| + + | Lond. Times. 5: 354. O. 19, ’06. 680w. |
“The true merit of a volume which in its 172 pages contains more thought and more wisdom than is often to be found in books of tenfold its size, is that it suggests ideas which ought to arrest the attention of the whole English people, whether living in the United Kingdom, or in the United States.”
| + + | Nation. 84: 223. Mr. 7, ’07. 1950w. |
“The essay is valuable as a reflection of a phase of opinion in England, if not very convincing as an argument.”
| − + | Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 555. S. ’07. 180w. |
“Is a little book of great merit.”
| + + | Spec. 97: 937. D. 15, ’06. 1540w. |
Wyld, Henry Cecil Kennedy. Historical study of the mother tongue: an introduction to philological method. *$2. Dutton.
7–15482.
A purely technical work designed as a textbook for students of philology. “It contains a large amount of information on the history of the language, the facts of comparative grammar bearing on its external relations, and the nature of the causes that operate in the development of language in general.” (Ath.)