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uniformity. I know of no system that appears to meet all the re- 

 quirements of a scientific alphabet so perfectly as the one recom- 

 mended by Prof. Haldeman in his prize essay,* and I have adopted, 

 with a few slight modifications and additions, such portions of his 

 alphabet as appear to me most suitable for representing the sounds of 

 the Sanscrit and Chinese syllables. 1 have also given, in the Vocabu- 

 lary, the modes of Chinese spelling adopted by Morrison and by De 

 Guignes, as well as Morrison's representation of the orthography of 

 the Manuscript Dictionaries and of the Canton dialect. 



In addition to the works on general philology mentioned in the 

 Introduction to the " Sanscrit and English Analogues,'' I would 

 acknowledge my indebtedness to the following: 



American Oriental Society. — Journal. 



Asiatic Researches. 



British Association for the Advancement of Science. — Reports. 



De Guignes. — Dictionnaire Chinois-Franyois. 



Dwight, Benjamin W. — Modern Philology. 



GiBBS, Josiah W. — Teutonic Etymology. The Formation of 

 Teutonic Words in the English Language. 



Hager, Joseph. — An Explanation of the Elementary Characters 

 of the Chinese, with an Analysis of their Ancient Symbols and 

 Hieroglyphics. 



Johnes, Arthur James. — Philological Proofs of the Original 

 Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race. 



Klaproth, Julius. — Asia Polyglotta. 



Latham, R. G. — A Handbook of the English Language. 



Morrison, R. — A Dictionary of the Chinese Language. 



Morrison, R. — Chinese Grammar. 



Williams, S. Wells. — Tonic Dictionary of the Chinese Lan- 

 guage. In the Canton dialect. 



Williams, S. Wells. — Easy Lessons in Chinese. 



The works devoted exclusively to etymological roots which have 

 been of especial service to me, are the Radices Linguoc Sanscritae, of 

 Westergaard; the Grundziige der Griechischen Etymologic, of Prof. 

 Curtius; and the Teutonic Etymology, of Prof. Gibbs. Of my in- 

 debtedness to the two latter works, I make repeated and especial 

 acknowledgment in the following Vocabulary. 



The Japanese words are all given on the authority of Klaproth. 



* Analytical Orthography. By S. S. Haldeman. Philadelphia : 1860. Pub- 

 lished originally in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 

 vol. xi. 



