| FIG. | PAGE | |
| 1. | Later Stone Age (neolithic) implements | 27 |
| 2. | Earlier Stone Age (palæolithic) flint picks or hatchets | 29 |
| 3. | Sketch of mammoth from cave of La Madeleine (Lartet and Christy) | 31 |
| 4. | Sketch of man and horse from cave (Lartet and Christy) | 32 |
| 5. | Skeletons of apes and man (after Huxley) | 39 |
| 6. | Hand and foot of chimpanzee and of man | 42 |
| 7. | Brain of chimpanzee and of man | 46 |
| 8. | Patagonian and Bushman | 58 |
| 9. | Top view of skulls | 61 |
| 10. | Side view of skulls | 62 |
| 11. | a, Swaheli; b, Persian | 63 |
| 12. | Female portraits | 64 |
| 13. | African negro | 65 |
| 14. | Section of negro skin, much magnified (after Kölliker) | 66 |
| 15. | Sections of hair, highly magnified (after Pruner) | 73 |
| 16. | Race or Population arranged by Stature (Galton’s method) | 76 |
| 17. | Race or Population arranged by Stature (Quetelet’s method) | 77 |
| 18. | Caribs | 78 |
| 19. | (a) Head of Rameses II., Ancient Egypt, (b) Sheikh’s son, Modern Egypt (after Hartmann) | 79 |
| 20. | Malay Mother and Half-caste Daughters | 81 |
| 21. | Cafusa Woman | 82 |
| 22. | Cairene | 84 |
| 23. | Andaman Islanders | 88 |
| 24. | Aheta (Negrito) Philippine Islands | 90 |
| 25. | Melanesians | 91 |
| 26. | South Australian (man) | 92 |
| 27. | South Australian (woman) | 92 |
| 28. | Australian (Queensland) women | 93 |
| 29. | Dravidian hill-man (after Fryer) | 94 |
| 30. | Kalmuk (after Goldsmid) | 95 |
| 31. | Goldi (Amur) | 96 |
| 32. | Siamese actresses | 97 |
| 33. | Cochin-Chinese | 98 |
| 34. | Coreans | 99 |
| 35. | Finn (man) | 100 |
| 36. | Finn (woman) | 100 |
| 37. | Malays | 101 |
| 38. | Malays | 101 |
| 39. | Dayaks | 103 |
| 40. | Kingsmill Islander | 104 |
| 41. | Colorado Indian (North America) | 106 |
| 42. | Colorado Indian (North America) | 107 |
| 43. | Cauixana Indians (South America) | 108 |
| 44. | Georgians | 110 |
| 45. | Swedes | 111 |
| 46. | Gypsy | 112 |
| 47. | Picture-writing, rock near Lake Superior (after Schoolcraft) | 168 |
| 48. | Pater noster in Mexican picture-writing (after Aubin) | 169 |
| 49. | Chinese ancient pictures and later cursive forms (after Endlicher) | 170 |
| 50. | Chinese compound characters, pictures and sounds | 171 |
| 51. | Egyptian hieroglyphic and hieratic characters compared with letters of Phœnician and later alphabets (after De Rougé) | 176 |
| 52. | Gunflint-maker’s core and flakes (after Evans) | 185 |
| 53. | Stone Flakes | 186 |
| 54. | Later Stone Age (neolithic) implements | 187 |
| 55. | Earlier Stone Age (palæolithic) flint picks or hatchets | 187 |
| 56. | Stone Axes, &c. | 188 |
| 57. | a, Egyptian battle-axe; b, Egyptian falchion; c, Asiatic sabre; d, European sheath-knife; e, Roman culter; f, Hindu bill-hook | 189 |
| 58. | a, Stone spear-head (Admiralty Is.); b, stone spear-head or dagger-blade (England); c, bronze spear-head (Denmark); d, bronze dagger; e, bronze leaf-shaped sword | 191 |
| 59. | Australian spear thrown with spear-thrower (after Brough Smyth) | 194 |
| 60. | Bows | 196 |
| 61. | Ancient bullock-waggon, from the Antonine Column | 199 |
| 62. | Corn-crusher, Anglesey (after W. O. Stanley) | 201 |
| 63. | Hebrides women grinding with the quern or hand-mill (after Pennant) | 202 |
| 64. | a, Australian digging-stick; b, Swedish wooden hack | 216 |
| 65. | Ancient Egyptian hoe and plough | 217 |
| 66. | Natives of Lepers’ Island (New Hebrides) | 239 |
| 67. | Hand of Chinese ascetic | 241 |
| 68. | Botocudo woman with lip- and ear-ornaments | 242 |
| 69. | a, Australian winder for hand-twisted cord; b, Egyptian woman spinning with the spindle | 247 |
| 70. | Girl weaving. From an Aztec picture | 248 |
| 71. | Ancient Nile-boat, from wall-painting, Thebes | 258 |
| 72. | Bushman drilling fire (after Chapman) | 262 |
| 73. | Ancient Egyptian Potter’s Wheel (Beni Hassan) | 275 |
| 74. | Ancient Egyptian Glass-blowing (Beni Hassan) | 277 |
| 75. | Development of the Harp | 295 |
| 76. | Ancient Egyptian and Assyrian numeration | 313 |
| 77. | Mode of calculation by counters and by figures on Abacus | 315 |
| 78. | Rudimentary practical Geometry | 318 |