25 



To prove this the foUowing facts may be stated During the 26 

 veais from 1854 to 1880 a complete scheme of dx-amage and 



v^,\uopi\ from 24-2 to 8-7 a reduction of 15-5. During tne same 

 26 years an^ from the same cause the death rate from Enteric 

 feji per 10,000 inhabitants of /^--ffrtXTZl 

 A „^A ft-r,rvi tt-7 to 2-4, a rcduction of 6-d. HnX, a more 

 sS n^ ctse is that of Dakzic, where during the 15 years from 

 strikmg case IS ^^^^l ^^ sewerage and sewerage 



n'Ltn wa's cU^out whereby the ^ef ate fr^m Entenc 

 fov^r T1PV 100 000 was reduced fr'om 108 to lb, a reaucuou ux 

 90 c'roydon; from similar causes, had its death rate reduced 



%Tr;?U^ L'tetth:ttSeytent'on works of sanita^mn 

 isno xtraCnce, but pays an ample interest as before named. 

 T ifp ic indeed so short that man can ill afford to pia,y witn it, 

 b^\ea ch must be made and works executed whereby .^^ can 

 be prolonged, and when this is done, then is found the true 

 Philosopher's Stone. 



REVIEW OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND 



LITERATURE 



FROM THE CONQUEST TO CHAUCER. 



By T. LLOYD, B.A. February 1st, 1887. 



Mr. Lloyd observed that 400 ye^^^^^ 



the English -"g^g^,^;^^ 3^^ Lteoduced having been insignifi- 

 Celtic, Danish and other terms ntro |^^^^^^^^ .^^^^_ 



r'dTst'te of unrest and the language passed through a 

 duced a state 01 un ^ terminated the language became 



transition period. y^f^J^ZieveA The stoiy of the invasion 

 fixed and has ^^tj;^;^^;,^^^ the indomSable energy and 

 of the Norsemen and a ^^f ^^P''^^" Allowed by an explanation of 

 seH-rehance of the^^^^^^^^^ 

 the ad«Pti°n by ^^^^^^ geat ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ introduced 



Norman of J^^J^'fXnch language, and this became the language 

 into England the French langu^^^^ ^^^ Parliament, 



° V?? .SpWefclaSSwbo comprised the vast majority of the 

 ;'ot^l''tucTrent£S^ to their 'old tongue. For nine genera- 



