Bibliography.
An attempt has been made to quote authorities under each leading article; but, for the general knowledge of all languages in a collective form, the following list of books is here supplied:—
Hervas: “Catalogo delle lingue conosciute,” &c., Cesena, 1785 (Italy).
Empress Catherine and Pallas: “Linguarum totius orbis Vocabularia comparativa,” 3 vols., St. Petersburgh, 1786-9.
Adelung and Vater: “Mithridates, oder allgemeine Sprachenkunde,” &c., 4 vols., 8vo, Berlin, 1806-17.
Vater and Jülg: “Litteratur der Grammatiken, Lexiker, und Wörtersammlungen aller Sprachen der Erde,” 2nd edit., Berlin, 1847.
Balbi: “Atlas Ethnographique du Globe,” &c., Paris, 1826.
Migne: “Dictionnaire de Linguistique et de philologie comparée,” &c., Paris, 1864.
Latham: “Elements of Comparative Philology,” London, 1862.
Tregelles and others: “The Bible of every Land: a History of the Sacred Scriptures in every language and dialect, with specimens, alphabets, maps,” &c., S. Bagster and Sons, London.