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A
RUDIMENTARY DICTIONARY
OF
UNIVERSAL PHILOLOGY.
Daniel iii. 4.
עממיא אמיא ולשניא
HALL AND Co., 25, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON.
[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]
ADVERTISEMENT.
The following compilation presents the mere skeletonoutline of a great subject; and, in submitting it to publicnotice, acknowledgment is most justly due to Messrs.Bagster and Sons, for permission to use the literarymatter of their interesting and instructive volume, the“Bible in Every Land;” and to Messrs. Longmans & Co.,for a like favour with regard to Dr. Latham’s “Elementsof Comparative Philology,” a laborious, learned, and usefulbook, without which the present volume could not havebeen produced.
The compiler readily apologises for any defects inhis matter and manner; and takes this opportunity tothank his respected contributors, hereby exonerating themfrom any responsibility except for their own signedarticles.
A list of signatures and writers will be found in theAppendix.
25, Paternoster Row,
February 7th, 1873.
ON
THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF LANGUAGES,
Chiefly from Dr. Latham.
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