Science of Language
Founded on Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution. New Edition from New Plates. Largely Re-written. In 2 vols., crown 8vo, $6.00.
CONTENTS:—Vol. I.—The Science of Language one of the Physical Sciences; The Growth of Language in Contradistinction to the History of Language; The Empirical Stage in the Science of Language; The Classificatory Stage in the Science of Language; The Genealogical Classification of Languages; Comparative Grammar; The Constituent Elements of Language; The Morphological Classification of Languages; The Theoretical Stage in the Science of Language—Origin of Language; Genealogical Tables of Languages.
CONTENTS:—Vol. II.—Introductory Lecture. New Materials for the Science of Language and New Theories; Language and Reason; The Physiological Alphabet; Phonetic Change; Grimm’s Law; On the Principles of Etymology; On the Powers of Roots; Metaphor; The Mythology of the Greeks; Jupiter, The Supreme Aryan God; Myths of the Dawn; Modern Mythology.
“In practical value to the student of the science of language, the work stands alone.”—Boston Transcript.
Ramakrishna
His Life and Sayings. Crown 8vo, $1.50 net.
“As a whole the little book marks one of the summit points of recent scientific religious literature. Max Müller’s penetrating insight into the broad facts of Hindu intellectual history is coupled in this instance with all the just criticism needed for a true valuation of Ramakrishna’s personality and teaching.”—American Historical Review.