Table of Contents
- Frontmatter (page N/A)
- Chapter I The Origin of Writing (page 3)
- Chapter II The Origin of Our Alphabet (page 10)
- Chapter III The Greek Alphabet (page 20)
- Chapter IV The Italic Alphabets (page 32)
- Chapter V The Development of the Latin Alphabet (page 41)
- Chapter VI The Development of Greek Script (page 46)
- Chapter VII The Writing of the Roman Empire (page 59)
- Chapter VIII The National Hands of the Early Middle Ages (page 79)
- Chapter IX The Carolingian Script (page 105)
- Chapter X The Gothic Script of the Late Middle Ages (page 118)
- Chapter XI The Writing of the Italian Renaissance (page 137)
- Chapter XII The Invention of Printing and the Modern Period (page 145)
- Chapter XIII The Spread of the Latin Alphabet (page 159)
- Chapter XIV The Names of the Letters (page 167)
- Chapter XV Abbreviations and Ligatures (page 174)
- Chapter XVI Numerals (page 189)
- Chapter XVII Writing Materials and Practices (page 196)
- Chapter XVIII Our Debt (page 217)
- Index of Plate Descriptions (page 224)
- Notes (page 227)
- Bibliography (page 231)
- List of Authors and Titles (page 238)