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process. Words are first attracted into a form which has a meaning, 
and in its turn this meaning requires a justification ; and this the 
meaning itself quickly suggests. An understanding of this process 
has not only solved many philological problems, but finds an appli- 
cation in natural science. Emerson, for instance, in the address 
referred to, is guided by it to a rational interpretation of famous 
geological myths; and in the hands of Fouqué, the site of at least 
one volcanic eruption known to have taken place within historical 
times has been identified solely by linguistic clues of this nature. 
C. R. EASTMAN. 
(No. 459 was issued April 8, 1905.) 
