PREFACE. IX 



ductions from one experiment by the results of 

 another. 



In Part II. of this work will be found a defi- 

 nition of the word speech as I have used it, and 

 the deductions which I have made from my ex- 

 periments. I shall not venture into any extreme 

 theories, either to confirm or controvert any 

 opinions of others, but simply commit to the 

 world these initial facts and the working hy- 

 potheses upon which I have proceeded to obtain 

 them. 



I beg here to call attention to Chapter V. of 

 Part II., in which I have mentioned the partic- 

 ular characteristics that mark the sounds made 

 by monkeys as speech and distinguish them from 

 mere automatic sounds. 



With sincere convictions, I commit this vol- 

 ume to the friends of science as the first con- 

 tribution upon this subject. 



R. L. Garner. 



New York, June ist t i£p2. 



