Pago

8

The laws of the Twelve Tables, among
the Romans, were engraved on oaken
planks

Of the copyists of books before the in-
vention of printing

9-13

3

The Arundelian marbles, account of
The Parian Chronicle described

ib.

ib.

The Roman records were engraved in

brass

ib.

A system of short-hand, supposed to have
been invented by Xenophon
Wages of copyists in England in the 15th
century
Booksellers of the Middle

10

11

Ages

12, 13

The wills of the Roman soldiers were en-
graved on their shields

14, 15

16, 17

The laws of the Emperors were painted on
wooden tablets, as late as the 4th century 4
The Egyptians painted their letters on
linen

The Romans also wrote on linen
Skins first written upon by the Ionians as
a substitute for papyrus
The poems of Homer were written on the
intestines of a serpent, in letters of gold ib.
Account of the Gothic manuscript of the
Gospels, by Ulphilas
Dissertation on the papyrus
and its different uses

of Egypt,

Paper from cotton first manufactured in
Europe, in the 8th or 9th century
Paper from linen not general until the
14th century

ib.

Scarcity of books in the 9th and 10th

centuries
Public Schools at Rome, when insti-
tuted
Playing cards, about the close of the 14th
century, were printed by blocks
Printing with moveable metal types dis-
covered at Mayence, by John Guthen-
berg, about the year 1438

Origin of the story of Dr. Faustus and
the Devil

19

20

20-22

22

ib.

Dates of the first printed works in dif-

ferent countries

Birth and parentage of Caxton (1412)
He was a citizen of London

Appointed in 1464, one of the ambassa-
dors to the Duke of Burgundy

Caxton learned the art of printing during
his stay in the Low Countries

6

ib.

7

Reeds originally used, in place of quills,

for making pens

ib.

by many eastern nations

were in use for writing as late as
the 8th century, and are still employed

"Game of Chess," the first book printed
by Caxton, in England, in 1474".
Account of other works published by
Caxton

25-28

8

Death of Caxton in 1490-1

28

-the species which was the calamus
of the ancients is unknown to modern
botanists

Sketch of his character

28-30

. ib.

Notices of British printers who were his
contemporaries

30-32