90 -| SO - 1 70 - it - 1 60 - S 50 - c 40 - I 30 - E 20 i 10 i * rj 4 *, r r r i.jJ\J Sweden Great Britain m BUM. Literacy rates for various European countries from 1550 to 1900 These estimates are based on book publishing <\** , i „ -----. _______ Pumistiing data cahbrated using more direct measures of literacy.1--