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  LINOl'ISTIC 
  LITERATURE. 
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  of 
  languages, 
  without, 
  however, 
  giving 
  the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   languages 
  mentioned 
  in 
  his 
  lists. 
  

  

  1865. 
  Pimentel 
  (Francisco). 
  

  

  Cuadro 
  Descriptivo 
  y 
  Comparative- 
  de 
  las 
  Lenguas 
  Indigenas 
  de 
  Mexico. 
  

   Mexico, 
  186.5. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  the 
  introduction 
  this 
  work 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  three 
  parts: 
  

   (1) 
  descriptive; 
  (2) 
  comparative; 
  (3) 
  critical. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  divides 
  the 
  treatment 
  of 
  each 
  language 
  into 
  (1) 
  its 
  

   mechanism; 
  (•.') 
  its 
  dictionary: 
  (3) 
  its 
  grammar. 
  By 
  " 
  mechanism 
  " 
  

   he 
  means 
  pronunciation 
  and 
  composition; 
  by 
  " 
  dictionary" 
  he 
  means 
  

   the 
  commonest 
  or 
  most 
  notable 
  words. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  each 
  language 
  he 
  states 
  the 
  localities 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   spoken, 
  giving 
  a 
  short 
  sketch 
  of 
  its 
  history, 
  the 
  explanation 
  of 
  its 
  

   etymology, 
  and 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  such 
  writers 
  on 
  that 
  language 
  as 
  he 
  has 
  

   become 
  acquainted 
  with. 
  Then 
  follows: 
  " 
  mechanism, 
  dictionary, 
  

   and 
  grammar.'' 
  Next 
  he 
  enumerates 
  its 
  dialects 
  if 
  there 
  are 
  any, 
  

   and 
  compares 
  specimens 
  of 
  them 
  when 
  he 
  is 
  able. 
  He 
  gives 
  the 
  Our 
  

   Father 
  when 
  he 
  can. 
  

  

  Volume 
  I 
  (1862) 
  contains 
  introduction 
  and 
  twelve 
  languages. 
  Vol- 
  

   ume 
  ii 
  (18(15) 
  contains 
  fourteen 
  groups 
  of 
  languages, 
  a 
  vocabulary 
  

   of 
  the 
  Opata 
  language, 
  and 
  an 
  appendix 
  treating 
  of 
  the 
  Comanche, 
  

   the 
  Coahuilteco. 
  and 
  various 
  languages 
  of 
  upper 
  California. 
  

  

  Volume 
  in 
  (announced 
  in 
  preface 
  of 
  Volume 
  n) 
  is 
  to 
  contain 
  the 
  

   " 
  comparative 
  part 
  " 
  (to 
  lie 
  treated 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  "mixed" 
  method 
  as 
  

   the 
  "descriptive 
  part"), 
  and 
  a 
  scientific 
  classification 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   languages 
  spoken 
  in 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  "critical 
  part" 
  (apparently 
  dispersed 
  through 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  

   parts) 
  the 
  author 
  intends 
  to 
  pass 
  judgment 
  on 
  the 
  merits 
  of 
  the 
  

   languages 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  to 
  point 
  out 
  their 
  good 
  qualities 
  and 
  their 
  

   defects. 
  

  

  1870. 
  Dall 
  (William 
  Healey). 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  tribes 
  of 
  Alaska 
  and 
  the 
  adjacent 
  territory. 
  

   In 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Association 
  for 
  the 
  Advancement 
  of 
  Sci- 
  

   ence. 
  Cambridge, 
  1870, 
  vol. 
  18. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  important 
  paper 
  is 
  presented 
  much 
  interesting 
  information 
  

   concerning 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  Alaska 
  and 
  adjacent 
  territories. 
  The 
  

   natives 
  are 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  groups, 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  the 
  interior, 
  and 
  

   the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  coast, 
  or 
  Esquimaux. 
  The 
  latter 
  are 
  designated 
  

   by 
  the 
  term 
  Orarians, 
  which 
  are 
  composed 
  of 
  three 
  lesser 
  groups, 
  

   Eskimo, 
  Aleutians, 
  and 
  Tuski. 
  The 
  Orarians 
  are 
  distinguished, 
  

   first, 
  by 
  their 
  language; 
  second, 
  by 
  their 
  distribution; 
  third, 
  by 
  

   their 
  habits; 
  fourth, 
  by 
  their 
  physical 
  characteristics. 
  

  

  1870. 
  Dall 
  (William 
  Healey). 
  

  

  Alaska 
  and 
  its 
  Resources. 
  Boston, 
  1870. 
  

  

  The 
  classification 
  followed 
  is 
  practically 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  

   the 
  author's 
  article 
  in 
  the 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Association 
  

   for 
  the 
  Advancement 
  of 
  Science. 
  

  

  