• The early history of whetstones
• The history of whetstones in North America
• The geographic distributions of rocks used for whetstones
• The methods of using whetstones
• The manufacture and statistics of whetstones
• Economics of the Arkansas whetstones
• Petrography of the novaculites and allied rocks
• The chemistry of the novaculites
• Origin of novaculites of AR
• Geography and topography of the novaculite area
• General geology of the novaculite area
• Detailed geology of the novaculite area
• Economic features of the novaculite area
• Fossils of the novaculite area

*Includes: 243 pages;