weapons, wearing trophies, and securing coöperative
action by means of rhythmic dances, are here shown to
be the simple forms of processes which still minister
to our daily needs.
_Book II._ =THE EARLY CAVE-MEN.= The Age of Combat.
_Illustrated with a map, 17 full-page and 68 text
drawings in half-tone by Howard V. Brown. Cloth, square
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_In this volume the child is helped to realize that it
is necessary not only to know how to use fire, but to
know how to make it. Protection from the cold winters,
which characterize the age described, is sought first
in caves; but fire is a necessity in defending the
caves. The serious condition to which the cave-men are
reduced by the loss of fire during a flood is shown to
be the motive which prompts them to hold a council; to
send men to the fire country; to make improvements in
clothing, in devices for carrying, and in tools and
weapons; and, finally, to the discovery of how to make
fire._
_Book III._ =THE LATER CAVE-MEN.= The Age of the Chase.
_Illustrated with 27 full-page and 87 text drawings in
half-tone by Howard V. Brown. Cloth, square 12mo, 197
pages; 45 cents. For the intermediate grades._
Here is portrayed the influence of man’s presence upon
wild animals. Man’s fear, which with the conquest of
fire gave way to courage, has resulted in his mastery
of many mechanical appliances and in the development of
social coöperation, which so increases his power as to
make him an object of fear to the wild animals. Since
the wild animals now try to escape from man’s presence,
there is a greater demand made upon man’s ingenuity
than ever before in supplying his daily food. The way
in which man’s cunning finds expression in traps,
pitfalls, and in throwing devices, and finally in a
remarkable manifestation of art, is made evident in
these pages.
_Book IV._ =THE EARLY SEA PEOPLE.= First Steps in the Conquest of
the Waters.
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half-tone by Howard V. Brown and Kyohei Inukai. Cloth,
square 12mo, 224 pages; 50 cents. For the intermediate
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The life of fishing people upon the seashore presents
a pleasing contrast to the life of the hunters on the
wooded hills depicted in the previous volumes. The
resources of the natural environment; the early steps
in the evolution of the various modes of catching
fish, of manufacturing fishing tackle, boats, and
other necessary appliances; the invention of devices
for capturing birds; the domestication of the dog and
the consequent changes in methods of hunting; and the
social coöperation involved in manufacturing and in
expeditions on the deep seas, are subjects included in
this volume.
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Transcriber’s Note: Obvious punctuation errors repaired. In the
suggestions for teachers, there is no section for Lesson X. Both
_The Tree Dwellers_ and _The Later Cave-Men_ are availble on Project
Gutenberg.