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first few weeks without any definite plan, tlie fascinating success soon induced 

 tlie author to proceed systematically. Henceforth it was his aim to elicit from 

 the Igorot as many examples as possible, illustrative of grammatical rules already 

 sketched, and to collect an extensive vocabulary of genuine Bontoc Igorot words. 

 But, as a matter of no less importance, he never neglected to take down also 

 from the Igorot's mutual conversation as many phrases as he could obtain, 

 although the significance of most of them was quite obscure, at that first period 

 of his research." 



I take these quotations from the author's narration of tlie genesis of 

 his work as given hj him in the preface. To judge by the date of the 

 latter, the writing of the grammar was finished by October IS, 1907, 

 that is, two months after the departure of the last groujD of Bontok people 

 from Chicago. This is indeed a remarkable achievement of rare lin- 

 guistic talent combining enthusiasm and perseverance in a self-imposed 

 scientific task. The magnificent volume in which the labors of the author 

 have found their embodiment may truly be regarded as a monument 

 erected to these qualities by that group of American citizens who through 

 their munificence made possible the publication of this work. 



The main parts of the book are: 



A collection of photographs showing, in various attitudes, individuals and 

 groups of those representatives of the Bontok people who went to Chicago on 

 exhibition. 



An inscription to the patrons alluded to above. 



Preface ( pp. vii-xv ) . 



List of contents (pp. xvir-xxiv). 



Part I: Grammar, with appendix on Bontok proper names (pp. 1-270). 



Part II: Vocabulary, with preface (pp. 273^75). 



Part III : Texts, with preface including a section "To the memory of Matyu 

 from Bontoc" (fDetroit, Michigan, September 3, 1908) (pp. 479-583) . 



Addenda et Corrigenda ( pp. 587-588 ) . 



In connection with the epitaph just mentioned, I may dwell here on a 

 feature of Doctor Seidenadel's work which impresses ug in different parts 

 of the book. It is his profound humane sympathy with his Bontoc 

 friends, a sympathy which, transcending the mere professional interest 

 taken by a scientist in the object of his study, would seem to be — accord- 

 ing to the dictum : "Alias Yerstandnis kommt uns nur durch die 

 Liebe"" — a guarantee of the faithfulness with which he has interpreted 

 in his grammar genuine Bontok thought and speech. 



THE PREFACE. 



The preface, as has already been indicated, makes us acquainted 

 with the peculiar circumstances under which the book was conceived and 

 born. After a review of the literature already existing on Bontok the 

 author proceeds to give us an insight into the purpose and plan that 

 guided, him in writing his granmiar. To explain the absence in it of 

 all com])arative studies, he states that he considered it his task 



