| The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone | |
| Author: | Margaret A. McIntyre |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | editions list |
| Genre: | Juvenile novel |
| Publisher: | George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. (UK)[1] D. Appleton and Company (US) |
| Release Date: | 1907 |
The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone is a classic heavily illustrated educational children's novel aimed at a juvenile audience published in 1907 by author Margaret A. McIntyre and illustrated by Irma Deremeaux[2] which is currently available in digital formats from multiple sources. By 2007, the work had entered the public domain and several reprint publishers on three continents[3] have brought out new editions varying considerably in quality and workmanship, including at least one with the many original line drawings (Etchings) reproduced throughout (See list below) in a high quality hardcover edition.
The story line focuses on two young brothers and their family group while attempting to educate the young reader in a picture of what life was likely like for Cavemen. In the earliest part of the narrative, the author introduces the idea of domestication of animals, because a tethered kid (goat offspring) had become gentled and docile—so much so they put their toddler sister on its back for a ride. Moving forward, the novel describes all the major milestones featured during the stone age such as the discovery of fire, the creation of weapons, hunting/ foraging for food, cooking that food, as well as how and why man learnt how to swim.
| text-align="center" | CHAPTER | Chapter Titles |
|---|---|---|
| align-text="right" | I. | Strongarm's Family |
| align-text="right" | II. | The Needle, the Club, and the Bow |
| align-text="right" | III. | The Taming of the Dog |
| align-text="right" | IV. | How Strongarm Hunted a Bear and a Lion |
| align-text="right" | V. | The Old Ax Maker Visits His Daughter |
| align-text="right" | VI. | The Coming of Fire |
| align-text="right" | VII. | The Cave Tiger |
| align-text="right" | VIII. | The Making of Stone Weapons |
| align-text="right" | IX. | At the Gravel Pit |
| align-text="right" | X. | A Summer Camp |
| align-text="right" | XI. | Thorn Meets the Children of the Shell Mounds |
| align-text="right" | XII. | At the Home of the Shell Mound People |
| align-text="right" | XIII. | Thorn Learns to Swim |
| align-text="right" | XIV. | The Feast of Mammoth's Meat |
| PART II (non-fiction) | Educational materials organized for teachers giving a variety of archaeological and geographical information as was accepted in 1907. | |
| align-text="right" | XV. | The Red Men of Our Own Country in the Stone Age |
| align-text="right" | XVI. | How Stone Weapons of the Cave Men Were First Found |
| align-text="right" | XVII. | How the Earth Looked When the Shell Men and the Cave Men Lived |
| align-text="right" | XVIIII. | How Early Men Believed That All Things That Move Are Alive |
| align-text="right" | XIX. | The People of Our Time Who Were Most Like the Cave Men |
| align-text="right" | SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS | |
As is characteristic of many quality works by the publishers of the first US and UK editions, the work is heavily illustrated with engravings, some of which are illustrated below.