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larynx, orcjaii of phonatioii, in its relations witli the cerebral centers of 

 language and ideation, Aranjo on the metamorphoses of a sound. Bell's 

 university lectures on phonetics, Jacobi on the special liability to the 

 loss of nouns in apliasia, Horatio Hale on the development of language. 

 The Index-Medicus should be faithfully consulted for papers on the 

 anatomy, abnormalities, diseases, and peculiarities of the vocal organs. 



Other productions of general interest are Tregear's ancient alphabets, 

 Newell on the color of words, Brinton on the language of palaeolithic 

 man, Stevenson on place names, Horatio Hale on the development of 

 language. 



In this connection reference is again made to the controversy in Na- 

 ture originated by Max Miiller, concerning the dependence of reason 

 upon speech. 



The study of an individual language maybe termed glossography, just 

 as the study of a separate people is styled ethnography. The two, in- 

 deed, are often confounded. If language and race were conterminous 

 a list of all the languages of the world would be at the same time a list 

 of all tlie peoples or breeds of mankind. Just so far as they are not con- 

 terminous is confusion introduced into the enumerations of the l;in- 

 guages of the dift'ereut continents. The complaint is made by critics 

 of great lists, such as Gust's for Africa and Polynesia, that this or that 

 term is not of a language, but of a government. 



Moreover, the author who writes about a people generally includes 

 a chapter on their language. It is safe, therefore, for the glossologist 

 to look carefully over the ethnographic titles for material. Further- 

 n)ore, the accompanying list of works that have been noticed will be 

 useful. 



Europe. — The old Runic writing of the North : Oscar Montelius. Color 

 names among English gypsies: W. E. A. Arou. An old Basque test: 

 J. Vinson. The Basque language : V. Stempf. Restitution of the Eu- 

 ropean mother language: Paul Reynaud. 



Africa. — Kabail vocabulary : U. Newman. Algerian grammar and 

 lexicon: J. Vinson. Introduction to glossology and literature of the 

 African languages : A. F. Pott. 



Asia. — Semitic languages in the Encyclopiiedia Britannica: Cyrus 

 Adler. Sanscrit texts from Tonkin : G. Dumoutier. The yellow lan- 

 guages : E. H. Parker. Japanese : The Manchus, hj the same. The 

 Japanese and the adjacentcontinental languages : Joseph I^dkins. Hit- 

 tite monuments: Wui. H. Ward. Some useful Hindu books: G. A. 

 Grierson. Formosan language : J. Vinson. Chinese, three papers on : 

 Josei)h Edkins. Grammar of the Chinese in San Francisco: H. Cor- 

 dier. Pre-Cliinese language in China : Terrien de la Couperie. Sakun- 

 tala : Gerard Deveze. 



Polpiesia.-^TUi^ Oceanic languages, Seniitic : D, Macdouald, Api 

 grammar; S. H. Ray, 



jimerioa.-r^ThQ thorough work of Mr, J. 0. Pilling in oatalo^uiug th^ 



