The Later Cave-Men

Illustrated with a map, 14 full-page and 46 text drawings in half-tone by Howard V. Brown . Cloth. Square 12mo. 158 pages. For the primary grades. Book II. THE EARLY CAVE-MEN. THE AGE OF COMBAT. Illustrated with a map, 16 full-page and 71 text drawings in half-tone by Howard V. Brown . Cloth. Square 12mo. 183 pages. For the primary grades. 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. For the primary grades. Book IV. THE EARLY SEA PEOPLE. FIRST STEPS IN THE CONQUEST OF THE WATERS. Illustrated with 21 full-page and 117 text drawings in half-tone by Howard V. Brown and Kyohei Inukai . Cloth. Square 12mo. 224 pages. For the intermediate grades. Other volumes, dealing with the early development of pastoral and agricultural life, the age of metals, travel, trade, and transportation, will follow. TO I DEDICATE THIS BOOK “A feeling of awe came over them while they worked.”— Page 172 . Copyright, 1906 By Katharine Elizabeth Dopp Entered at Stationers’ Hall Edition of 1928 Made in U. S. A. The series, of which this is the third volume, is an attempt to meet a need that has been felt for several years by parents and physicians, as well as by teachers, supervisors, and others who are actively interested in educational and social progress. The need of practical activity, which for long ages constituted the entire education of mankind, is at last recognized by the elementary school. It has been introduced in many places and already results have been attained which demonstrate that it is possible to introduce practical activity in such a way as to afford the child a sound development—physically, intellectually, and morally—and at the same time equip him for efficient social service. The question that is perplexing educators at the present time is, therefore, not one regarding the value of practical activity, but rather one of ways and means by which practical activity can be harnessed to the educational work. The discovery of the fact that steam is a force that can do work had to await the invention of machinery by means of which to apply the new force to industrial processes. The use of practical activity will likewise necessitate many changes in the educational machinery before its richest results are realized.…