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In 1821, Champollion denied altogether the existence of 

 an alphabetic element among the hieroglyphics. But in the 

 following year he adopted the whole of Young's principles, 

 and applied them with one modification only. The analogy 

 of certain marks in the Chinese hieroglyphics, to signify 

 proper names, the principle that the phonetic power of the 

 symbol is derived from the initial letter or syllable of the 

 name of the object which it represents in the Egyptian lan- 

 guage, are among the chief of those which he borrows with- 

 out acknowledgment, or claims without regard to their prior 

 announcement by Young. " It would be difficult," says Dr. 

 Peacock, " to point out m the history of literature a more 

 flagrant example of disingenuous suppression of the real facts 

 bearing on an important discovery. Translator. 



MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF DR. YOUNG. 



The limits prescribed do not permit me even to quote 

 the mere titles of all the numerous writings which Dr. 

 Young published. Nevertheless, the public reading of 

 so rich a catalogue would certainly have sufficed to 

 establish the celebrity of our colleague. Who would not 

 imagine in fact that he had before him the register of 

 the labours of several academies, and not those of a sin- 

 gle individual, on hearing, for instance, the following list 

 of titles : 



Memoir on the Establishments where Iron is wrought. 

 Essays on Music and Painting. 



Remarks on the Habits of Spiders and the Theory of Fabricius. 

 On the Stability of the Arches of Bridges. 

 On the Atmosphere of the Moon. 

 Description of a new Species of Opercularia. 

 Mathematical theory of Epicycloidal Curves. 

 Restoration and Translation of different Greek Inscriptions. 

 On the means of strengthening the Construction of Ships of the 

 Line. 



