Cheltenham type, commended, 132. Cherokee syllabary, 146. Children, increase of near sight among, 120; legibility of books for, 5, 117. Chinese, alphabet, conventionalized picture writing, 80, 81; book, 84, 85, 87-91. Chiswick Press, 38, footnote; Pickering's books printed at, 41. Christian of Lubeck, letter of Erasmus to, quoted, 166. Cicero, did not write for children, 68. Clark University, studies on legibility, 124-127, 132. Classroom, not equal to a good book, 140. Clay tablet, and booklovers, 4; described, 82. Clodd, Edward, on discovery of British prehistoric antiquities, 79. Cloister Oldstyle type, commended, 132; a safe norm for poetry, 58. Cloth, used in binding, 53. "Clothing of a book," 97-101. Codex, Roman, form adopted for parchment books, 84; original of modern book form, 19, 52, 90. Collins, Wilkie, tribute to "Robinson Crusoe," 110. Color, use of, 60. Columbian type, first used in Barlow's "Columbiad," 10. Columns, in wide pages, 47. Community, value of reading to the, 28, 29. Compactness and legibility, 117, 130, 131, 134, 135. Compositor, a spoiler of books, 40, 41. "Constructive critic of the book," 38-43. Consumers, see Book buyers.
"The Booklover and His Books"
Harry Lyman Koopman
The children recited a verse of poetry which I understood contained the whole of the simple syllabary.
"Unbeaten-Tracks-in-Japan"
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
It did not take the place of the cuneiform syllabary for ordinary purposes of daily life owing to its clumsiness and complex character, but its use was reserved for monumental inscriptions of a royal or religious kind, where it could be suitably employed as a framework to scenes or single figures.
"History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 6 (of 12)"
G. Maspero
