WRITINGS OF WILLIAM DWIGHT WHITNEY.
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Yale College. [With preface by W. D. W.] New York. 8°, vii + 424 pp. (Cf. No. 163.)
── To this year seem to belong the Cyclopedia articles, Nos. 308-310.
1874.
180. On Darwinism and language. North American Review, vol. 119, pp. 61-88.
181. Oriental and linguistic studies. Second series: The East and West; religion and mythology; orthography and phonology; Hindu astronomy. New York, 12°, xi + 432 pp. [The volume contains a "Chart, illustrating the Hindu, Arab, and Chinese Lunar Zodiac," drawn by W. D. W.]
CONTENTS:
- The British in India. (= current No. 19 of this bibliography.)
- China and the Chinese. (No. 23.)
- China and the West. (No. 32.)
- Müller's Chips from a German workshop. (No. 1O6.)
- Cox's Aryan mythology. (No. 132.)
- Alford's Queen's English. (No. 70.)
- How shall we spell? (No. 80.)
- The elements of English pronunciation. (See note.)
- The relation of vowel and consonant. (No. 68; and see note.)
- Bell's Visible speech. (No. 88.)
- On the accent in Sanskrit. (See note.)
- On the lunar zodiac of India, Arabia, and China. (See note.)
Note.—"The eighth, ninth, eleventh, and twelfth articles are entirely rewritten, though including more or less matter already published." See Whitney's Preface, p. viii.
182. Who shall direct the national surveys? The Nation, No. 464, May 21.
183. On Peile's Greek and Latin etymology. Trans. Philol. Soc. of London for 1873-74, part iii., pp. 299-327.
184. On the Chinese sieu as constellations. PAOS. for May, = JAOS., vol. 10, pp. lxxxii-lxxxv.
185. On recent discussions as to the phonetic character of the Sanskrit anusvāra. Ibidem, pp. lxxxvi-lxxxviii. (Cf. No. 173.)
