278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Knopf, 2006 Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-268) and index
Contents:
The naked cave man The seductive axe; The well-clothed arrivals A skeptic admits his error; The passion of Miss Mary E. Boyle Noble Robot, an inquiring dog; The Abbe's sermons on the mount The great black cow; How to paint a horse A stormy drama among bison; The golden section A lively but unreliable creation; Quaint, symbolic arrows The trident-shaped cave; Pairing, not coupling Three brothers in a boat; The sorcerer A passage underwater; Tthe skull on a rock Strange, stylized women; The world below the world
