"After all, there is a grain of sense in it."-Popular remark If the title seems to claim too much, let the reader say Shadows we are and LONDON J. M. DENT & CO. 67 S. JAMES'S STREET, S.W 1897 lad SECTIONS Parable: The Clearer. 10, 11. Sir G. C. Lewis and "Lewis Carroll ". 12. Sir J. Seeley's "delight". 13-15. Savagery in Language. 16. A Linguistic Intelligence Department. 18, 19. Short-tongue: unicode: logotype. 20-22. Prof. Flinders Petrie's crusade against writing: Times and Punch on this. 23, 24. Mr Leslie Stephen on "accumulation ". 25, 26. Mislocution. 27. The signs of awakening. 28, 29. 66 Clearing the air". 30. Education. 31. Illustration. 32, 33. The deaf-mute. 34. Prof. Mahaffy's "Modern Babel". 35. Mr H. Spencer on Gesture-language. 37. Prof. Mahaffy's appeal. 38. Bishop Wilkins' Philosophical Language. 39-43. Spelling: its vagaries and its tyranny. 44. Mr Chamberlain on Meaning. |