CONTENTS.

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Preamble, [9]
Origin and Descent, [17]
Original Alphabets—Primitive forms of H—Classic Forms.
Distribution, [22]
Phonetic Significance of Early H’s—Aryan and Other H’s.
History of the English H, [27]
Raucity of the Anglo-Saxon H—Norman Influences—Decline of the English H.
Modern Aspirates, [35]
Definitions—Terms of Convenience—Varieties of H—Vocalized and Unvocalized Breath—The H in Speech—Physiological Phonation of Aspirated Vowels.
Silent H, [46]
Orthoepists—Early Records of Silent H’s—Modern Pronouncing Dictionaries—Modern Usage—An American Hypothesis Considered.
Digraphs, [62]
Review of the Principal Digraphs of H—The Perfect Digraph WH—Phonic Analysis of W—WH=ʍ=An Unvocalized W.
Permutation, [76]
Philological Science—Grimm’s Law—The Future of H.
Appendix, [82]
Rev. W. W. Skeat, M.A., on Silent H’s.