Project Gutenberg 2014-07-24 Public domain in the USA. 141 Clodd, Edward 1840 1930 Clodd, E. Clodd, Edw. (Edward) 95200462 The Story of the Alphabet Produced by Chris Curnow, Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Story of the Alphabet" by Edward Clodd is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work explores the development and evolution of the alphabet, tracing its origins and significance in human communication and culture. Clodd emphasizes the impact of writing on civilization and how it has shaped social interactions and knowledge transmission. At the start of the book, Clodd introduces the concept of the alphabet as a set of symbols that underlies the formation of words in any language. He reflects on how writing serves as a crucial tool for preserving history and facilitating communication across distances and generations. Through a variety of examples, he shows that without written language, much of human knowledge and civilization as we understand it today would not have been possible. Clodd's fascinating insights set the stage for a deeper exploration of the various stages and forms of writing that contributed to the alphabets we use now. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46388/46388-h/images/cover_image.jpg en Alphabet Writing -- History P Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 430207 430219 2024-09-19T11:16:56.103512 2023-09-20T07:27:55.873420 text/html text/html 422193 2014-07-24T06:47:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 3533237 2014-07-24T06:47:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 3762541 2024-09-19T11:17:05.019446 application/epub+zip 3768048 2024-09-19T11:16:57.963513 application/epub+zip 193440 2024-09-19T11:16:56.991489 application/epub+zip 3872473 2024-09-19T11:17:09.816461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3820704 2024-09-19T11:17:03.919479 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265918 2022-09-21T06:08:04.027544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327660 2024-09-19T11:16:54.372509 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 327405 2014-07-24T06:47:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 127269 2014-07-24T06:47:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18045 2024-09-19T11:17:09.962428 application/rdf+xml 11553 2024-09-19T11:16:57.122485 image/jpeg 2460 2024-09-19T11:16:57.055484 image/jpeg 3731096 2024-09-19T11:16:56.400521 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog