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more than an exposition of the German work of Prof. Paul on the 

 Principles of the History of Language — a reproduction of the same 

 mutter in less technical language, and with illustrations drawn mainly 

 from languages with which the English student is thought to be f ami- 



liar. It will be welcomed by all to whom the Gennan work may be 

 inaccessible. 



Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-European Languages by Profe:-SOR 

 A. Fick. Fourth, edition. — The first edition of this great work was 

 published more than 20 years ago, and created an epoch in the history 

 of scientific philology. Since then Comparative Philology has made 

 great progress ; some old theories have been overthrown, some disputed 

 points have been determined, and new discoveries have been made. It 

 is no wonder, then, that the fourth edition is, in many respects, a new 

 work. The field is too vast for one scholar, and Prof. Fick has now 

 secured the assistance of the best men in each department, such as 

 Sir Whitley Stokes, Prof. Bezzenberger and others. The Dictionary 

 contains three comparative vocabularies, one of the " parent speech," 

 another of the Eastern, and the third of the Western European periods 

 of linguistic unity. 



The Memoirs of Shah Tahmdsp I of Persia, by Dr. Paul Horn. — 

 The Persian text of this work, towards the editing of which the Society 

 contributed a MS. from its library, has been published by Dr. Horn in the 

 Journal of the German Oriental Society for 1891. A German transla- 

 tion has been published by him in a separate little volume, with some 

 useful notes and an index of names. 



Mdnava Dharma S'dstram, edited with a Commentary by Pandit Biii- 

 ma Sena Sak.man. — This is a new edition of the well-known law-book of 

 Manu, which has been repeatedly published, the last time by Pro- 

 lessor .Jolly in Triibner's Oriental Series. The author explains in his 

 preface his reasons for republishing the work, on which he promises to 

 throw much new light in his commentary. It promises to be an exten- 

 sive undertaking. Seven fasciculi have appeared, and the Pandit is still 

 in the midst of his introductory dissertation, in which he discusses such 

 questions as the identity of Mann, the date of his writing, and the object 

 of his law-book, and speculates on the contents of each of its chapters. 

 The book is written in both Sanskrit and Hindi. 



Catnloyus Catalnijornm, by PROFESSOR Th. AuFRECHT. — This is perhaps 



the most valuable publication of the year. H is a descriptive list of all 

 Sanskrit Literature and Sanskrii authors known, and has been published 

 at the expense of the English Government. 



Theodore Anfrecht holds a very high place among the Sanskrit 

 scholars of Europe. He was already well known to the learned world 



