ully searched for material.

I wish to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to Professor
Dewey for the suggestions he has given me with reference to this series,
and to acknowledge that without the inspiration that has come through
his teaching I should probably never have undertaken a work of this
kind. To Dr. W. I. Thomas, _professor of sociology and anthropology in
the University of Chicago_, I am indebted for suggestions upon
anthropological phases of many of the subjects presented. To Dr. S. W.
Williston, _professor of paleontology in the University of Chicago_,
I am indebted for a careful examination of the book from the standpoint
of the paleontologist. Among the many friends who have given me help and
inspiration, I would mention especially, Professor Ella Flagg Young, _of
the University of Chicago_; Superintendent F. A. Manny, _of the Ethical
Culture Schools, New York City_; Mrs. Charlotte W. Williams, _of
Chicago_; my sister, Miss Elspa M. Dopp, _of the State Normal School,
St. Cloud, Minn._; and Mr. W. W. Charters, _of the University of
Chicago_. To the late Director J. W. Powell, _of the United States
Bureau of Ethnology_, and to Director Frederick J. V. Skiff, _of the
Field Columbian Museum, Chicago_, I am under obligations for courtesies
extended which have enabled me to gain access to illustrative materials.

K. E. D.

CONTENTS
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_Dedication_ 7
_Preface_ 8
_Contents_ 12
_Illustrations_ 13

THE TREE-DWELLERS: THE AGE OF FEAR

A Story of Long Ago 15
Sharptooth 17
The Wooded Hills 20
Sharptooth's Excursions 23
Sharptooth and Her Baby 28
The First Weaver 31
What Happened When the Wild Cattle
Went to the River 35
How Sharptooth Spent the Night 38
Sharptooth Goes to the River 43
What the Wild Hogs Did for Sharptooth 47
How the Wild Hogs Protected their Young 50
How the Tree-