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larynx, orpin of j)honation, in its relations with the. cerebral centers of 

 lan^uaj^e and ideation, Aranjoon the metamorphoses of a sonnd. Bell's 

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

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

 The Index-Medicus shoidd be faithfully consulted for pai)ers 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 tlie language of palaeolithic 

 nuin, Stevenson on place names, Horatio Hale on the develo|)ment of 

 language. 



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

 ture originated by Max IMiiller, concerning the dependence of reason 

 upon speech. 



The study of an individual language may be termed glossography, just 

 as the study of a. separate peopUj is styled etiinography. 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 the peoples or breeds of maidvind. Just so far as they are not con- 

 terminous is confusion introduced into the enumerations of the lan- 

 guages of tiie different continents. The complaint is made by critics 

 of gi'cat lists, such as Gust's for Africa ami 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- 

 more, the accompanying list of works that have been noticed will be 

 useful. 



Europe. — The old Runic writing of th(^ North : Oscar Montelius. Color 

 names among pjuglisli gypsies: W. E. A. Aron. 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 Bncyclopjiedia Britannica: Cyrus 

 Adler. Sanscrit texts from Toidcin : (x. Duraoutier. The yellow lan- 

 guages : B. H. Parker. Jai)anese : The Manchus, by the same. The 

 Japanese and the adjacentcontinental languages : Joseph Edkins. Hit- 

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

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

 Josei)h Hdkins. Gramnuir o<^" the Ciunese in San Francisco: H. Cor- 

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

 tala : Gerard Deveze. 



Polynesia. — The Oceanic languages, Semitic : D. Macdonald. Api 

 grammar: S. H. Ray. 



America. — The thorough work of Mr. J. C. Pilling in cataloguing the 

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