TABLE OF CONTENTS 



VOLUME V 



HISTORY OF LANGUAGE 



The Fundamental Conceptions and Methods of the History of Language 3 

 BY PROF. THOMAS LOUNSBURY, LL.D. 



The Progress of the History of Language during the Last Century 17 

 BY PRESIDENT BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER, Ph.D., LL.D. 



COMPARATIVE LANGUAGE. 



The Relations of Comparative Grammar to Other Branches of Learning 32 

 BY PROF. CARL DARLING BUCK, Ph.D. 



Some Present Problems and Tendencies in Comparative Philology . 53 

 BY PROF. HANS OERTEL, Ph.D. 



SEMITIC LANGUAGES. 



The Relation of Semitics to Religion ...... 69 



BY PROF. JAMES ALEXANDER CRAIG, Ph.D. 



Two Semitic Problems . . . . . . . . ' . 87 



BY PROF. CRAWFORD HOWELL TOY, LL.D. 



iNDO-lRANIAN LANGUAGES. 



The Transformation of Sanskrit Studies in the Course of the Nine- 

 teenth Century ......... 99 



BY PROF. SYLVAIN LEVI, Litt.D. 



The Main Problems in the Field of Indian Languages . . .111 

 BY PROF. ARTHUR ANTHONY MACDONELL, Ph.D. 



GREEK LANGUAGE. 



The Greek Language in its Relation to the Psychology of the Ancient 



Greeks. ............ 131 



BY PROF. HERBERT WEIR SMYTH, Ph.D. 



The Problems of Greek 162 



BY PROF. MILTON WYLIE HUMPHREYS, Ph.D., LL.D. 



LATIN LANGUAGE. 



The Relations of Latin . . . . . . 177 



BY PROF. EDWARD ADOLF SONNENSCHEIN, Litt.D. 



A Century of Metaphysical Syntax .... . 191 



BY PROF. WILLIAM GARDNER HALE, LL.D. 



