Dover Publications Inc. Book of the Sword

CHAPTERFOREWARDLIST OF AUTHORITIESI. PREAMBLE: ON THE ORIGIN OF WEAPONSII. "MAN'S FIRST WEAPONS-THE STONE AND THE STICK. THE EARLIEST AGES OF WEAPONS. THE AGES OF WOOD, OF BONE, AND OF HORN"III. "THE WEAPONS OF THE AGE OF WOOD : THE BOOMERANG AND THE SWORD OF WOOD; OF STONE, AND OF WOOD AND STONE COMBINED"IV. THE PROTO-CHALCITIC OR COPPER AGE OF WEAPONSV. "THE SECOND CHALCITIC AGE OF ALLOYS-BRONZE, BRASS, ETC : THE AXE AND THE SWORD"VI. THE PROTO-SIDERIC OR EARLY IRON AGE OF WEAPONSVII. THE SWORD : WHAT IS IT?VIII. THE SWORD IN ANCIENT EGYPT AND IN MODERN AFRICAIX. "THE SWORD IN KHITA-LAND, PALESTINE AND CANAAN; PH